[at-l] Re: health care/insurance

[lwbooher@halifax.com (Leslie Booher)]

So tell us the joke from BPL, please.  Leslie 9anklebear)

-----Original Message-----
From: W F Thorneloe <thornel@attglobal.net>
To: Dufresne, Aimee <adufresne@carnegiehall.org>
Cc: at-l@mailman.backcountry.net <at-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
Date: Wednesday, March 21, 2001 8:53 PM
Subject: [at-l] Re: health care/insurance


>That would be my recommendation. Use of an HMO or other highly
>managed/mangled care system could leave you high and dry getting approval
>for ER evaluation of fractures and such. A catastrophic or major medical
>policy is probably the best way to have some security and assure of access
>to care.
>
>BTW, there is no such thing as health insurance in the USA. We only have a
>scheme called underwriting, which tilts all risk onto the "insured" and
>maximizes profit from premiums for the so-called insurer. There is no
>concept of shared risk as is core to the concept of insurance.
>
>OrangeBug
>
>BTW, another bit of insurance is to never cook inside your silnylon tent!
>(inside joke for those on BPL)
>
>At 10:46 AM 3/21/2001 -0500, Dufresne, Aimee wrote:
>>i'd love tips on health insurance for the thruer.  i'm thinking about
simply
>>getting catastrophe insurance (affordable plan through my alma mater).
>>thanx!
>
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