Early retirement and health care for boaters

[Sailsarefull]

The reason it is only $22/month is because other tax payers are paying the balance of atleast $800/month or more. The true cost of the insurance is atleast $900/month. But, with low income reported, they get the subsidy from taxpayers. Sort of welfare.

[Mike OReilly]

Originally Posted by Sailsarefull

The reason it is only $22/month is because other tax payers are paying the balance of atleast $800/month or more. The true cost of the insurance is atleast $900/month. But, with low income reported, they get the subsidy from taxpayers. Sort of welfare.

Or from a different perspective, a civilized way of providing healthcare for all your citizens.

[smj]

Originally Posted by Mike OReilly

Or from a different perspective, a civilized way of providing healthcare for all your citizens.

[sailorboy1]

at this time to me it seems a reasonable way to spend the money

[Allied39]

Originally Posted by taxwizz

I live in Canada, and here health care is FREE.
I think that the USA is the only country in the First World that does not provide free public health care to help cure people.

But you have a great military.

lol, my wife is from Canadia and used to like the system there, paying 60 cents in the dollar tax.
That was a while back. A friend of hers found a lump in her breast, 3 months wait for a mamogram..... YAY!! free!!
3d mamograms in Canadia.....nope. There's 3 in a tiny town just sth of the border. YAY FREE!!!
Her uncle died because they installed a stint that was recalled in the US...YAY FREE!!!
Her Ma lives there, now, and I know what the deal is. You can have your "free healthcare"

Iam glad you like your system. I don't have a problem paying for healthcare...I do not want it "given" to me, especially by a government.

I started planning for my retirement at 22 when I bought my first house, and yeah health insurance costs me (double thanks to Obama), but I would'nt want to get sick anywhere else but in the US.

Yup, we have an awsome military. Lucky for you.

PS: I left australia at age 26, have friends and family there.....and I dont want a bar of that "free"either, thank you.

[smj]

Originally Posted by Allied39

lol, my wife is from Canadia and used to like the system there, paying 60 cents in the dollar tax.
That was a while back. A friend of hers found a lump in her breast, 3 months wait for a mamogram..... YAY!! free!!
3d mamograms in Canadia.....nope. There's 3 in a tiny town just sth of the border. YAY FREE!!!
Her uncle died because they installed a stint that was recalled in the US...YAY FREE!!!
Her Ma lives there, now, and I know what the deal is. You can have your "free healthcare"

Iam glad you like your system. I don't have a problem paying for healthcare...I do not want it "given" to me, especially by a government.

I started planning for my retirement at 22 when I bought my first house, and yeah health insurance costs me (double thanks to Obama), but I would'nt want to get sick anywhere else but in the US.

Yup, we have an awsome military. Lucky for you.

PS: I left australia at age 26, have friends and family there.....and I dont want a bar of that "free"either, thank you.

Yet Canada ranks #7 in the word for life expectancy and the US is #34. Also the 3rd cause of death in the US after heart attack and cancer is medical errors. I’m guessing there is no perfect place to receive healthcare, most expensive yes but no place perfect.

[Paul L]

Originally Posted by Allied39

lol, my wife is from Canadia and used to like the system there, paying 60 cents in the dollar tax.
That was a while back. A friend of hers found a lump in her breast, 3 months wait for a mamogram..... YAY!! free!!
3d mamograms in Canadia.....nope. There's 3 in a tiny town just sth of the border. YAY FREE!!!
...

Anecdotes make nice stories, but they aren't data. The breast cancer mortality rate per 100,000 is 17.60 in Canada and 17.56 in the USA. No significant difference.
https://www.worldlifeexpectancy.com/...country/female
The US spends about $10,000 per person on health care. Canada spends under $5,000 per person, all in US dollars.
https://www.healthsystemtracker.org/...lth-u-s-spends
It's a lot more money spent for little gain.

[Allied39]

Rated by? Data provided by whom?
Anecdotes are nice....LOL
When my wifes best friend is freaking out for 3 months waiting for a mamogram,yeah, nice.
Yup you go with the data, god speed!
I don't mind helping the helpless, but not the hopeless.

done.

[Lepke]

I spent a lot of years either in a union or running businesses with union workers. We/they had great health plans. Almost free or free. The problem with free is too many people run to the doctor for any sniffle. People don't use band-aids any more, they gotta have stitches for any cut. It all adds up and makes it expensive for everyone. Insurance is just a middleman that tries to sell healthcare for less than the actual cost. But the big cost is the trial lawyers and the malpractice insurance that doctors have to have today. But the trial lawyers pay off the politicians, and so it only gets worse.
I would love to see a basic national healthcare, but not one whose cost destroys the US like the British did.
Yes we have a great military, and there's a reason. We have commitments and lessons learned in WWII and since. Before WWII we were weak and a lot of Americans paid with their lives at the start, like Bataan, Wake Island and other places. Obsolete equipment and no support. Being weak and posing no threat didn't protect us.

[Paul L]

Originally Posted by Allied39

Rated by? Data provided by whom?
Anecdotes are nice....LOL
When my wifes best friend is freaking out for 3 months waiting for a mamogram,yeah, nice.
Yup you go with the data, god speed!
I don't mind helping the helpless, but not the hopeless.

done.

I think a lot of people agree with you, as we have the most costly health care system in the world that routinely does not produce better outcomes for the populace. So until people are willing to look at the actual costs and performance, not much is likely to change.

[cyan]

Originally Posted by Paul L

Anecdotes make nice stories, but they aren't data

The data isn't such a nice story.
The average wait to see a specialist from a doctor's referral in Canada is 21 weeks. (This seems to line up with Allied39's "nice story".)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/sallypi.../#694458833e7d

If you get sick in Canada you need lots of time.
If you get sick in the US, you need lots of money.
Neither country's solution sounds ideal to me.

[zboss]

21 weeks!?!? Well you are in luck! There are doctors on Mexico as equally able to take care of you during your two weeks vacation and they are available immediately at a fraction of your regular cost.

[Paul L]

Originally Posted by cyan

The data isn't such a nice story.
The average wait to see a specialist from a doctor's referral in Canada is 21 weeks. (This seems to line up with Allied39's "nice story".)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/sallypi.../#694458833e7d

If you get sick in Canada you need lots of time.
If you get sick in the US, you need lots of money.
Neither country's solution sounds ideal to me.

Again, I agree that neither system is perfect. Wait or no wait, the US is not currently providing significantly better outcomes and often less better outcomes for the populace at twice the cost.
I can buy my meds retail online from Canada or the UK for less than my US insurance copay. But that's only a small part of it. The US medical system is at the same time paying 5 times as much for the same drug from the same company. That's part of how we spend twice as much but don't get a decent return on that investment.

[Group9]

Originally Posted by Sailsarefull

The reason it is only $22/month is because other tax payers are paying the balance of atleast $800/month or more. The true cost of the insurance is atleast $900/month. But, with low income reported, they get the subsidy from taxpayers. Sort of welfare.

No sort of, to it. Due to good retirement planning, I guess, I get to cruise and still pay enough taxes to subsidize those who didn’t plan as well. We taxpayers aren’t bottomless pits, though. Something we hope politicians buying votes with our taxes would remember from time to time.

[01kiwijohn]

I'm with you, Allied. As an ex Kiwi I am glad I don't have to deal with the "FREE" health care either. They don't break out the amount you pay for it, in your tax bill, but regardless, I doubt if there's an American who would be prepared to suffer under such a system. With no prior experience most are in the dark.
I also lived in Poland; would you like a discourse on their "free" health care too?