The Ponderosa: Affordable health insurance available for Gen Y(or whatever letter we're up to)'ers

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Above this race of men stands an immense and tutelary power, which takes upon itself alone to secure their gratifications and to watch over their fate. That power is absolute, minute, regular, provident, and mild. It would be like the authority of a parent if, like that authority, its object was to prepare men for manhood; but it seeks, on the contrary, to keep them in perpetual childhood: it is well content that the people should rejoice, provided they think of nothing but rejoicing. For their happiness such a government willingly labors, but it chooses to be the sole agent and the only arbiter of that happiness; it provides for their security, foresees and supplies their necessities, facilitates their pleasures, manages their principal concerns, directs their industry, regulates the descent of property, and subdivides their inheritances: what remains, but to spare them all the care of thinking and all the trouble of living?

--Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America

Tuesday, July 12, 2005

Affordable health insurance available for Gen Y(or whatever letter we're up to)'ers

Cheap Health Insurance Available to Many Young Adults

FRIDAY, July 8 (HealthDay News) -- For the cost of a latte a day, many of America's 10 million uninsured young adults could afford individual health insurance in most of the 50 largest U.S. cities, according to a new national report.

The Most Affordable Cities for Individuals to Buy Health Insurance report was released by online insurance source eHealthInsurance. The report lists the cities with the most affordable health insurance options for single 30-year-olds.

"It's important that young and uninsured people realize that their health, as well as their financial future, are at stake. We created this report to raise awareness with young people that there are affordable solutions available in most of the country so they can make an informed choice about their fiscal and physical health," Gary Lauer, CEO of eHealthInsurance, said in a prepared statement.

The report cited Long Beach, Calif., as the city with the most affordable health insurance for single young adults. In that city, the cost of about 17 average-sized lattes (at $3.10 each) would cover the monthly premium for a health insurance plan.

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Lessee ... forgo over-priced coffee and exhibit some adult responsibility ... or lobby to have "someone else" (eg, ME) bankroll your health care needs.

We should also note that most young people do not need the all-encompassing coverage that those of us in our advanced years require. In most cases, simply having catastrophic coverage suffices ... Of course, you will actually have to pay the full fare for an office visit, but a good dose of price sensitivity is what's needed in the health care market as a whole.

The Ponderosa

Tuesday, July 12, 2005

Affordable health insurance available for Gen Y(or whatever letter we're up to)'ers

Available from The Virginia City Trading Post . . .

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