[Fern]

I have medical insurance thru my employer,a nd i imagine i will continue working for an employer until age 65, when medicaid kicks in, simply becus paying for health insurance would be too expensive on my own, esp. as i have an expensive pre-existing conditoion.

Last year I paid $50 monthly premium with a $200 deductible, I believe. Very poor vision coverage and no health.

This year i will pay $70 monthly premium with same deducitble.

I have long felt that health insurance shoud NOT be tied to one's place of employment. This becomes an issue for the self-employed; i've found that the same protections for others does not extend to self-employed in terms of pre-existing conditions.

I have benign MS, but still take a very expensive med daily. Self-employed cannot get low cost medical, specifically prescriptions, with a pre-existing condition, and it was this cost alone that prevented me from successfully being self-employed. Just too darn expensive.