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- From: curt@vtucs.cc.vt.edu (Curt Tilmes)
- Newsgroups: misc.consumers
- Subject: Re: Doctor ripoff, or just reality?
- Message-ID: <CURT.92Nov16173338@vtucs.cc.vt.edu>
- Date: 16 Nov 92 22:33:38 GMT
- References: <1992Nov10.214207.10802@bradley.bradley.edu>
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- In-reply-to: kapa@cbnewsc.cb.att.com's message of 13 Nov 92 06:13:47 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov13.061347.4826@cbnewsc.cb.att.com> kapa@cbnewsc.cb.att.com (k.a.perkins) writes:
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- > It is quite clear to me what my insurance is not
- > going to pay for, like preventative medicine, for example. My insurance
- > will not pay a dime for vaccinations, but if I or one of my dependents
- > got polio or tuberculosious (sp?), they would pay big time.
-
-
- Why do you need insurance for a 100% probable cost? There is an
- overhead cost for every dollar that you (or your employer) pays the
- insurance company, who then pays the doctor. If you know you are
- going to have to make some payments, just keep that money out of your
- paycheck yourself.
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