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This whole health care topic is spread through about a dozen threads here. I don't know where to post.
This should possibly even go in the post whore thread, because it's really not contributing to the discussion. But...
It's open enrollment here at work. Today I got the breakdown of the 3 plans I can choose from: the good expensive plan, the crappy expensive plan, and a new high deductible plan that is slightly cheaper but it so crappy, it's almost like not being insured. It only kicks in after a $3000 deductible. But then you'll be glad you have it, because you are SICK.
Anyway, looking at the price tags on all these plans, it occurred to me that when you count my employer's premium contributions, and my premium contributions, and also consider that we recently refinanced our house for a lower payment, we are now spending about double for health insurance what we are spending for housing here in expensive Arlington VA.
We are healthy, and we(including my employer) are spending twice as much for health insurance as we are for housing. I think that's messed up.
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