Health Care Options

[cmac]

Can someone explain to me in retard terms what we have now, what is being proposed, and what the consequences and benefits of each side are? The news web sites no longer report actual news.
Thanks in advance.

[cmac]

i know i pay roughly $700 a month for health insurance through my employer. i get injured a lot. a whole lot, so i chose an awesome package.
it would be cool if a large percentage of my paycheck didn't disappear for something that i may or may not use. but because i get hurt a lot, this seems to be the best way for me, because paying a company, or the government on my own would cost more.
correct?

[impala454]

i know i pay roughly $700 a month for health insurance through my employer. i get injured a lot. a whole lot, so i chose an awesome package.
it would be cool if a large percentage of my paycheck didn't disappear for something that i may or may not use. but because i get hurt a lot, this seems to be the best way for me, because paying a company, or the government on my own would cost more.
correct?

bingo

and re-read this that you posted one more time:

it would be cool if a large percentage of my paycheck didn't disappear for something that i may or may not use

remind you of any other large percentages that come out of your paycheck??

$700 still sounds like a ton... how many injuries have you had?? I have had three surgeries in the past five years or so and I am paying like $190/month. pretty good coverage too... have gone to some of the best specialists around the houston area.