We provide ourselves and our employees a high deductible and co-pay, but relativley low cost health plan. I say health plan, because it is more than insurance. I mean, your auto insurance does not pay for oil changes, does it?

I pray we never become a country where I am forced to use a "national" plan. I enjoy being able to shop around for the best care for the best dollar. When our daughter was born, we found a hospital who would do the delivery and ALL pre-natal care for $3600. This cost did NOT include tests or medication, but that was OK with us. $600 of that was Tanya's epidural. And you know what? We got amazing care. A small hospital, 5 delivery rooms, 9 post natal (PRIVATE) rooms. Now, if we chose to use the insurance? The insurance company would have paid well over $20,000 for the same basic care at the big, fancy hospital.

Now, Hannah required a NICU stay after birth due to her getting pneumonia. This we did submit to the insurance company, as it was not routine care. They paid about half of the $18,000 dolalr NICU bill. The balance we are making payments on, intrest free via the hospitals finance department.



I will ALWAYS prefer the system we now have. I work very, very hard to provide the life I do for my family. I would be ashamed to take a handout I did not require from my fellow taxpayer.


Nothing in life is "free". To let the government control something as important and intimate as your and your familes health care is akin to being enslaved. I see how it works in Canada, a country with 1/10th the population of the US. Its great when you are young. Then you get old and wait YEARS for life extending or life enhancing care that is routine in the US. Imagine how screwed up it will become WHEN we get it here?

"People who are willing to give up a little liberty for a little bit of 'security', shall have nor deserve, either."