There were a whole bunch of western journalists who were invited to witness the demolition still inside North Korea at the time he cancelled.
On an unrelated note the head of the federal prison system has resigned to protest and highlight meddling and flouting of norms/protocols within the department by Kushner and the Attorney General.
In preparation for the summit in Singapore the American advance team arrived some time ago and expected to be working with a similar North Korean group but NK never showed up. Decent chance that Trump simply managed to get in first on the official “yeah, nah”.
[quote=“DonMania, post:4767, topic:11277, full:true”] In my case (family of 3), I did some math to see what it would cost to get the health insurance my employer provides on my own. It came to US$16,000 per year just in premiums (before the deductible and out of pocket costs).
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So in my case, Mrs Fox and I both now go to the same Medical Clinic which bulk bills, so no charge from the Doctor, Pathology tests and most radiology. We have the top private hospital insurance which now costs us $320 per month (this is subsidised by Federal Government) and we have an excess (or deductible) of $500 per year. I have my gall-bladder removed late last year and was immediately put into a large private hospital and operated on. I was there for 4 nights in total, and total charges were over $8,000; all I paid was my $500 excess.
And I whinged like crazy over this !!!
I could have gone to a Public Hospital but may have had to wait a few weeks. Same Surgeon though.
That is why I always point to places like Australia and Spain (where my mrs is from) as how quality AND affordability CAN be achieved.
My mrs had surgery a few months back. Not only did we hit our whole year’s deductible (excess) of $6k just in that, the insurance was not keen to let my mrs stay overnight. So they packed her back home that evening even though she was in no way shape or form ready.
The final bill that the insurance was charged for this “out patient” surgery? $44,000. Yes $44k.