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Lars39

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10. I've done both.

Reply to Recursion (Reply #9)

Sat Oct 12, 2013, 08:29 PM

Oct 2013

If you can't pay for your portion of medical care within the year it occurs, you could very easily be on the way to bankruptcy if the bills keep piling up year after year.

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Where have people been getting low-deductible plans until now? [View all] Recursion Oct 2013 OP

Before he died, my husband and I had a no-deductible policy. ScreamingMeemie Oct 2013 #1

My policy through work is no-deductible. femmocrat Oct 2013 #2

Deductables have slowly gotten higher... cynatnite Oct 2013 #3

I wasn't in the private sector much until the mid-oughts Recursion Oct 2013 #4

It's going up AndrewRN Oct 2013 #5

I'm on the opposite end of the spectrum. Travis_0004 Oct 2013 #6

Not zero, but between $250-500. Lars39 Oct 2013 #7

Huh, OK. Recursion Oct 2013 #9

I've done both. Lars39 Oct 2013 #10

I had no deductible, and no copays, LWolf Oct 2013 #8

I'm inclined to think that most of those who are shocked by deductibles Skidmore Oct 2013 #11

no, we're just older TorchTheWitch Oct 2013 #15

Had a nice plan from 2005-2009 madville Oct 2013 #12

I think a lot of people who never had insurance are honestly shocked about Warren Stupidity Oct 2013 #13

$300 pp through work. aikoaiko Oct 2013 #14