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		<title>By: Kevin A.R.T.</title>
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		<dc:creator>Kevin A.R.T.</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 19:23:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: vanessa h</title>
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		<dc:creator>vanessa h</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 19:06:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>A surgery like that will cost lots of money.. so you&#039;ll definitely want to search EVERY health plan..

You&#039;ll want to know what the pro&#039;s and con&#039;s are of each service...

I had neck surgery 2 or 3 weeks ago..

this is the site i used:

http://hot-auctions.info/healthplancomparison.php</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A surgery like that will cost lots of money.. so you&#039;ll definitely want to search EVERY health plan..</p>
<p>You&#039;ll want to know what the pro&#039;s and con&#039;s are of each service&#8230;</p>
<p>I had neck surgery 2 or 3 weeks ago..</p>
<p>this is the site i used:</p>
<p><a href="http://hot-auctions.info/healthplancomparison.php" rel="nofollow">http://hot-auctions.info/healthplancomparison.php</a></p>
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		<title>By: sharron</title>
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		<dc:creator>sharron</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 17:54:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>You can compare the quotes of various company here:

For Life Insurance :
http://free-best-life-insures-comparator-usa.blogspot.com/

For Health Insurance
http://top-usa-health-insurance-comparator.blogspot.com/


Hope this help</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You can compare the quotes of various company here:</p>
<p>For Life Insurance :<br />
<a href="http://free-best-life-insures-comparator-usa.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">http://free-best-life-insures-comparator-usa.blogspot.com/</a></p>
<p>For Health Insurance<br />
<a href="http://top-usa-health-insurance-comparator.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">http://top-usa-health-insurance-comparator.blogspot.com/</a></p>
<p>Hope this help</p>
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		<title>By: blackaurora44</title>
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		<dc:creator>blackaurora44</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 09:05:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Instead of our tax dollars going to $400 screwdrivers and wingnuts, let&#039;s have health care for all working Americans!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Instead of our tax dollars going to $400 screwdrivers and wingnuts, let&#8217;s have health care for all working Americans!</p>
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		<title>By: prizice24</title>
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		<dc:creator>prizice24</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 08:57:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Multiple member LLC&#039;s can be taxed 3 different ways:

1. As a partnership
2. As a C corporation
3. As an S Corporation

The deductability of health insurance premiums for your LLC will depend on which of the 3 types of entities your LLC elected to be taxed at (the default is the partnership form of taxation).

Typically, you will be able to deduct 100% of your health insurance premiums although there are some specials considerations for owner/officers of S Corporations who own more than 2% of the company.

If you speak with a CPA or qualified tax advisor they should be able to give you plenty of good tips. One thing that you may want to mention is a medical reimbursement plan. Here is some more detail on medical reimbursement plans:</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Multiple member LLC&#039;s can be taxed 3 different ways:</p>
<p>1. As a partnership<br />
2. As a C corporation<br />
3. As an S Corporation</p>
<p>The deductability of health insurance premiums for your LLC will depend on which of the 3 types of entities your LLC elected to be taxed at (the default is the partnership form of taxation).</p>
<p>Typically, you will be able to deduct 100% of your health insurance premiums although there are some specials considerations for owner/officers of S Corporations who own more than 2% of the company.</p>
<p>If you speak with a CPA or qualified tax advisor they should be able to give you plenty of good tips. One thing that you may want to mention is a medical reimbursement plan. Here is some more detail on medical reimbursement plans:</p>
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		<title>By: LOVER</title>
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		<dc:creator>LOVER</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 07:07:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Well, if she&#039;s 40 and perfectly healthy, it&#039;s going to cost her about $500 a month to have a low/no deductible plan that covers checkups. 

You BUY it on a month to month basis.  If you want low monthly payments, you have to cut the coverage - like take a $10,000 deductible.  Or higher.  That would cut payments down to maybe $200 a month or less. 

The older she is, the less healthy she is, the more it costs.

Your best bet, is to find a local, independent agent, who can help you balance cost with coverage.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well, if she&#039;s 40 and perfectly healthy, it&#039;s going to cost her about $500 a month to have a low/no deductible plan that covers checkups. </p>
<p>You BUY it on a month to month basis.  If you want low monthly payments, you have to cut the coverage &#8211; like take a $10,000 deductible.  Or higher.  That would cut payments down to maybe $200 a month or less. </p>
<p>The older she is, the less healthy she is, the more it costs.</p>
<p>Your best bet, is to find a local, independent agent, who can help you balance cost with coverage.</p>
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		<title>By: TreeAngel</title>
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		<dc:creator>TreeAngel</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 06:45:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thank you, Ted Kennedy and God bless you!!!  We will keep fighting the Good Fight!!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thank you, Ted Kennedy and God bless you!!!  We will keep fighting the Good Fight!!!</p>
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		<title>By: John A</title>
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		<dc:creator>John A</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 04:21:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>They would definitely shrink, but they would still be around.  Look at Medicare, they have supplement polices which the individual has to pay.  If you think the government is going to pay for Heart surgery, Cancer treatment, you&#039;re in for a rude awakening.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>They would definitely shrink, but they would still be around.  Look at Medicare, they have supplement polices which the individual has to pay.  If you think the government is going to pay for Heart surgery, Cancer treatment, you&#039;re in for a rude awakening.</p>
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		<title>By: synchronised</title>
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		<dc:creator>synchronised</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 03:33:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>You&#039;ve asked a very broad question.  There is no simple answer.

