If Obama care is the best thing going, then why..... (Congressmen, health care)

[chucksnee]

Is congress exempt from it? If it is that great, congress should be chomping at the bit to have it.....

[Memphis1979]

Originally Posted by chucksnee

Is congress exempt from it? If it is that great, congress should be chomping at the bit to have it.....

Obamacare extends medicare to people below a certain income level. It does not create a new insurance agency that someone can buy into.

The rank and file congressmen makes 175,000 dollars a year for their service.

That kind of excludes them from the medicare system.

[TempesT68]

Originally Posted by Memphis1979

Obamacare extends medicare to people below a certain income level. It does not create a new insurance agency that someone can buy into.

The rank and file congressmen makes 175,000 dollars a year for their service.

That kind of excludes them from the medicare system.

Exactly. The Obama health care bill is to give insurance to those that otherwise can't qualify, or can't afford it. People who have insurance currently will not be affected, and those in congress i'm sure have world class coverage.

[chucksnee]

Originally Posted by Memphis1979

Obamacare extends medicare to people below a certain income level. It does not create a new insurance agency that someone can buy into.

The rank and file congressmen makes 175,000 dollars a year for their service.

That kind of excludes them from the medicare system.

Please explain a little more.....so if you make more than $175,000 a year you are exempt?

[artsyguy]

When does this policy take place exactly? I've heard about it but never seen it been enforced.

[DRob4JC]

Originally Posted by chucksnee

Is congress exempt from it? If it is that great, congress should be chomping at the bit to have it.....

Along with the 232 companies/unions who are exempt this year from certain conditions.

[DRob4JC]

Originally Posted by artsyguy

When does this policy take place exactly? I've heard about it but never seen it been enforced.

Bits and pieces are enacted as time progress.

[chucksnee]

Originally Posted by TempesT68

and those in congress i'm sure have world class coverage.

IF this affect me, it should affect them....plain and simple....

I have world class insurance now....

[Memphis1979]

Originally Posted by chucksnee

Please explain a little more.....so if you make more than $175,000 a year you are exempt?

If you make more than about 40K a year you don't qualify.

Obamacare extended medicare benefits to people who make below a certain income level.

If you make below a certain income level, medicare and medicaid have been extended to higher ages, or throughout your life if you are below a certain income level. I'm not 100% what that level is, but if you are single, and make 50K a year before taxes, I doubt you qualify.

If you make 40 to 50K a year with two or three kids and a wife, well maybe you qualify.

[TempesT68]

Originally Posted by chucksnee

IF this affect me, it should affect them....plain and simple....

I have world class insurance now....

If you have insurance, you will not be affected.