Found Not Lost

The health insurance system in this country sucks, but it sucks even more when you don’t have any insurance at all. When we were young, we had health insurance through my mother’s job. We had our medical cards and when we needed to see a doctor, we just made and appointment and the insurance took care of everything.

Not so now. My job provides health and dental insurance coverage for us. It’s not the best, but it’s not the worst either. I think most people probably get this same type of insurance. Even with my employer and me paying into it, the payments are still pretty expensive. Which wouldn’t be so bad, except that when you go to the doctor nowadays, you still end up paying for even more because your insurance didn’t cover all the charges!

Now you have supplemental insurance companies that help to bridge this medigap, the portion not covered by most health insurance, especially for senior citizens who are on a fixed income.

It seems to me that the problem is getting more complicated rather than solved. Now you’ll have one more additional premium to pay!