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Originally Posted by OceanChild
DH is applying for federal jobs and we'll have a similar plan if he gets one. If not, I always have the option as enlisting as an officer, or he has an option of re-enlisting. Any job that I've been looking at after I graduate in May has very decent health care plans. We do anticipate a higher cost for insurance b/c of her pre-existing condition, but it is still not enough to convince me that we should jump on the UHC bandwagon.
To the bolded, do you have any idea how much money the gov't wastes on ensuring the military has good health coverage? They waste a ton of money, make deals with the companies in their network so they pay those companies less, and pay the military service members crap - that is how we are able to get the benefit of good health insurance in the military. As I've said before, somehow the gov't would have to force every medical company to take less money for their services on top of forcing much higher taxes to even remotely be able to cover the costs of a plan like that. There is absolutely no way, as I've said throughout this thread, that the country would be able to cover the costs of that for 350 million people without making drastic changes, none of which I'd be in favor of.
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To me, your posts are reading like this: You have excellent coverage as a direct result of it being provided by the government because your family is military. Because you have this excellent coverage, you wouldn't want any changes made that would cause that coverage to become less (I get that. I would be reluctant to lose my coverage as well if I had any). This coverage is so exceptional, that both you and your husband are considering other jobs that will allow you to stick with this government provided health care plan. But you don't want anyone else besides military to have access to this type of plan because it would require drastic changes, none of which benefit you.
I'm not even sure how to respond at this point. Hopefully, I'm just misreading your posts.