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FranLab is getting evicted
Bud:
--- Quote from: Kasper on February 13, 2023, 10:08:11 pm ---Pay extra for rent to live in safe area.
Skip health insurance to afford rent.
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Skip health insurance for safety.
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I am not sure i understand how these two are related. Steve Jobs lived in a nice neighbourhood and still died of cancer.
EEVblog:
--- Quote from: Bud on February 13, 2023, 10:17:21 pm ---
--- Quote from: Kasper on February 13, 2023, 10:08:11 pm ---Pay extra for rent to live in safe area.
Skip health insurance to afford rent.
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Skip health insurance for safety.
--- End quote ---
I am not sure i understand how these two are related. Steve Jobs lived in a nice neighbourhood and still died of cancer.
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I think it means she prioritised living the lifestyle she wanted at the expense of health insurance.
Sounds like something has recently changed medically and she fears she will need the insurance this year. I hope she's ok.
SiliconWizard:
--- Quote from: EEVblog on February 13, 2023, 10:28:52 pm ---
--- Quote from: Bud on February 13, 2023, 10:17:21 pm ---
--- Quote from: Kasper on February 13, 2023, 10:08:11 pm ---Pay extra for rent to live in safe area.
Skip health insurance to afford rent.
=
Skip health insurance for safety.
--- End quote ---
I am not sure i understand how these two are related. Steve Jobs lived in a nice neighbourhood and still died of cancer.
--- End quote ---
I think it means she prioritised living the lifestyle she wanted at the expense of health insurance.
Sounds like something has recently changed medically and she fears she will need the insurance this year. I hope she's ok.
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Possibly. Unfortunately, someone who hasn't paid health insurance for years, is over 50 and suddenly takes an insurance contract - insurance companies probably can smell this from miles away and make you pay for it.
Bud:
--- Quote from: EEVblog on February 13, 2023, 09:24:47 pm ---As a reference here, we choose to pay $400/month for a family of 4 for private health insurance. But of course we get free-ish (1.5% of our income) universal health care on top of that, so we don't actually need it. Private insurance is just nice to have.
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I am for some reason sure that you Do actually need it. Private insurance covers many things that vanila universal health care does not.
james_s:
Some does. My mother has been self employed for many years and for a few years she had health insurance that found ways to weasel out of covering absolutely anything at all over a 2 year period. Once she realized this she dropped them and found something else. Health insurance in the USA is garbage. It is incredibly complex and expensive, with massive amounts of overhead.
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