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I appreciate your comment and you sound like you don't live in Oregon. If you do you would get a better premium rate with OMIP. I'm very thankful for OMIP and the day may come when I can't afford that.
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I am a small business owner in Portland. My medical insurance premiums, alone, this year are $548 per month ($6,576 for the year). I also have a $750 deductible I must meet before my insurance will reimburse for services. Next year, when I turn 50, my premiums will automatically increase to approximately $700 per month. Because I was diagnosed with melanoma in 2002, I have no choice but to enroll with the Oregon Medical Insurance Pool (OMIP); insurance on the open market either refuses to cover me or would charge me a greater monthly premium than OMIP. Although I still see a physician twice a year for checkups (which keeps me stuck with the “preexisting condition” status) I’ve been symptom free for nine years. When are we going to stop this insanity! We need a single payer system like the civilized world has so Americans (both individuals and the society at large) are not bankrupted by healthcare costs. Let’s lead the nation and bring single payer healthcare to Oregon!
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