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The $35.00 per doctor visit is nothing. What really scares the crap out of me is the $5000 yearly deductable I'm forced to have in order to afford any insurance at all. Without that high a deductable, I would have to pay over $450 per month in premiums. After my so-called retirement I had to do some shopping around to find an affordable plan. . . . and right now I feel like so many other Americans. . . I'm just gambling that I stay healthy.<BR>
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Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2008 14:13:18 -0700<BR>From: sslund_2007@verizon.net<BR>To: godshatter@yahoo.com; thansen@moscow.com<BR>CC: vision2020@moscow.com<BR>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] [Bulk] Re: Uninsured adults 25 percent more likely to die<BR><BR>
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<P class=EC_MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">In part Donovan wrote:</SPAN></P>
<P class=EC_MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">“</SPAN>I cannot afford $300 an office visit.”</P>
<P class=EC_MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'"> </SPAN></P>
<P class=EC_MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Oh, for Pete’s sake – does Donovan have to exaggerate everything?!?!</SPAN></P>
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<P class=EC_MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">I have a friend without health insurance who had to see a local doctor in January. She was charged $95 for the office visit, which is less than three times the amount Donovan wants us to believe.</SPAN></P>
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<P class=EC_MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Now, I think $95 is pretty darn high, but that’s not the topic.</SPAN></P>
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<P class=EC_MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Perhaps Donovan could have made his point without the gross exaggeration, but he chose not to, which only hurts his credibility.</SPAN></P>
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<P class=EC_MsoNormal><SPAN style="COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">BTW, we have health insurance, and due to the erosion in benefits caused by the “free market” of the unfettered insurance industry, we pay a heck of a lot more than $25 for a local office visit.</SPAN></P>
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<P class=EC_MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Saundra Lund</SPAN></P>
<P class=EC_MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Moscow, ID</SPAN></P>
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<P class=EC_MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good people to do nothing.</SPAN></P>
<P class=EC_MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">~ Edmund Burke</SPAN></P>
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<P class=EC_MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">***** Original material contained herein is Copyright 2008 through life plus 70 years, Saundra Lund. Do not copy, forward, excerpt, or reproduce outside the Vision 2020 forum without the express written permission of the author.*****</SPAN></B></P>
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<P class=EC_MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'">From:</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'"> vision2020-bounces@moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Donovan Arnold<BR><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, March 29, 2008 11:57 AM<BR><B>To:</B> Paul Rumelhart; Tom Hansen<BR><B>Cc:</B> vision2020@moscow.com; Donovan Arnold<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Vision2020] [Bulk] Re: Uninsured adults 25 percent more likely to die</SPAN></P></DIV>
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<P class=EC_MsoNormal>Paul,</P></DIV>
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<P class=EC_MsoNormal>I don't know where you get your information, but the government doesn't pay for my medical care. I don't get any medical care. I cannot afford $300 an office visit. Just isn't in my budget.</P></DIV>
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<P class=EC_MsoNormal>Now a person with insurance only pays $25 an office visit. I could afford the $25, but not the $300. </P></DIV>
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