Romneycare in MA and Obamacare everywhere drove up the costs of private health insurance because that’s what the insurance and hospital lobbyists along with the politicians wanted.
Cell phones are compulsive and addictive. I get by with talk and text but others are using their smartphones to the max racking up supersize bills.....
“I get by with talk and text but others are using their smartphones to the max racking up supersize bills.....”
I and several wealthy people I know get by on the basic cell phone. Nobody has a house phone. Today, a guy on welfare showed me his phone. It does everything on the internet you can do on your computer. He pays over $100/month. (Did I mention he’s on welfare? Free medical for him and his family, too. Us taxpayers are SOOO generous.)
I'm happy with a cheap flip phone, for mainly talking and an occasional text.
I've seen people making barely more than minimum wage with $500 phones and $100 rate plans. Ridiculous.
I guess maybe 24% is an average but our health insurance costs have gone up 50% in that amount of time. Maybe it all balances out by those that get enough subsidies that theirs is really low and let’s not forget the huge increases in Medicaid. Guess there’s has gone close to 0.
iPad. Lol. Theirs.
I don’t have one of those little phones, never owned one, and don’t want one.
“Cell phones are compulsive and addictive. I get by with talk and text but others are using their smartphones to the max racking up supersize bills.....”
That’s just not true anymore. Both of my kids have smartphones. My son’s bill (reduced for being a reliable subscriber to Boost Mobile) is only $45 a month for unlimited talk, text, and internet. My daughter pays $40 for her iPhone subscription.
If I could get reliable service where I live, I’d dump my $65 a month house phone like a hot potato. As it is, with *their* crappy reception, I’m the only one who has reliable service that doesn’t drop, crackle or cut out.
It’s getting better and, in a couple of years, I’ll only have a cellphone, too.