Comment Comment by sheepmullet > Insurance for a family is now > $20K a year.The real question is why is it so expensive?When I was growing up in my town with about 1000 kids we had 1 kid who was diabetic, 1 attempted suicide, and 2 serious car accidents.We had plenty of minor problems like broken bones but you didn’t need insurance to cover these.So it was maybe 800-1000 working adults covering a handful of serious cases over a 14-16 year time period. parent sheepmullet 8 years ago
The real question is why is it so expensive?
When I was growing up in my town with about 1000 kids we had 1 kid who was diabetic, 1 attempted suicide, and 2 serious car accidents.
We had plenty of minor problems like broken bones but you didn’t need insurance to cover these.
So it was maybe 800-1000 working adults covering a handful of serious cases over a 14-16 year time period.