Quote Originally Posted by know1 View Post
Sometimes I think I'm the ONLY person that understands the principle of health insurance. Of course we would need insurance to pay for a quadruple bypass, but we should get rid of insurance for our daily meds, routine check-ups, etc.

As I've said before, if I had all the money my employers had paid in premiums for me since I entered the workforce, I could have maintained catastrophic health insurance, paid for my daily health issues out-of-pocket, and would likely have a large reserve of cash set aside for future.

I guess people really think the answer to this problem is doing more of the same things we've been doing for years, but we have to make a fundamental change - i.e. get rid of health insurance other than catastrophic - if we want to see improvement.
that would work for me, I work at a Union job and have good Insurance, and it's part of my retirement. will have it for as long as I live. and have only used it 2 times in the last 10 years. but I'm in good health, and sounds like you are a healthy man by the statement you made above. but everyone isn't as blessed as you and I with good health. if you had health problems and had to visit a doctor on regular basis, as millions of people do. you would look at it different.