| If you asked every one of the one hundred senators in | | | | employer pays your health insurance either. What if |
| Washington that question, I think you'd probably end up | | | | your employer's costs increase? What do you think |
| with one hundred different answers. I don't think | | | | might happen? Might they pass some of that |
| anybody really knows the impact on private health | | | | increased cost onto to you, by making you pay part of |
| insurance rates. We know not everyone will qualify for | | | | your health insurance premium? Might they change |
| the "public" option, if there even is one in the final bill, | | | | their insurance plan to one that offers less coverage? |
| and even if you do qualify, what will the restrictions and | | | | Again, I don't think the average person can figure that |
| prerequisites be? How will the Healthcare Bill affect | | | | out at this point. I don't even think the lawmakers in |
| you if you already have private insurance? Will your | | | | Washington DC can at this point either. |
| rates go up because of some paragraph in the bill that | | | | So what to do? You need to be prepared for |
| will cause your insurance company to increase their | | | | anything. Remember knowledge is power, so checking |
| premiums? | | | | out what your alternatives might cost you now may |
| Look at what is happening in California. Residents there | | | | be a good way to at least prepare for the future. |
| who have private health insurance recently got letters | | | | Get in touch with some national health insurance |
| telling them to expect a 39% increase in their | | | | providers and get a free quote from them. In fact get |
| premiums, from their insurance providers. Thirty nine | | | | a few quotes from a number of companies taking into |
| percent is huge really; it's the difference between say | | | | account how a larger deductible and other factors, |
| $1,100 per month for family coverage and over | | | | might impact your monthly payments. With all the other |
| $1,500.00 per month. I mean that's almost more than | | | | economic stresses on American families today, any |
| rent in a lot of communities in the US. | | | | little bit of savings could be a huge help. It really is the |
| Don't think you're completely in the clear if your | | | | responsible thing to do for yourself and your family. |