- Mar 20, 2000
- 102,425
- 8,388
- 126
I can't tell if you are agreeing or disagreeing with me, but I'm sure the study took into account people who pay very little/nothing for insurance and people who pay more/a lot for insurance to come up with the average.
I was just posting proof to back up my claims that my numbers weren't "anecdotal" and were pretty close to the truth for the "average" middle class American.
your numbers are anecdoctal. KFF's are not. just because your numbers come close to KFF's doesn't mean your numbers aren't anecdotal. it means that you're close to average for what they measured: family care.
not all households are families. i'll bet you dollars to donuts that single-person households (which are included in the pie chart but don't fall under family insurance plans in the KFF numbers) have significantly lower insurance costs than family households.