31 Oct 14
Originally posted by whodeyI keep getting emails from the DNC asking for donations and I regularly reply that I am saving my money to pay the fine because I can't afford Obamacare. They have never replied except to ask for more money.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/oct/28/obamacare-sends-health-premiums-skyrocketing-by-as/
No surprise here.
We told you so.
Hopefully the Repubs will get control of both houses and neuter that law.
Originally posted by whodeyMaybe you shouldn't rely on unpublished studies made for the Reverend Moon's newspaper:
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/oct/28/obamacare-sends-health-premiums-skyrocketing-by-as/
No surprise here.
We told you so.
Insurance companies raised their rates for premiums by about 3 percent this year for people covered by employer health insurance, which includes most Americans, according to a new report. The average family premium is $16,834, and the average employee pays $4,823 of that. “Premiums increased more slowly over the past five years than the preceding five years (26 percent vs. 34 percent) and well below the annual double-digit increases recorded in the late 1990s and early 2000s,” the Kaiser Family Foundation, which conducted the survey, said in a statement.
http://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/average-health-insurance-premiums-rise-slightly-n200121
What did you tell us again?
Originally posted by caissad4If you really can't afford it, you're almost certainly exempt from the penalty:
I keep getting emails from the DNC asking for donations and I regularly reply that I am saving my money to pay the fine because I can't afford Obamacare. They have never replied except to ask for more money.
Hopefully the Repubs will get control of both houses and neuter that law.
https://www.healthcare.gov/fees-exemptions/exemptions-from-the-fee/
Originally posted by no1marauderShe really ought not worry. It really isn't a penalty, but according to Roberts a tax. Just pay the tax and don't worry about health care.
If you really can't afford it, you're almost certainly exempt from the penalty:
https://www.healthcare.gov/fees-exemptions/exemptions-from-the-fee/
Like most tax legislation there are not any real cuts, just shifts. Somebody has to pay.
31 Oct 14
Originally posted by normbenignIt's seems rather clear that, at most, only a very small percentage of those without health insurance will pay the penalty.
She really ought not worry. It really isn't a penalty, but according to Roberts a tax. Just pay the tax and don't worry about health care.
Like most tax legislation there are not any real cuts, just shifts. Somebody has to pay.
31 Oct 14
Originally posted by caissad4Before you are so anxious to "neuter the law" and go back to the old system, you should consider this article: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/one-map-shows-exactly-obamacare-223500256.html
I keep getting emails from the DNC asking for donations and I regularly reply that I am saving my money to pay the fine because I can't afford Obamacare. They have never replied except to ask for more money.
Hopefully the Repubs will get control of both houses and neuter that law.
Today, more Americans have health insurance than ever before.
Since the Affordable Care Act went into effect, an additional 10 million people who would have previously had to pay full price for any health treatment can now afford an annual checkup, eye glasses, or birth control pills.
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Four million of them are young people between 19 and 25.
In states that embraced the ACA's planned expansion of Medicaid, the government health care program for the poor, the number of uninsured fell by nearly 40%.
A wide swath of Western states, including California, Nevada, and Washington saw the number of their residents with insurance climb sharply. Texas (which opted out of participating in the Medicaid expansion along with several other states, mostly in the South), is now the only state where more than 22% of the population lacks coverage.
It's unfortunate that the State you reside in because of partisan decisions made by your Governor and legislature has benefited the least of any State in the country because of the ACA.
01 Nov 14
Originally posted by caissad4I really can't see how that is possibly true. Even if you don't fit into one of the numerous categories of exemptions, your premium cost must be less than 8% of your income. That is considerably below the average paid by the average family in the US and a reasonable price for such an important item as health care insurance. Your "can't afford it" would be rhetoric in that case.
Sorry, not exempt. 😠ðŸ˜
02 Nov 14
Originally posted by no1marauderReally. Try making $9 hr and being a smoker. My rates would be affordable if I could quit smoking and replace it with heroin and excessive drinking. And then it would be a policy with a $5000 deductible. Of course I wouldn't get that rate til I had quit smoking for 2 years. Smoking is a serious addiction so don't wheel out the anti-smoking dismissive rhetoric.
I really can't see how that is possibly true. Even if you don't fit into one of the numerous categories of exemptions, your premium cost must be less than 8% of your income. That is considerably below the average paid by the average family in the US and a reasonable price for such an important item as health care insurance. Your "can't afford it" would be rhetoric in that case.