Furthermore, my employer and I share the cost. The first 3600 Euros of your monthly salary are subject to a 7.4% tax, which my employer matches. With that simple transaction, my family and I are all insured.

I have had an MRI and a CT scan in the last year due to sports related injuries, and the wait was always less than 48 for the reading and the diagnosis. As soon as the swelling receded, my injury was repaired. I never received a single bill - no deductible.

My best friend in the States tore his ACL playing soccer (same deal as me) and had to wait 3 weeks for an MRI and another 4 for his surgery. 8 weeks after my injury I was beginning to learn how to walk again and he was just post-op.

We can do better!

To lend to Main Street may increase the wealth of the nation and in turn the worth of BoA, but there is no way to demonstrate that on a balance sheet. Perhaps there is just a weakness of Mr. Lewis in attempt to quickly return to a share-price of $40 to overlook or ignore the long-term view or could it be that our system indeed is in need of tweaking.

-it should also keep BoA from raising interest rates on people -defacto - by integer multiples on a whim (which, in my opinion, smacks a bit of usury).