Re: [asa] health care (corrected)

Things have changed a lot since we were young. Our 1st daughter was born about a month after we moved to Pennsylvania for my 1st fulltime teaching position. Our previous health insurance through Maryland Blue Cross wouldn't pay for the hospital costs so we had to foot the bill ourselves. It came to about $300. That would hardly cover getting in the door today.

Shalom,
George

---- "John Burgeson (ASA member)" <hossradbourne@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 9/26/09, Alexanian, Moorad <alexanian@uncw.edu> wrote:
> > I had no health care until I got my first job after my Ph.D., which was my
> > choice. I suppose, if I had died before that time, I would have become one
> > of the 45,000.
>
> What if you had been hit by a car whose driver was uninsured and had,
> as a result, $100,000 of medical bills? I suppose you would have
> declared bankruptcy and gone on with your life. But without insurance,
> I doubt if you would have gotten adaquate treatment, outside or the
> E.R. or therapy thereafter as few health providers can afford to give
> their services for free (they must eat, too).
>
> So, to some extent, I see you as freeloading during those days. I
> hasten to add that I did the same thing; I was not particularly aware
> of the issues in those days.
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Received on Sat Sep 26 22:22:27 2009