Bob; Sounds like you guys are getting "rooked" all the way around. Everything going up but the wages. They wanted $200 more a year for premiums to my Business Insurance. I told them to shove it. Yeah...if I can put on a 10% mark-up on your drugs, I'll go to the Pharmacy and pick them up. But apparently US is also making that illegal, right from the top up, they want you guys to pay thru the nose. Don't even want to try to take off some of the burden to the "average" American. Wonder if George W. has an HMO, and I wonder what his Co-Pay is, or if he even knows.;-) -Ed- Ed Gaidies Tel-Tek Electronics. Ontario-Canada teltek3@xxxxxxxxxxxx -----Original Message----- From: techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bob@Bobs tv Sent: February 26, 2004 11:32 AM To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [TechAssist] Health Insurance Advice Hello Group, I'm sure others have run into this..My wife and I work in the business and are members of a local HMO...We have seen the health care costs rise over the years, like most have..We belong to the Small Business Service Bureau that handles our insurance..Up until now our premiums have been $752.00 a month for two individual plans as we have no children. The other day we received a letter saying our premiums will increase to $1075.00 per month, as of April 1st.. This does not include co-pays for Dr visits or meds.. The calls I have made are like, well health insurance costs have increased..Would like some input to this subject, in private if you like or setup up a chat time...Maybe we can order our meds from Ed in Canada at a reduced rate..hehe thanks for your time... Bob, Bobs TV Worcester, ma woodman1@xxxxxxxx Main 508-853-1482 Fax 508-853-1480 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ----- Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/