Health-Care Conversation
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- Bu səhifədəki naviqasiya:
- Kristin
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Health Care Conversation www.LearnRealEnglish.com 1 © Copyright 2008: Learn Real English, LLC surcharge: extra charge defray: to lessen; to cover (a cost) makes sense: is understandable; seems sensible fed up with: tired of; sick of; angry about Joe: Hey, you know I went out for lunch today with Sam and the restaurant we ate at added an additional 5% surcharge to the bill. Kristin: Oh really, why is that? Joe: Well, I guess it was to help defray the cost of healthcare for their employees. You know, I’ve noticed a lot of restaurants here in San Francisco doing that of late. Kristin: Oh, that’s that Healthy San Francisco program. Joe: Oh, yeah, that actually makes sense. Kristin: Yeah, I first found out about it a few months back when I went to a meeting at work about it. Apparently I’m eligible. Joe: Oh, yeah, yeah, I think I saw something about the eligibility rules being that you need to make, uh, below a certain amount of money per year and you need to not have, uh, health insurance. Kristin: Right, and also you have to work a minimum of, I think it’s like 10 hours a week, 10 or 12 hours a week. Joe: Yeah, okay. Kristin: Yeah, but you know, in general I’m just fed up with the healthcare in this country. I will say though, at least here in San Francisco we have some sort of safety net like this new program. Joe: Yeah, yeah it’s good that we have that program, but I hear where you’re, y’know, I hear what you’re saying. I am fed up with it, too. I mean I read that the U.S. spends twice as much per person on healthcare than any other industrialized nation. Kristin: Jeez. Joe: Yeah. It’s the insurance companies. I mean, they act as a middle man between the patients and the healthcare providers. And all they do is help to drive the prices up. Kristin: Um-hm. Yeah, well, you know, before a program was even in, even came Health Care Conversation www.LearnRealEnglish.com 2 © Copyright 2008: Learn Real English, LLC downsides: disadvantages; negatives Yüklə 71,77 Kb. Dostları ilə paylaş:
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