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How does Health-care Insurance Work?It is mathematics:The economy of scale. In the past a big family was able to provide care for a sick family member. Mankind has always found safety in numbers. With a Health insurance, you are part of a big group of other people. Statistics can show, how many of this group will stay healthy, how many of this group will be sick rarely, and how many of this group will need expensive care. The bigger the group, the more reliable are statistics. Many people share the cost. Car insurance does exactly the same. It collects premiums from its customers, then uses that pool of money to pay accident claims when a customer has a wreck. History of the health insurance Hugh Chamberlin in 1694, brought up the idea of health insurance. Much later people could buy accidental insurance which was a real blessing for those who got injured in accidents. Around 1847, the Massachusetts Health Insurance of Boston was the first who offered the first scheme policy with comprehensive benefits. Around 1890 individual policies were offered by insurance companies which covered everything related to injuries and accidents to diseases and sickness. The history of the health insurance in Germany goes back to the year 1883. In this year the Bismark social legislation was adopted. A further important stage in the German history of health insurance was 1914, when a positive vote on health insurance laws secured the basis of health insurance for all. 1941 the health insurance for all German pensioners was integrated. March 21, 2010, US-Congress has passed comprehensive health care reform. Every American will be covered under the toughest patient protections in US history. Arbitrary premium hikes, insurance cancellations, and discrimination against pre-existing conditions will now be gone. Sometimes health insurance rates are unfair, but this is NOT because of mathematics, this is because greed had overwhelmed responsibility! In a capitalistic society, competition should level the play field, but missing competition - as it happens today often in the US - let to abuse by some insurance companies - only solution: MORE Competition! Summary of How Health Insurance Works Health insurance coverage reduces the risk of financial disaster because health costs are spread across a large group of people, and the healthy people help pay for the sick. Problems occur, when the mathematical equations / statistics are not correct, or become outdated by big outbreaks of special illnesses. One of them is the increasing amount of obese people. Their health costs are much higher, because of illnesses caused by obesity. So if you are in a group with many obese people, your premium will go up. The idea of a health insurance for all, is mainly a mathematical need to get the group of insured people as big as possible. Example: If you are in a group with 10000 people and your premium is $500 your health insurance company will get 10000 multiplied with 500 equals $5,000,000. If 20% of your group get sick and doctor, hospital and medication is $2500 your health insurance will go bankrupt, because some of the money you have paid is needed to pay for salaries, the insurance building heating and cooling, for lawyers and liability insurance and more. When there is a small group, the percentage of sick people will fluctuate much more than in a much bigger group. So what should you look for? Be part of a group of healthy people in an insurance company that doesn't spend millions of dollars for their upper management and that really takes good care of their customers. If there is competition and people can compare the benefits of the offered health insurance, premiums will be competitive, what means that the insurance company will calculate your premiums with a "sharp pencil", just enough to cover their costs and make profit.  Be aware that Government data clearly prove that high hospital costs very often are not related to high quality patient care As you read above: The bigger the group, the better ------------------------------------------- Our food We have warned our members for a long time about contaminated food:Mercury Antibiotics Hormones Perchlorate Pesticide Fungicide Lead and much more is found in our food supply. We inform you by email what to look for how to be prepared give you tips and warnings. Weed killer can kill your baby! One of the nation’s most widely used herbicides has been found to exceed federal safety limits in drinking water in four states, but water customers have not been told and the EPA protection Agency has not published the results. An analysis found that yearly average levels of atrazine in drinking water violated the federal standard at least ten times in communities in Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, and Kansas, all states where farmers rely heavily on the herbicide. Some states do not check at all. More than 40 water systems showed spikes in atrazine levels that normally would have triggered automatic notification of customers. In none of those cases were residents alerted. In interviews, EPA officials did not dispute the data but said they do not consider atrazine a health hazard??? Atrazine is banned in Germany for 18 years, because it has killed fish and is causing birth defects with under-developed heart and organs. So, if you are pregnant or have a weak immune system, check your water quality - ask your water board. ----------------------------------------- In a study scientists of the University of Sydney found proof, that some sorts of honey can help Most of the time Anti-biotica fight only special bacteria and antibiotics resistance is common and a big problem. Honey used in the study was able to kill all bacteria, including multi resistant ones. In the old days honey was used to treat skin problems, but nowadays antbiotics are number one - (maybe there is more profit to make?) It looks like a substance in the honey called Methylglyoxal acts together with other parts to bring up this perfect solution. As you know, the more we learn, the more we recognize that Nature has a perfect balanced plan ... ------------------------------------------ What can we do to have a healthy weight? As a rule of thumbs: When you eat more than 2000 calories a day you will gain weight.. Eat less and you will loose weight! No diet plan needed Calories: 100 calories: • Grapes - 150 Gramm 100 calories: • Tomatoes - 400 Gramm 100 calories: • Cherries - 150 Gramm 100 calories: • Cucumbers - 1 1/2 kg 100 calories: • Strawberry - 300 Gramm 100 calories: • Pear - 1 piece 100 calories: • Apple - 1 1/2 pieces 100 calories: 3 small plums 100 calories: Watermelon -- Two cups 100 calories: Corn Cob - 1 normal ear 100 calories: • Toast - ca. 2 slices 100 calories: • Chips - 15 Gramm 100 calories: • Popcorn - 40 Gramm 100 calories: • Peanuts - 15 Gramm 100 calories: 6 Reduced-Fat Triscuits 100 calories add up quickly when you are thirsty: 100 calories: • 1 glass apple juice 100 calories: • 1 glass orange juice 100 calories: • 1 cup “normal” Cola 100 calories: • 1 big glass of carrot juice 100 calories: 5 ounces Red or White Wine To get more information on food safety by email, please become a member of our non-profit-organization. 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