tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5360678.post4325795767435834188..comments2023-10-28T10:10:55.009-04:00Comments on Dave Kurt's Blog: My take on Healthcare in AmericaUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5360678.post-43310986311380362052010-03-04T00:36:46.909-05:002010-03-04T00:36:46.909-05:00I used to work for a small non-profit in Dayton, a...I used to work for a small non-profit in Dayton, and during my relatively short tenure there, I had the pleasure of working under a few different Executive Directors, one of whom had been a rather successful health insurance saleswoman, before heading up the Greater Dayton Area Hospital Association.<br /><br />We were chatting about U.S. Healthcare one time, and she noted that the biggest problem she could see was how poorly people managed and planed their costs. She gave the the example of a newlywed couple that came to her looking for insurance. Being young and healthy, their rates were pretty low - but they wanted to have kids, so they insisted on having full coverage on all the medical stuff that comes with having a kid. As a result, their rates went up several hundred dollars a month.<br /><br />At this point, they complained about how much it cost, like many people do. What my boss pointed out, to them and me, is that if they had thought about it and planned, they could have dumped half of the rate increase their insurance demands cost them into a high-yield savings account, waited a year or two, and easily have had enough to cover the costs, and then some.<br /><br />But they didn't.Willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08407606634694001619noreply@blogger.com