02-10-2014, 03:04 AM
Hello,
Before I became a pilot, I was premed in college. While health care costs are indeed ridiculously expensive now; I want to make one point that people don't seem to like to admit. Health Care costs money. A lot of money. Always has, always will. The average American spent 7 percent of their income on health care in the 60's-70's. For a person making 50K a year, that would be 3,500 dollars, if you make 30K, it's 2,100 bucks. People often exclaim that it is too much money. But is it really? Think of what you pay for. The years or decades of research going into the medication you take, the amazing equipment a modern hospital/clinic contains; the minimum of 12 years post High School training your Doctor went through. I am not going to take a side for or against nationalized healthcare, but wether you pay out of pocket for private healthcare or though taxes for nationalized health care; either way, you'll pay.
I am not accusing anyone on this board of anything; just posing a question I often ask my friends. Is 7 percent a year too much to ask as a personal contribution to your own health care? (please don't think of that as a snarky comment.)
Still cold, though it warmed up to -15.
AKpilot
We're all here, because we're not all there!
Before I became a pilot, I was premed in college. While health care costs are indeed ridiculously expensive now; I want to make one point that people don't seem to like to admit. Health Care costs money. A lot of money. Always has, always will. The average American spent 7 percent of their income on health care in the 60's-70's. For a person making 50K a year, that would be 3,500 dollars, if you make 30K, it's 2,100 bucks. People often exclaim that it is too much money. But is it really? Think of what you pay for. The years or decades of research going into the medication you take, the amazing equipment a modern hospital/clinic contains; the minimum of 12 years post High School training your Doctor went through. I am not going to take a side for or against nationalized healthcare, but wether you pay out of pocket for private healthcare or though taxes for nationalized health care; either way, you'll pay.
I am not accusing anyone on this board of anything; just posing a question I often ask my friends. Is 7 percent a year too much to ask as a personal contribution to your own health care? (please don't think of that as a snarky comment.)
Still cold, though it warmed up to -15.
AKpilot
We're all here, because we're not all there!
We're all here, because we're not all there!