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Morally Bankrupt U.S. Health Insurance Corporations have made
Health Care UNAFFORDABLE for MOST!
DIR By: AGelbert
Date: September 7, 2024, 4:59 pm
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September 6, 2024 This commentary is by Ethan Parke
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/>of Montpelier, a board member of Vermont Health Care for All.
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/>Vermont’s [glow=red,2,300]unaffordable[/glow]
[glow=teal,2,300]health care[/glow]
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SNIPPETS:
In 2024, Vermonters pay an average of $948 a month for the
lowest-cost
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/>silver plan, compared with just $324 a month in neighboring
New
Hampshire, for the exact same coverage. The national average is
$468.
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I suspect that the high cost of health insurance in Vermont is
due to two main factors.
First, I suspect we have a [glow=maroon,2,300]top-heavy
💵🐷🎩 administrative burden — too many
people drawing big salaries[/glow] for
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/>[glow=maroon,2,300]managing data and adding needless
complexity[/glow] to the system, [glow=red,2,300]rather
than[/glow] [glow=teal,2,300]providing[/glow] clinical care.
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Now I am retired and on Medicare, but my wife and school age
child have nothing. Bronze plans with $9,250 in-network annual
deductibles would cost $577 a month for each of them, after
deducting federal subsidies. No thanks. I could pay it and watch
my retirement account rapidly dwindle, or we can save the money
and live in 😬 fear.
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I sure don’t see any help coming from the state of
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Full PAINFUL REALITY BASED article:
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/>As far as eternity is concerned, a bulging bank account is
worthless. A moving van never follows a hearse.
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