Originally Posted By SuperDry Well, not really: <a href="http://www.cnn.com/video/?/video/health/2009/08/25/nat.cancer.survivor.debt.cnn" target="_blank">http://www.cnn.com/video/?/vid...debt.cnn</a> Woman had health insurance, but still ended up with $100k bill of uncovered expenses when she got cancer. Now, in addition to fighting to pay off her bill, she can't do what she wanted to do, freelance work, because with her pre-existing condition, there's no way she can get individual coverage.
Originally Posted By mawnck >>What happened two years ago was IBM deciding to move most of its jobs offshore to save money after a sobering look at the life cycle cost of its U.S, workers. If you look at the total future cost of an American employee for the next 15 years — it is a pretty big number. Then add the double digit inflation cost of U.S. health care and that number becomes bigger still. The only way companies like IBM see themselves being able to continue to operate is by cutting retirement benefits and/or shipping jobs off shore. In IBM’s case they are doing both. This is at the heart of the current health care debate, because the cost of medical care is killing U.S. jobs.<< <a href="http://www.cringely.com/2009/08/neutron-bomb/" target="_blank">http://www.cringely.com/2009/0...on-bomb/</a>
