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Demsrule86

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5. The meaning is clear despite the nonsense here...you can gain coverage if you lose your job...which

Reply to stonecutter357 (Reply #1)

Fri Sep 13, 2019, 12:46 PM

Sep 2019

is a good thing...as corbra is super expensive...also losing a job is a life changing event you can buy into the ACA or Medicaid if your state expanded it...my daughter broker both ankles and could not work for almost a year...she had medicaid coverage...through the ACA website...I live in Ohio...for those who don't have decent states...you can buy into it via a public option...I completely get it...he is bypassing murderous states like Georgia who willingly kill their ctizsens by not expanding medicaid.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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Here is Joe Biden saying you can buy in to his plan if you lose your job [View all] Hassin Bin Sober Sep 2019 OP

good let's go Joe ! stonecutter357 Sep 2019 #1

The meaning is clear despite the nonsense here...you can gain coverage if you lose your job...which Demsrule86 Sep 2019 #5

Your "Let's Go Joe" posts always put an automatic smile on my face. LincolnRossiter Sep 2019 #14

Me too Green Line Sep 2019 #22

Yup. He said it twice. HerbChestnut Sep 2019 #2

At least he is not deceptive as some candidates were yesterday. Demsrule86 Sep 2019 #7

I saw the replay video of what Biden said at140 Sep 2019 #3

Just taking the tweet you linked to at its face value... beastie boy Sep 2019 #4

It is all they got. Demsrule86 Sep 2019 #8

Also, Biden was wrong, repeatedly, when describing his own plan. bluewater Sep 2019 #6

Everyone knows how the ACA works and a public option has been discussed repeatedly...Castro Demsrule86 Sep 2019 #9

Biden repeatedly described his own plan incorrectly. bluewater Sep 2019 #11

I don't agree with that...I understand how it works as my daughter and my husband used it. Demsrule86 Sep 2019 #18

so there's two parts to this, well three parts qazplm135 Sep 2019 #19

"you mean you can't remember KT2000 Sep 2019 #10

um.... TrunKated Sep 2019 #12

If that's accurate, Biden was right. Further, tweet in OP is misleading, and should be removed. Hoyt Sep 2019 #16

there's two parts to this qazplm135 Sep 2019 #20

that's not 2 minutes. You've got the time stamp yourself. floppyboo Sep 2019 #24

He said people didn't HAVE to buy in, and he said people COULD buy in. Not a change of position. George II Sep 2019 #13

So Castro was right, Biden's plan has no automatic opt in for everyone. bluewater Sep 2019 #15

He also talked about subsidies for those who can't afford care. gulliver Sep 2019 #17

"You CAN buy into Medicare." Doreen Sep 2019 #21

If you NEED it you HAVE to buy in. Hassin Bin Sober Sep 2019 #23