1. MJ MJ United States says:

    This is why we need a health care overhaul. I am self-employed and my insurance costs me $250/month with a $3,000 deductible. I basically pay most of my visits in cash on top of the insurance. I'm not on Cobra, but I definitely understand the issue of paying too much for health insurance.

    • patti p patti p United States says:

      My husband has been unemployed since april, he has had 1 interview in 8 months, there is no end in site. Next month at Christmas we will pay $1122 a month in health care. I work 40-50 hours a week but I don't have health coverage at work, and we are down to our last $1000.00 in the bank. How are we expected to pay that additional cost? We will be applying for charity care at our local hospital if we need care. This will put a drain on the hospitals, which will put a drain on state funding that the hospital receives. Somebody needs to do something!!!

    • JC JC United States says:

      What is wrong with paying for your own healthcare?  Insurance is just that, insurance!  It should insure you against catastrophic losses.  Are there changes needed in our Health Care system? Yes!  But the greater change needs to come from the way Americans think about what insurance represents.

      Before you judge.  I am on Cobra and just wrote my check for $1271 for December.  My Healthcare, My responsibility!  Time for a reality check America!

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