Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!ccsf.homeunix.org!news1.wakwak.com!nf1.xephion.ne.jp!onion.ish.org!onodera-news!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!pcp656107pcs.tallah01.fl.comcast.NET!not-for-mail From: "Kevin Gowen" Newsgroups: fj.life.in-japan Subject: Re: Dentists in Japan Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2003 13:29:09 -0400 Lines: 21 Message-ID: References: <733c8a12.0306301351.22654b79@posting.google.com> <30m1eb.fij.ln@urd> NNTP-Posting-Host: pcp656107pcs.tallah01.fl.comcast.net (68.35.216.205) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-2022-jp" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: fu-berlin.de 1057253360 376151 68.35.216.205 (16 [105084]) X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.life.in-japan:1808 Drew Hamilton wrote: > Kevin Wayne Williams wrote: >> What doesn't he understand? Insurance is a fee you pay to balance >> risk. > > Exactly. And with health-care insurance, you may be completely > healthy this year, and not receive benefits from the plan, and the > next year you might have a heart attack and need to be > hospitalized for weeks. Buying health-care insurance just means > that you're covered in case something like that happens Right. I purchase auto insurance, but it does not pay for my gasoline, oil, tires, maintenance, or any other such routine expenses. Neither does my homeowner's insurance cover the costs of routine repairs to my home. -- Kevin Gowen "When I'm president, we'll do executive orders to overcome any wrong thing the Supreme Court does tomorrow or any other day." Dick Gephardt (D-MO), presidential candidate