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Zorra

(27,670 posts) Tue Jan 7, 2014, 06:52 PM Jan 2014

A real ACA horror story that will never crumble. [View all]

Someone I know, who did not have health insurance, did not sign up for Obamacare, despite my having offered to help them sign up. They did not sign up because they have a libertarian conservative political agenda.

They were recently diagnosed with Stage 1 cancer, in an area of the body where the prognosis for victims is a less than 20% five year survival rate.

This is a real life Obamacare horror story.

To find out if you are eligible for subsidized health insurance under the Affordable Care Act, call Healthcare.gov at

800 - 318 -2596.

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A real ACA horror story that will never crumble. [View all] Zorra Jan 2014 OP

I Have A Friend That's A Staunch Repug..... global1 Jan 2014 #1

It's noticed.. one of the saddest things in American Politics. The propaganda profiteers Cha Jan 2014 #7

voting against their own interests ... napkinz Jan 2014 #8

The profiteers really have Cha Jan 2014 #9

Poor whites vote Republican considerably less frequently than wealthier whites do Fumesucker Jan 2014 #36

+1 uponit7771 Jan 2014 #26

RACISM!!! is a sick thing bigdarryl Jan 2014 #27

No - Not Racism - It's Just A Dem/Repug Thing..... global1 Jan 2014 #31

You are 100% correct kydo Jan 2014 #2

Still not too late to sign up for your friend; babylonsister Jan 2014 #3

Yes Yes Yes still time to get in. IADEMO2004 Jan 2014 #4

I know, I'm going to see what he wants to do, but in the meantime, until a policy kicks in, Zorra Jan 2014 #6

Probably the 1st of February, Ms. Toad Jan 2014 #10

" . . . just because you need health care you don't have the right to steal from me to pay for it" aggiesal Jan 2014 #22

I'm not sure how he feels about voluntary insurance - Ms. Toad Jan 2014 #24

So is Social Security and Medicare mandatory . . . aggiesal Jan 2014 #25

Oh, the screams are there. And the wish to dismantle those programs. djean111 Jan 2014 #29

I agree with what you said about SS and Medicare . . . aggiesal Jan 2014 #32

This friend does scream about SS, Medicare, and VA Services. Ms. Toad Jan 2014 #30

Sorry to hear about your daughter . . . aggiesal Jan 2014 #33

I just got info on my healthcare insurance site that said if payment is made by Jan 15 Zorra Jan 2014 #23

Just out of curiosity, does he/she still feel the same BlueStreak Jan 2014 #15

sorry about your friend, but as forest gump said... tk2kewl Jan 2014 #5

I can't afford the ACA :( Demo_Chris Jan 2014 #11

I'm so sorry. Are you going to have to pay a fine? nt Zorra Jan 2014 #12

Thank you. I don't know and it doesn't really matter. Demo_Chris Jan 2014 #14

You aren't alone n/t Fumesucker Jan 2014 #37

Nope. Millions like us. nt Demo_Chris Jan 2014 #38

They are still in the open enrollment period and can still sign up. Yo_Mama Jan 2014 #13

And you have to enroll by Jan 15 for coverage to start on Feb 1. BlueStreak Jan 2014 #16

I think that date too will be extended. Yo_Mama Jan 2014 #17

Any person with any functioning brain cells BlueStreak Jan 2014 #19

Thanks, I had just found that out. I am going to offer my help again, and Zorra Jan 2014 #20

Please don't give up yeoman6987 Jan 2014 #28

There is a very old sayng ~ Zorra Jan 2014 #34

Stage 1 cancer often leads to ... GeorgeGist Jan 2014 #18

i hope they find treatment for their cancer somewhere, somehow Liberal_in_LA Jan 2014 #21

K&R! countryjake Jan 2014 #35