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From: Vancouver, Washington and Ocean Shores, Washington, USA
Bikes: 2 - 2007 Custom Bike Fridays, 2 - 2009 Bike Friday Pocket 8's, Gravity 29'er SS, 2 - 8-spd Windsor City Bikes, 1973 Raleigh 20 & a 1964 Schwinn Tiger
Hey, we have a $40.00 co-pay AFTER we pay something like $650/month in premiums.
I'm on Medicare w/Kaiser Part B while wife is still on Kaiser (not 65 yet).
They do keep the drug costs down though, and the computerized record system and ability to e-mail your doctor is great.
We definitely have a gold-plated medical care system in this country, and by that I mean it costs a bundle and many/most cannot afford it.
Makes for a lot of great architecture, though, like the Humana Hdqtrs we saw in downtown Louisville last year, as well as many here in the Portland Metro area.