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leveymg

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1. Not true. There's no cost containment for families making 4Xpoverty - that's only about

Reply to sinkingfeeling (Original post)

Tue Jul 17, 2012, 09:24 AM

Jul 2012

$80K a year for a working couple with one child.

Our private insurance (BC/BS) have already jumped from $9,000 to nearly $15,000 in the last couple years.

Not a good deal, at all, for many middle-class families.

Article is misleading because it doesn't factor in uncontained costs for many working and retired people who already pay for coverage.

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Few will pay more under health care law [View all] sinkingfeeling Jul 2012 OP

Not true. There's no cost containment for families making 4Xpoverty - that's only about leveymg Jul 2012 #1

So why do you think there's a premium rebate worth $1.1 Billion going on? sinkingfeeling Jul 2012 #2

What's a $70.02 rebate when one's own family pays $14,400.00/yr for private health insurance? leveymg Jul 2012 #4

Fine. Hate ACA for all its worth. sinkingfeeling Jul 2012 #5

I don't hate it, I just know it's a bailout to insurance cos. at the expense of the middle-class. leveymg Jul 2012 #7

technically, mussolini called it fascism because he spoke italian. eom ellenfl Jul 2012 #6

... woo me with science Jul 2012 #3

I love the ACA... Comrade_McKenzie Jul 2012 #8

$20,000 in 1980 is about $52,800 today, which is close to the U.S. median household income. leveymg Jul 2012 #9