[ALE-jobs] limited vs. comprehensive benefit health insurance

[Dave Malhotra]

This article came out a few days ago. Its about a computer security
contractor who suffered a catastrophic health problem and was bankrupted as
a result. He had health insurance through the contracting company
(TEKsystems) he worked for, but it didn't provide the coverage he assumed.
Here's the link:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/01/business/01meddebt.html<http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/01/business/01meddebt.html?_r=1&pagewanted=print>

here is a leftie critique of these somewhat controversial health insurance
plans:

http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2007/05/limited_benefits.html

With the economy the way it is more people might find themselves working
through contracting companies that offer this type of cheap health coverage
as an incentive. Just wanted to pass this along for the sake of awareness.

-dave
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