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So it sounds like being 'self insured' is probably the lesser of several
evils provided there are no real debilitating or catastrophic conditions
that arise. I suppose paying $500/mo for 12 months ($6000) would go a long
ways toward paying for 'routine' illnesses. It would certainly depend upon
the general overall health of the individuals. Hmmm, then a good 'medical'
kitty would be in order just as a maintenance kitty for times when that
engine decides to swallow a valve or you blow out a jib. ;o)
So maybe the key here is what I've always heard and have come to believe in
my heart ... go cruising NOW while you have your strength and your health!!
Thanks,
John
S/V Pearl
At 03:03 PM 9/1/2001, Aerofoam wrote:
> > But it will cost alot less, regardless of the fact that the
> > government in Canada is the "insurer" (health care services in
> > Canada are private). The health care is often superior to that
> > in the US (unless you are very rich).
>
>Most cruisers I know of have just payed cash for their medical coverage
>outside the states. Example, emergency appendectomy with airlift to La Paz
>and 3 days in the hospital, $1800.00
>I just met someone who took a 2 week vacation to Thailand just to get dental
>work done. She had 10 fillings re-done and a crown for under $200.00 U.S.
>The entire Vacation on an island in the S. China Sea with dentistry in a new
>hospital facility cost under $2000.00 The dentist was trained in Britain.
>I would have paid a local dentist more than that for 1 good crown!!!!
>I have been watching the health care situation in British Columbia, it's a
>joke, people are being turned away from emergency rooms or waiting over 20
>hours to see a doctor. Socialism never has worked, but greed is just as
>bad......
>
>I had Health Insurance with Conseco at a cost of about $2K. per year, but
>they denied the measly $220.00 in charges that incurred the first year and
>made me do all the inquiries to the doctors office about the billing!
>What the hell did I pay them for????
>
>M. Mech (uninsured)
>S.V. Desert Wind
>
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