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76. i know you are illinois i followed your farm stuff with interest

Thu Mar 31, 2016, 12:01 PM

Mar 2016

the aca had 2000 pages of "details", we are just finding out about

my tax gal agreed with the case worker on it so who knows

one thing i should mention is...we only had to provide income for a one month period and January is usually horrible for construction
so the kids medical should be fine

still it is a change

one thing that i think hurts us with the whole "calculation" thing is even tho we are supporting 5 peops, since only 2 are applying for insurance they seem to figure the cost as if our income only had to support 2

does that make sense?

we have so many reoccurring medical expenses that would not be covered under aca, chiropractor, eye glasses and dental that 30% on top of those is just not doable

long as i am whining (lol)..basically by the time i even know what my income was for last year(hopefully managed to pay my taxes) and have a decent guess at this year,,,the enrollment period is over BUT i do have to calculate and include my next years penalty in my tax quarters

i am saving the state over 1200 bucks a month by not letting my grands be in the foster care system but i was a foster parent and i have seen both sides and i do not trust that system

i guess what i am trying to say is, not every case fits into a neat little box

btw i still support the aca for the good things it does for some people, i just want to be included

rauner is an ass so who knows what will be left when he gets done with us

about your friend getting kicked off

caseworkers have entirely too much power

when i first applied for the kids medical that went thru easily but i also asked about receiving monthly money (other grandparents in my grands raising grand support group told me about)

the caseworker said no, when i asked why (since they have no income and others with way more grandparent income were getting) she just said,don't question me or i will deny their medical too

<shrugs>

it is what it is

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