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Old 07-08-2007, 05:48 AM   #3
MJo
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I think a middle way would be best. I am not going to boycott Michael Moore. I know many people with extreme points of view who do good. I am grateful that I was treated for IBC in the U.S. with all the latest treatments available to me. However I would relax and be a lot happier if I didn't have to worry about losing my health insurance at age 56 if I lot my job. I don't think anybody would argue that we need REASONABLY PRICED health insurance available to every single citizen in the U.S. It hurts initiative that a small busines owner with a family must pay about $12000 a year for family insurance I think that $12000 a year bill for health insurance could wreck the business, even with a tax break, given a small business' profit margin. The free market would offer me -- if they would cover me at all -- a single insurance rate of about $850/month. That's almost $12000 a year. If I had to work as a contractor, I don't know how I would afford to pay health insurance and keep a roof over my head.
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IDC, Stage I, Grade 2
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