Would universal healthcare be more expensive or less than the current US system?

[The_Tao_s_Revenge]

@Desert_Nomad

Thanks for this. I have looked into Texas, Colorado and Washington (state), but don’t think I would like living in Indiana… I like mountains and don’t like basketball.

Most other state’s systems are closed to (Florida has a waiting list years long). Nevada, Oregon, Washington would be ok, otherwise it looks like I’ll just go overseas again. I can manage to move countries every 3 months to stay legal… been doing it for years. One other option I have considered based on the actions of a few friends in my position is to seek asylum based on denial of access to medical care… an American Refugee.

Massachusetts has some mountains. They also have a subsidized health care program you might want to look into.

Massachusetts health care reform

Through the law, Massachusetts provides subsidized health care for residents earning up to 100% of the Federal Poverty Level, and partially subsidized health care those earning up to 300% of the FPL, depending on an income-based sliding scale. The law is credited with covering an additional 439,000 Massachusetts residents as of April 1, 2008.

Dunno your situation but depending on your income level it might be a good fit.

[Desert_Nomad]

@The_Tao_s_Revenge

Massachusetts has some mountains. They also have a subsidized health care program you might want to look into.

Massachusetts health care reform - Wikipedia

Dunno your situation but depending on your income level it might be a good fit.

My income is too high to qualify, but I gather they must have guaranteed issue - with no possibility to decline. I looked there before when we decided to leave the US. I forget exactly, but there were tax, residency and business issues that came up.

For now my insurance is a changeable, full fare ticket out of the USA, and $50,000 in cash available for an air taxi evacuation flight to Europe.

[curlcoat]

@Evil_Economist

If this was just a miscommunication between us then I’m perfectly willing to let the point go.

Most of this thread has turned into at least miscommunication…

[curlcoat]

@Broomstick

The forum is “Great Debates”, not “Everyone Agrees With Curlcoat”.

Yes, Great Debates, not “Broomstick gets to have all the hysterics she wants”.

Buh bye.

[Broomstick]

I’m not the one getting hysterical here over having to pay my fair share for the common good. You’re entire argument lurches between “I’m misunderstood” and “everyone else is wrong”. You have wrongly maintained that insurance is an “investment” (and it’s not), that claims are not paid primarily by premium money (they are), and numerous other points that display your woeful ignorance of insurance. You claim temping (duration of which varies by post) taught you more about insurance than is known by people who worked full time for over a decade in the business which doesn’t make a lot of sense.

Most annoying, you whine about just barely getting by on an above middle class salary because there is nowhere else in the world you could possibly live, which I just do not believe - it’s fine to live where you want because you like it there, but this notion that disaster will strike if you go elsewhere is just … bizarre. If you choose to live where you do you’ll just have to deal with the taxes and being a neighbor to Octomom.