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GT40FIED · 11-03-2004, 10:40 PM

Well...it is and it isn't. Most of the time your employer provides you with insurance and you cover the co-pay...usually between $10-$20 depending on the plan. Same goes for your medication. You only pay out of pocket fully for "cosmetic" procedures like plastic surgery. Sometimes if you have an HMO you'll get screwed harder, but that's pretty much how it works.

And I've actually got a question Wren. If social security becomes privatized and people are allowed to put money into mutual funds and stock portfolios, what happens if those portfolios and mutual funds are mismanaged? Likewise, what would happen if a company pulled an Enron and left investers holding the bag. Don't get me wrong...it's not a bad idea...but you just know some people would get royally screwed.

11-03-2004, 10:40 PM	#4
GT40FIED Best...mod...ever Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: At the end of the longest line Age: 43 Posts: 7,451	Well...it is and it isn't. Most of the time your employer provides you with insurance and you cover the co-pay...usually between $10-$20 depending on the plan. Same goes for your medication. You only pay out of pocket fully for "cosmetic" procedures like plastic surgery. Sometimes if you have an HMO you'll get screwed harder, but that's pretty much how it works. And I've actually got a question Wren. If social security becomes privatized and people are allowed to put money into mutual funds and stock portfolios, what happens if those portfolios and mutual funds are mismanaged? Likewise, what would happen if a company pulled an Enron and left investers holding the bag. Don't get me wrong...it's not a bad idea...but you just know some people would get royally screwed. __________________ 1984 1/2 Mustang GT350 #842, Faster than you...nuff said Anna Fan Club President/Dictator Someday, in the event that mankind actually figures out what it is that this world actually revoles around, thousands of people are going to be shocked and perplexed that it was not them. Sometimes this includes me. "If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face - forever." - George Orwell Welcome to the new Amerika