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My wife and I were triply-screwed by health care insurance . . . [View all] Journeyman Dec 2013 OP

Kick! hedgehog Dec 2013 #1

k&r for exposure. n/t Laelth Dec 2013 #2

Excellent post, Journeyman. brer cat Dec 2013 #3

My spouse & I have a somewhat similar experience: snot Dec 2013 #4

Good for you and Mrs. Journeyman! WinkyDink Dec 2013 #5

Kick for the Small Business Owner in my life. Tuesday Afternoon Dec 2013 #6

Who can afford $1,181 per month for insurance (plus deductible)????????? antigop Dec 2013 #7

It's a question I've asked myself 2-1/2 times over each month for the past 20 years. . . Journeyman Dec 2013 #8

Someone making 10-15,000 a month? zeemike Dec 2013 #21

Which is why Obamacare provides massive tax-credits for the working poor... ConservativeDemocrat Dec 2013 #30

And who does that massive tax credits go to? zeemike Dec 2013 #33

So you reserve the right to criticize something you don't understand? riqster Dec 2013 #38

I understand what it is like to be poor. zeemike Dec 2013 #40

Read post #9. The ACA is HELPING a lot of people. brush Dec 2013 #43

Can you support your claim that Health Insurance is not making as much as they used to? bvar22 Dec 2013 #60

I understand being poor, too. Having been homeless at one time did that trick. riqster Dec 2013 #47

wait--I'm in a GOP controlled Medicaid-expansion-denying state zazen Dec 2013 #51

Indeed. We need to take back the House and Senate. riqster Dec 2013 #53

What false message am I spreading? zeemike Dec 2013 #52

Your message is "the ACA helps the insurance companies and not the rest of us". riqster Dec 2013 #54

And what partial truth is in that? zeemike Dec 2013 #55

It helps the insurance companies, but not ONLY them. riqster Dec 2013 #57

Well hell that is true for everything. zeemike Dec 2013 #58

Letting the Repubes off the hook and only criticizing the Prexy is the issue. riqster Dec 2013 #59

Pointing out the flaws in the plan is not letting the Repugs off the hook zeemike Dec 2013 #62

I'd say that bashing the Dems and ignoring the actions of the Repubes... riqster Dec 2013 #64

Bill MOyers is spreading falsehoods too, according to some here. bvar22 Dec 2013 #61

I guess because third way is the official way now. zeemike Dec 2013 #63

Well, ya'll just keep holding your breath until you turn blue... ConservativeDemocrat Dec 2013 #67

The people I hate are mad. zeemike Dec 2013 #68

Do you hate President Obama? ConservativeDemocrat Dec 2013 #73

Is the president mad?...is that what you are saying? zeemike Dec 2013 #74

Your situation sounds a lot like mine. Cracklin Charlie Dec 2013 #9

k & r thanks for posting..... nt Stuart G Dec 2013 #10

I won't even start to say what the infernal 'free market' health insurance con did to my family... freshwest Dec 2013 #11

$1,200/month + copays + deductibles is STILL extortion. bvar22 Dec 2013 #12

Couldn't agree with you more. It's criminal. . . Journeyman Dec 2013 #13

^^^This^^^ bvar22 Dec 2013 #36

EXACTLY. nt antigop Dec 2013 #14

older people making over 400% FPL really get nailed. I've mentioned this numerous times. antigop Dec 2013 #15

If you make ONE PENNY under the 400% FPL you get NO SUBSIDY as well whopis01 Dec 2013 #27

I got beaten up over this a few weeks ago. My wife and I make a hair over the $72K cutoff Flatulo Dec 2013 #49

well, you just need to reduce your income below 400%FPL. antigop Dec 2013 #56

You might have to settle for a bronze or silver plan. subterranean Dec 2013 #65

If you don't qualify for a subsidy, cynzke Dec 2013 #70

I think you need to look again YBR31 Dec 2013 #75

No Subsidy... cynzke Dec 2013 #69

+1 Legal extortion. progressoid Dec 2013 #18

...but it IS a kinder, gentler extortion now that the Democrats are doing it! bvar22 Dec 2013 #26

Well said....n/t zeemike Dec 2013 #34

Pure profits, for some anyway ... slipslidingaway Dec 2013 #42

lol ctsnowman Dec 2013 #28

THANK YOU Skittles Dec 2013 #41

It's about the greater good brush Dec 2013 #44

True, ProSense Dec 2013 #46

I like the part of the criminal empire where I live! Larry Ogg Dec 2013 #48

Especially when you consider in a country like the UK OwnedByCats Dec 2013 #50

Should sign the "waiting list" to get on fox-nonsense to share your horror story... Hulk Dec 2013 #16

+1. It is important to remember that the perfect is the enemy of the good. eggplant Dec 2013 #17

K&R. (nt) Kurovski Dec 2013 #19

A+ peace13 Dec 2013 #20

Makes me wish like hell our Dems would start pushing memes and framings about the GOP - like calimary Dec 2013 #22

Have you ever asked yourself WHY the Democrats refuse to do what you suggest? bvar22 Dec 2013 #37

I am glad for you, but the ACA is not an incremental step forward toward health care Doctor_J Dec 2013 #23

1200 a month is still a grand theft. It's better than before but that doesn't mean it's good. Gravitycollapse Dec 2013 #24

As I pointed out upthread, I'm just some schlub from the Southland, trying to get by . . . Journeyman Dec 2013 #25

My work plan goes from an 90 10 ctsnowman Dec 2013 #29

Thanks for sharing. pnwmom Dec 2013 #31

One of my relatives is supposed to be an ACA loser. pnwmom Dec 2013 #32

It's strange that right-wing talk hosts claim their coverage is much more expensive ... JEFF9K Dec 2013 #35

amazing post. Thank you KentuckyWoman Dec 2013 #39

That, ProSense Dec 2013 #45

legalized, government-sanctioned theft cvoogt Dec 2013 #66

Need to have public option Rosa Luxemburg Dec 2013 #78

K & R Scurrilous Dec 2013 #71

great post with great information. JanT Dec 2013 #72

Today's NYT reports on ACA... far less glowingly. proverbialwisdom Dec 2013 #76

thank you...exactly what some of us have said....older people get nailed...and antigop Dec 2013 #77

Single payer system is the only way to go gerogie2 Dec 2013 #79