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The Cost of Health Care

“A startling number of those of us with health insurance find that we have to choose between paying for daily needs and paying our medical bills. Such expenses leave people even more impoverished and often in debt, which is tantamount to remaining unhealthy.”

This is just one piece of the article that

Joanne Georges2019-09-18T20:02:57+00:00September 18th, 2019|

A New Plan to Cover Medical Cost: Part IV

Medical Costs & Insurance Systems: Part IV

Reviewing Medical Insurance Insecurity & Increase: Part I, I pointed out that medical costs for a good basic policy in 1972 was about $100 for an individual and $170 for a family, per year. Today, prices for a family are

Joanne Georges2019-05-03T18:19:02+00:00April 5th, 2019|

What Happened

In the 60s, medical insurance was a FRINGE benefit, today, it’s a CORE benefit. As a single person in the 60s, the last thing on my list was medical insurance because it represented less than 2% of my overall compensation.

For two years in 1971/2, I was working in the insurance

Joanne Georges2019-03-29T17:13:15+00:00October 15th, 2018|