In truth, health insurance works a little differently in each state.

To answer your specific questions:
1) No, health insurance is not compulsory for everyone.  If you&#039;re lucky, you are able to join a group policy at work.  (If you&#039;re really lucky, it&#039;s a good policy and the employer pays at least half of it.)  Some states have recently made it compulsory, but that&#039;s such a recent change that there&#039;s no clear cut answer yet for how that&#039;s going to work. 

2) What happens if someone can&#039;t afford it is...  they don&#039;t get it, usually.  Except if your income puts you below the &quot;poverty level&quot;, in which case you qualify for Medicaid.  (In some states there are programs that typically provide assistance with insuring children, though they are few and far between for covering adults.)

3) Health insurance rarely covers all the bills when you have a procedure done.  Most plans cover 50-80% after you meet your deductible.  The deductible amounts vary widely (but the trend is that the deductibles are getting higher and higher to keep the premiums down.)  If you&#039;re really, REALLY lucky, you don&#039;t have a deductible (which is only an option on group plans), and you may only have to pay 10% of covered charges.  (These plans are few and far between.  As in, you might have them if you&#039;re in Congress.)

4) Yes, the patient has some say over procedures.  However, if the patient opts for an &quot;experimental&quot; procedure, or one that isn&#039;t deemed &quot;medically necessary&quot;, then health insurance may refuse to cover any charges at all.

In the end, as with most things, the middle class takes the brunt of these costs.  This has become such a problem that more than 50% of all bankruptcies are as a result of medical bills (and of those, more than 75% had health insurance.)

** Edited to add:
It&#039;s not ALL about the money when a procedure is involved.  If it is, the state keeps track of complaints filed on behalf of consumers with &quot;managed care&quot; (ie. any type of network arrangement including Preferred Provider Organizations, Health Maintenance Organizations, and Point of Service organizations -- also known as PPO, HMO, and POS) and may very well revoke a company&#039;s charter to do business in the state should the company be turning down too many legitimate claims.

However, insurance companies are sticklers for following the &quot;standard&quot; for medical care.  This is what makes it difficult to answer your question.  Because they should not deny anything that&#039;s considered standard for care in the given circumstances (should not and will not being two completely different things, of course.)  And there may be several options that would be considered &quot;standard.&quot;  If the patient wants treatment that isn&#039;t yet considered &quot;standard&quot;, they would balk.  Period.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You&#039;ve asked a very broad question.  There is no simple answer.</p>
<p>In truth, health insurance works a little differently in each state.</p>
<p>To answer your specific questions:<br />
1) No, health insurance is not compulsory for everyone.  If you&#039;re lucky, you are able to join a group policy at work.  (If you&#039;re really lucky, it&#039;s a good policy and the employer pays at least half of it.)  Some states have recently made it compulsory, but that&#039;s such a recent change that there&#039;s no clear cut answer yet for how that&#039;s going to work. </p>
<p>2) What happens if someone can&#039;t afford it is&#8230;  they don&#039;t get it, usually.  Except if your income puts you below the &quot;poverty level&quot;, in which case you qualify for Medicaid.  (In some states there are programs that typically provide assistance with insuring children, though they are few and far between for covering adults.)</p>
<p>3) Health insurance rarely covers all the bills when you have a procedure done.  Most plans cover 50-80% after you meet your deductible.  The deductible amounts vary widely (but the trend is that the deductibles are getting higher and higher to keep the premiums down.)  If you&#039;re really, REALLY lucky, you don&#039;t have a deductible (which is only an option on group plans), and you may only have to pay 10% of covered charges.  (These plans are few and far between.  As in, you might have them if you&#039;re in Congress.)</p>
<p>4) Yes, the patient has some say over procedures.  However, if the patient opts for an &quot;experimental&quot; procedure, or one that isn&#039;t deemed &quot;medically necessary&quot;, then health insurance may refuse to cover any charges at all.</p>
<p>In the end, as with most things, the middle class takes the brunt of these costs.  This has become such a problem that more than 50% of all bankruptcies are as a result of medical bills (and of those, more than 75% had health insurance.)</p>
<p>** Edited to add:<br />
It&#039;s not ALL about the money when a procedure is involved.  If it is, the state keeps track of complaints filed on behalf of consumers with &quot;managed care&quot; (ie. any type of network arrangement including Preferred Provider Organizations, Health Maintenance Organizations, and Point of Service organizations &#8212; also known as PPO, HMO, and POS) and may very well revoke a company&#039;s charter to do business in the state should the company be turning down too many legitimate claims.</p>
<p>However, insurance companies are sticklers for following the &quot;standard&quot; for medical care.  This is what makes it difficult to answer your question.  Because they should not deny anything that&#039;s considered standard for care in the given circumstances (should not and will not being two completely different things, of course.)  And there may be several options that would be considered &quot;standard.&quot;  If the patient wants treatment that isn&#039;t yet considered &quot;standard&quot;, they would balk.  Period.</p>
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		<title>By: bigj</title>
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		<dc:creator>bigj</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 02:03:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Nothing can compete with free.  It&#039;s not very difficult.  All these left-wingers that come up with all these theories about how it will force private companies to lower their standards is just BS.  Why would anyone stick to a private health insurance plan when their tax dollars are already paying for another one?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nothing can compete with free.  It&#039;s not very difficult.  All these left-wingers that come up with all these theories about how it will force private companies to lower their standards is just BS.  Why would anyone stick to a private health insurance plan when their tax dollars are already paying for another one?</p>
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