Do you go without health care coverage (US)?

[BaileyCatts]

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/britis...rketplace.html

This article made me so angry. Oh look, we reduced the bill to just a mere $160,000. Surely you little old folks can come up with that piddly little amount. I'd tell them I can only afford to pay them $5 a month and just send them $5 a month until the day I die.

[Garden Kitty]

This article made me so angry. Oh look, we reduced the bill to just a mere $160,000. Surely you little old folks can come up with that piddly little amount. I'd tell them I can only afford to pay them $5 a month and just send them $5 a month until the day I die.

Are you angry at the hospital and the doctors that delivered the services or the insurance company that refused the claim?

[Really]

I'm assuming BC is angry at the insurance company, same I was when I first read the article.

[my little pony]

I can tell you that my el cheapo life insurance doubled a couple of years ago, with the result that I cancelled the policy -- it was $250,000 when my daughter was growing up but she's grown now. That could have been age, smoking or both.

it was probably neither

if it was a cheap term, say 20 yrs, when the 20 yrs is up, often you can keep coverage w/o completing a new app or requirements, but the cost goes way up because the life of the original contract is up.

[sk9tingfan]

Just an FYI

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nhis/ea...are_032012.pdf

[Louis]

it was probably neither

if it was a cheap term, say 20 yrs, when the 20 yrs is up, often you can keep coverage w/o completing a new app or requirements, but the cost goes way up because the life of the original contract is up.

If it was term and it only doubled, it was a good policy. Sometimes you'll get 500% or 1000% increases at the end of the level term.