Re: more on medical

I guess you all are right....maybe an average AND median number would have
been more meaningful.

Bonnie Zone 6+ ETN




> [Original Message]
> From: Kitty <kmrsy@comcast.net>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Date: 02/06/2004 11:18:21 AM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] more on medical
>
> > "Health-care costs for the average
> > family are set to top $10,000 next year, ... I can't image the average
> cost being this
> > high.
>
> Bonnie,
> I assume they're including the cost of health insurance.  The cost of my
> health insurance, for just me was just shy of $5000 last year.
>
> Kitty
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Bonnie Holmes" <holmesbm@usit.net>
> To: "gardenchat" <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Friday, February 06, 2004 12:09 PM
> Subject: [CHAT] more on medical
>
>
> > A lot on health and medical costs recently in the news...wonder why
> > women are eating so much more...one thing mentioned in the article was
> > sodas...maybe we drank more black coffee and tea earlier.
> >
> > From 1971 to 2000, the study found, women increased their caloric intake
> > by 22 percent, men by 7 percent...The study, conducted by the Centers
> > for Disease Control and Prevention and reported in the current edition
> > of its Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, found that in 1971 women
> > ate 1,542 calories on average, compared with today's 1,877, while men
> > went from 2,450 calories a day to 2,618. Those numbers dwarf the
> > government's recommendations of 1,600 calories a day for women and 2,200
> > for men.
> >
> > This from a CBS Financial newsletter: "Health-care costs for the average
> > family are set to top $10,000 next year, Thorpe said, with households
> > paying an increasing share. Meanwhile, the number of uninsured has edged
> > up, to 43.6 million in 2002". I can't image the average cost being this
> > high. We had unusual costs last year with my husband being in the
> > hospital for three weeks and needing all sorts of tests but I am hoping
> > that we don't top $1,000 this year.
> >
> >
> > Bonnie Zone 6+ ETN
> >
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