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NickB79

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48. Then you are incredibly lucky

Tue Mar 18, 2014, 12:20 PM

Mar 2014

Because most people will need some form of hospitalization at least a few times in their lives, be it a simple 1-hour surgery followed by outpatient procedure, or a horrific accident no one saw coming.

Your name is HockeyMom; what would you have done when you were pregnant if you hadn't had health insurance at the time, as is the case with many women today?

Even the Urgent Care clinic we've had to use a few times here, before I landed a job with really good insurance, required a $100 payment before being seen. And since it wasn't a real ER, if there was anything moderately wrong with you, they'd send you to the nearest ER in an ambulance and send you the bill (they charged $100 per MILE for that ambulance ride!).

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Report: Many Americans Intend To Stay Without Health Insurance [View all] Purveyor Mar 2014 OP

"Ignorance about the tax credits ran highest among Republicans..." calimary Mar 2014 #1

Yep. And most of their governors are the ones responsible for rejecting Medicaid expansion funds nt ChisolmTrailDem Mar 2014 #4

Yep, it sure does. Republicans are consistently known for not being the sharpest tools in RKP5637 Mar 2014 #5

That's what happens when you put yourself in a Fox News bubble bluestateguy Mar 2014 #59

and among people living in states where navigators are being harassed Proud Liberal Dem Mar 2014 #67

Like this Glitterati Mar 2014 #78

"We're ignerent, ans we like it that way!!!" - Rethugs Thor_MN Mar 2014 #80

These are the people who listen to Rush and FOX-bats. nt kelliekat44 Mar 2014 #81

This is what really scares me sometimes. calimary Mar 2014 #82

Many Americans are often doomed no matter what one does to try to help them. I have RKP5637 Mar 2014 #2

I know some demigoddess Mar 2014 #55

Even a single payer system would not cover absolutely positively everybody bluestateguy Mar 2014 #62

They'll buy insurance when the fine ratchets up taught_me_patience Mar 2014 #3

Darwin awards waiting to happen DonCoquixote Mar 2014 #6

That group who aren't getting it becaus they 'oppose the ACA' should have to sinkingfeeling Mar 2014 #7

NEVER went to an ER in my entire 65 years HockeyMom Mar 2014 #8

Urgent care clinics are not cheap and they want their money while you are there. Thinkingabout Mar 2014 #35

Walk in clinic HockeyMom Mar 2014 #39

Read my subsequent post HockeyMom Mar 2014 #44

Do you see the same dr every time you go to a walkin clinic? Thinkingabout Mar 2014 #46

Only been to one twice HockeyMom Mar 2014 #47

It is good to hear your are in good health,not all are so lucky. Thinkingabout Mar 2014 #49

tell us that when you have demigoddess Mar 2014 #57

I can tell them NO HockeyMom Mar 2014 #68

Then you are incredibly lucky NickB79 Mar 2014 #48

Yep, maybe the big hospital bills will get their attention. Thinkingabout Mar 2014 #34

Medicare Part A (hospitals) is free HockeyMom Mar 2014 #40

Once the penalty becomes cost prohibitive Capt. Obvious Mar 2014 #9

When both the cost of the penalty and the cost of the insurance are cost prohibitive LiberalAndProud Mar 2014 #11

If you want to owe the govt $2k instead of paying insurance $1k Capt. Obvious Mar 2014 #12

All you have to do is not have a refund due and there's no way for the IRS to collect Fumesucker Mar 2014 #13

Srsly, unless insurance structures have been greatly altered under ACA, LiberalAndProud Mar 2014 #16

I can only speak from my own experience with Romneycare Capt. Obvious Mar 2014 #19

There's a lot of misinformation here Glitterati Mar 2014 #20

$500 / year? Which state and what insurance company? LiberalAndProud Mar 2014 #22

Georgia and Humana Glitterati Mar 2014 #23

As I said, I am a proponent of the ACA. LiberalAndProud Mar 2014 #24

Neither has lancer78 Mar 2014 #25

My state did not expand Medicaid either Glitterati Mar 2014 #26

Please note, it's medicAID, not medicare Glitterati Mar 2014 #27

Please excuse my mistyping. I do mix the names too often LiberalAndProud Mar 2014 #28

PLEASE don't wait for it Glitterati Mar 2014 #29

I won't relate my tale of woe. Knowing of real hardship, my lot is not. LiberalAndProud Mar 2014 #32

"I'm 62 and my subsidy of $475.00/yr pays all but $28.55 of my premium" - do you mean $475/mo? progree Mar 2014 #74

You're conflating 2 separate parties Glitterati Mar 2014 #77

Perhaps, but no ACA-compliant private insurance has a total premium of only $503.55 / YEAR, progree Mar 2014 #79

That was exactly my point HockeyMom Mar 2014 #43

The ACA is better than nothing, but it's still a piss-poor "accomplishment" Lydia Leftcoast Mar 2014 #63

Why I said no to Medicare Advantage HockeyMom Mar 2014 #66

Texas here... rock and a hard place indeed. DangerousRhythm Mar 2014 #73

Unless the media tells them not to Johonny Mar 2014 #37

You should see the doozy of a bill in GEORGIA about ACA Glitterati Mar 2014 #38

well, some good news to report ... napkinz Mar 2014 #10

"the new health law, also called the Affordable Care Act" KamaAina Mar 2014 #14

They will regret it because the day will come RebelOne Mar 2014 #15

I wonder how many will die because of AFP propaganda. geek tragedy Mar 2014 #17

I'm officially insured now. Saved about $500 a month in premiums. Thanks, Obama. Comrade Grumpy Mar 2014 #18

I don't save anything, except my life, most likely Glitterati Mar 2014 #21

It's the astronomical deductibles on the cheaper plans Warpy Mar 2014 #30

I'm sorry, Warpy, but you're wrong here Glitterati Mar 2014 #31

No, you're wrong. The deductibles are astronomical. Laughable, even. sir pball Mar 2014 #52

It worked out well for my son. blue neen Mar 2014 #54

My real point was that it seems to be almost completely random sir pball Mar 2014 #61

Well, you were talking about the demographics.... blue neen Mar 2014 #65

I have a gold-equivalent package through work for $35/week sir pball Mar 2014 #72

The silver plans have lower costs for lower income persons. Motown_Johnny Mar 2014 #50

Many people going without insurance are in the states that refused the Medicaid dollars. dem in texas Mar 2014 #33

I pointed this out to my RW friends and they admitted they never thought of the social Thinkingabout Mar 2014 #36

That's because Republicans spend more and work harder to tblue37 Mar 2014 #41

My sister, the medical finance genius, told me this greymattermom Mar 2014 #42

Correct, because we are in an enrollment period now. That is coming to an end. stevenleser Mar 2014 #56

Insurance doesn't pay everything HockeyMom Mar 2014 #45

service enid602 Mar 2014 #51

Since there is an entire political party, a cable network, and a RW echo chamber ... 11 Bravo Mar 2014 #53

Here in Tennessee, the legislature even blocked the summerschild Mar 2014 #58

I help people sign up. There are a lot of gullible people in this country, Zorra Mar 2014 #60

The Long-Term Working Poor On the Road Mar 2014 #64

so where are the price lists? quadrature Mar 2014 #69

Success for Fox News and the republican party. Turbineguy Mar 2014 #70

Repugs keep their constituents... NYtoBush-Drop Dead Mar 2014 #71

Two thirds of uninsured Americans will become insured, because of Obamacare bhikkhu Mar 2014 #75

no surprise there since the MSM has been bashing almost everyday, and the koch brothers have been lostincalifornia Mar 2014 #76