The #2 bodybuilder in the world doesn't have health insurance

[Moosejay]

agreed...$200 per month will still not afford great coverage until you meet lofty deductables...and, ALWAYS look at insurance company provider panels...like someone mentioned...better docs do not take shiity, ball-breaking insurance...you have no choices...like the proletariat

[Moosejay]

full coverage often comes with 'exclusions', which has to be considered when evaluating comprehensiveness of coverage

[Moosejay]

No one (Except Onlyme) has ever mentioned a figure of $20/ month....

I have the coverage myself, along with the other smart ones that opted to get on board...my cost is about $150/ Mo. for full coverage, no different than I had set up prior with a major company for $550./ mo as an individual.

Hi Bob..

Not to get personal, but does the $150 cover your wife and child?

If so, you got the deal of the century!

[JohnnyVegas]

Or he could just get a job with benefits...Where i work you can work 32hrs per week and still have full coverage.

The MAJORITY of jobs in America today do NOT have any medical or dental coverage.

Starbucks is one exception where you could work 20-32 hours per week and get SOME medical coverage, but not 100% employer paid.

Heck even the best American companies that DO have coverage make the employee pay a fairly good protion. Usually in the $150 a month range.

[Moosejay]

epic reveling in another person's misfortune.

Never revel  in the swirling pool of discontent of another....

[The Squadfather]

The MAJORITY of jobs in America today do NOT have any medical or dental coverage.

Starbucks is one exception where you could work 20-32 hours per week and get SOME medical coverage, but not 100% employer paid.

Heck even the best American companies that DO have coverage make the employee pay a fairly good protion. Usually in the $150 a month range.

where the hell have you worked? every job i've had had medical and dental, you just had to pay for it and the amount was deducted from your paycheck.

[The Squadfather]

Never revel  in the swirling pool of discontent of another....

exactly, i never feel good when someone has health problems, that shit can't be controlled most of the time.

[Moosejay]

Health insurance is a must.
Here in Austria 10 days in a hospital ~6000$.

At Yale that would just pay for the room charge alone.

However, you get what you pay for.

If people here took better care of their health (oh, yeah...I know...they like to say that they do...)...#1-they would not mind paying premiums for the best care in the world; #2-they wouldn't have to pay as much, because they would not need so much care.

Like a self-cleaning oven.

My solution for the so-called 'health care crisis'= take better care of yourself

Crisis=...starving, homeless, in the snow without shoes, getting frostbite.

I pay for my own insurance.

Yeah, its alot.

However, since 1990, I have had over $300K in medical bills.

I have paid a total of $10,000 in copays and miscellaneous costs.

To me, this sopunds like sound fidciary sense.

I tyhink I will keep gladly paying my 900 bucks per month

[MB]

Vic will probably end up saving money by not having health insurance.  Let's say his medical bill is $20k.  Most insurance is something like $1,000 deductible + 20%, which would be about $5,000 out of pocket, leaving $15k covered by insurance.  If his premium is $300/mo for independent insurance, he'd pay $15k in premiums after 50 months or about 4 years.  So, unless he has something catastrophic happen in the next 4 years, he'll be further ahead without insurance. 

[Moosejay]

The MAJORITY of jobs in America today do NOT have any medical or dental coverage.

Starbucks is one exception where you could work 20-32 hours per week and get SOME medical coverage, but not 100% employer paid.

Heck even the best American companies that DO have coverage make the employee pay a fairly good protion. Usually in the $150 a month range.

Allow me to clarify:

Many companies do...you may mean the type where the burden is totally financed by the employer.

Now, one must often finance part of it, as the employee.

All part of self-responsibility.

[Moosejay]

Vic will probably end up saving money by not having health insurance.  Let's say his medical bill is $20k.  Most insurance is something like $1,000 deductible + 20%, which would be about $5,000 out of pocket, leaving $15k covered by insurance.  If his premium is $300/mo for independent insurance, he'd pay $15k in premiums after 50 months or about 4 years.  So, unless he has something catastrophic happen in the next 4 years, he'll be further ahead without insurance. 

A lot of "ifs".

Its INSANE to go without healthy insurance.

If he is making big dough like some here like to purvey, the more protection he needs.

Very risky to gamble going without.

The odds say one with this approach will end up bankrupt.

[Chick]

Hi Bob..

Not to get personal, but does the $150 cover your wife and child?

If so, you got the deal of the century!

No, Just me. I've got My wife and daughter on a different coverage because of the maternity coverage...

[Moosejay]

exactly, i never feel good when someone has health problems, that shit can't be controlled most of the time.

Indeed, indeed, squad.

I actually like seeing everyone do well.

If one can thrive in any climate, then you and I can, too.

Its heartening to see others excel.

It spurs us all on to greater heights.

Moose

[Moosejay]

No, Just me. I've got My wife and daughter on a different coverage because of the maternity coverage...

Cool. Glad to hear that...I would always expect smart decisions like this from one such as you. Will I see you at the NY pro next month?

Mike

[Chick]

Cool. Glad to hear that...I would always expect smart decisions like this from one such as you. Will I see you at the NY pro next month?

Mike

Sure will, bro...I'll be hosting

[Rimbaud]

No one (Except Onlyme) has ever mentioned a figure of $20/ month....

I have the coverage myself, along with the other smart ones that opted to get on board...my cost is about $150/ Mo. for full coverage, no different than I had set up prior with a major company for $550./ mo as an individual.

Fair enough. I wasn't trying to fuck with you or anything.

On a serious note: Who's your carrier?

[Chick]

Fair enough. I wasn't trying to fuck with you or anything.

On a serious note: Who's your carrier?

One of the top 4...

[Moosejay]

Sure will, bro...I'll be hosting

Cool...you are one of the best MC's ever. I am always proud to point out to my Gal when we see you that I was vanquished by you at the 81 teen America...you were 15, me 17.....she sees you and asks, "You stood nexty to HIM???"...

And I say yeah, even then I looked like a tattoo on his deltoid...!

[Rimbaud]

One of the top 4...

What's the co-pay, script coverage, etc...

[Moosejay]

One of the top 4...

Anthem gives great premiums for great coverage.

My office manager worked for Blue Cross for 15 years at a high level.

She costs me a lot, but she tripled my collections.

She knows every trick they pull, and , believe me, they pull alot of 'em.

I can go on for houirs about those types of things.

But, when dealing with your insurer, you gotta be a strategist, unfortunately.

Some stonewall so m uch that, believe it oir not....their goal is to deny you enough where you give up and pay yourself!


Naturally...NEVER give up  

[Chick]

Cool...you are one of the best MC's ever. I am always proud to point out to my Gal when we see you that I was vanquished by you at the 81 teen America...you were 15, me 17.....she sees you and asks, "You stood nexty to HIM???"...

And I say yeah, even then I looked like a tattoo on his deltoid...!

Much appreciated...make sure you introduce yourself, bro.

[Moosejay]

Look forward to it...I need a photo of you and I that I can juxtapose next to one from the teen A

Ah, the sands of time, alas...

[candidizzle]

chick you should get bodybuilding.com to make a special discount code for getbig members


cuz you know were a bunch of stone cold pimps


 

[Moosejay]

Say, just out of curiosity, what would the discount be on, candidizzle?

[Rimbaud]

chick you should get bodybuilding.com to make a special discount code for getbig members


cuz you know were a bunch of stone cold pimps


 

Settle down tiger, you're getting a little overzealous begging for free sups.

Seriously Bob where's my bodybuilding.com polo shirt?