Originally Posted By: OilfieldCowboy

]What does insurance and health care have to do with housing?

I might just be a cynic when it comes to it, but I believe that housing is one expense that can always be lowered. We don't -have- to live in the kinds of places that most of us have.

Of course there are always extenuating circumstances, don't get me wrong. I just don't like people dragging political agendas into unrelated discussions.


I'm HARDLY dragging politics into this. Here's the facts.

1. In the USA, your health insurance generally comes via your job, and if you lose your job, you lose your employer subsidized health insurance. Yes, you can buy your own health insurance...

2. In the USA, health expenses are higher per capita than anywhere. The annual premium for an employer health plan covering a family of four averaged nearly $12,700 in 2008, that's a little more than $1,000 a month. The average monthly rent in the USA (according to Forbes and MSNBC) is $828 a month.

Many millions can't afford to rent and have health care.