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NYC_SKP

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14. Thank your stars you aren't in my shoes. You'd be singing a different tune.

Reply to dflprincess (Reply #2)

Mon Sep 2, 2013, 10:19 AM

Sep 2013

Laid off from a good job with bennies and now COBRA is costing $1,432, just up from $1,373, per MONTH.

What's worse, I can't qualify for HIPPA because I have COBRA.

When the new exchange comes in, I should be able to get better coverage with lower deductible for half the price, or less.

AND, a dear friend who couldn't get insurance at all now has it thanks to ACA.

"Progressives" who complain about ACA must never have had to pay for their own insurance.

It's the only thing that can explain their dissatisfaction.

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So I was playing with the MnSure premium calculator [View all] dflprincess Sep 2013 OP

it's only tangentially hoped to be affordable.... mike_c Sep 2013 #1

Which is why I often refer to as dflprincess Sep 2013 #2

Thank your stars you aren't in my shoes. You'd be singing a different tune. NYC_SKP Sep 2013 #14

I have been in your situation dflprincess Sep 2013 #16

I have to admit that I didn't check your state's rates, I checked my own. NYC_SKP Sep 2013 #17

And I did not check New York's rates- I imagine they would be higher than Minnesota's dflprincess Sep 2013 #19

Doesn't the current law require that the insurance companies SheilaT Sep 2013 #6

have we forgotten the subsidies? VanillaRhapsody Sep 2013 #3

Once a single person has an adjusted income of $46,000 they are not eligible for subsidies. n/t dflprincess Sep 2013 #7

$782/mo, with only a $2500 deductible at age 60, no pre-existing, etc., sounds decent. Hoyt Sep 2013 #4

Much of what we call preventive care are actually screening tests dflprincess Sep 2013 #8

Holy crap. I thought COBRA was bad. The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2013 #5

COBRA is worse than that... VanillaRhapsody Sep 2013 #9

It wasn't for me. The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2013 #10

5 yrs ago I was offered health insurance at a company... VanillaRhapsody Sep 2013 #11

No, female. But until I retired I worked for a very large corporation The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2013 #12

Minnesota has not allowed different rates for men and women for many years. n/t dflprincess Sep 2013 #13

I was too, three years ago, then I was rehired and left and it costs $1,432.49/month for just me. NYC_SKP Sep 2013 #15

This is something I don't understand about health insurance vs other kinds of insurance dflprincess Sep 2013 #18

I'm a current MCHA holder geardaddy Sep 2013 #20