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Originally Posted by noodle

Oh my!!!... It's really that expensive in America!!! I wouldn't be able to survive over there then. Here in France, I have an insurance for $300 per year (the most expensive choice). With this, I have all medical visits (seing doctors, dentists etc) refunded 100%, same with all prescription medicine etc... If I didn't have the insurance, last year, I would have spent $5k. But because of insurance, it only cost me $300. With what you described about America, I don't think I could afford it, and I don't see how most of the middle class can either

I pay almost that much A MONTH, and our family is experiencing some medical situations (thankfully not life-threatening) that I must pay 100% for because it doesn't fall within our "plan". So for the last several months I have been paying 270 dollars a month for insurance that doesn't cover the 500 to 1500 dollars a month I am paying in actual medical fees.

And then the presidents of these insurance companies are paid millions of dollars a year in CHRISTMAS BONUSES.

Hmmm....