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Old 12-02-2018, 08:02 PM
 
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"If you like your healthcare plan you can keep your healthcare plan"
-- Obama

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Old 12-02-2018, 08:03 PM
 
Location: North Pacific
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But screw the people who are forced to pay $900 - $1,500.00 per month and the others who can't afford those payments lost their insurance. At least Trump got rid of the mandate that punished people who can't afford those premiums.

You got yours right <shame, shame> It's a form of welfare.... taking from one to give to you.
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At least Trump got rid of the mandate
well he did do something after all.
PS: they're still taking my money this year.

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Old 12-02-2018, 08:04 PM
 
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I've paid in to the system my whole life. And I'm glad I was able to do so. And I'm still doing so.

What system ? Not the healthcare system. Obamacare hasn't been around that long.


The tax system. At $17 per/hour.

Someone is carrying you and picking up everything over one dollar. Its only free when someone else pays.
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Old 12-02-2018, 08:06 PM
 
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But screw the people who are forced to pay $900 - $1,500.00 per month and the others who can't afford those payments lost their insurance. At least Trump got rid of the mandate that punished people who can't afford those premiums.

You got yours right <shame, shame> It's a form of welfare.... taking from one to give to you.
Shame me all you want.

I'm much less of a drain on the system if I have health insurance.

Fact is, we also desperately need health care reform.

The ACA is health insurance reform. It really doesn’t do that much about affordable care or patient protection beyond the subsidies and Medicaid.
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Old 12-02-2018, 08:09 PM
 
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What system ? Not the healthcare system. Obamacare hasn't been around that long.

The tax system. At $17 per/hour.

Someone is carrying you and picking up everything over one dollar. Its only free when someone else pays.
I was talking about health insurance in general.
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Old 12-02-2018, 08:12 PM
 
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Just wanted to say that I am very thankful for it.

I had great health insurance for 25 years through my employer. After I moved to a different state and got a new job that couldn't offer me health insurance because of geographic limitations, my only affordable option was to enroll in an ACA plan. It worked out great for me. I make 17/hour and my monthly premium is under $1.00. The deductible is high ($8,000), but regular yearly doctor visits and mammograms are covered, and generic prescriptions are fairly reasonable.
Obamacare took away the insurance I had. Made it more expensive. I have started my third year without health insurance.
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Old 12-02-2018, 08:13 PM
 
Location: SE Asia
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We all pay in, and we take out what we need.
NO.. Some of us pay in a lot more than others and use far less. Glad I moved out of the country. My monthly premiums for my wife and I would have been 750 a month and not for great insurance. $25 co-pay and $4000 deductible.

My anual premium where I live now for my wife and I is around $2800. 0 co-pay and 0 deductible.
You can keep the Unaffordable Care Act.
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Old 12-02-2018, 08:16 PM
 
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The difference is that we had a choice to not buy the insurance if we thought it was a crappy deal.
If someone chooses not to have coverage for 2019, and after that, there will no longer be a penalty/'fine'.

The penalty was eliminated, starting 1/1/19, in the last tax legislation.
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Old 12-02-2018, 08:19 PM
 
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I'm grateful to have insurance.

Hopefully the Trump administration will make it better for those who were financially harmed by some of the terms of the ACA.
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Old 12-02-2018, 08:21 PM
 
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If someone chooses not to have coverage for 2019, and after that, there will no longer be a penalty/'fine'.

The penalty was eliminated, starting 1/1/19, in the last tax legislation.
Then it goes towards debt instead. The penalty elimination is progress, but we need to cut off the handouts as well. A thief who swipes my credit card isn't any better than a thief who takes my cash.
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