Part of the problem is the hard right-wing in congress, they keep us from moving the needle in either direction...
Can you link the page on the healthcare exchange where your plan was located and provider?
No, the problem is the majority of the people in the US don't want it and they are just doing what they were elected to do.
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My wife and I have insurance through her employer, that employer was the Federal Court system of which she retired from 4+ years ago. We have the exact same HC as Congress and the Judiciary have.
We pay $250/month for FULL coverage, RX, Dental, Medical, Vision.
Did She happen to retire before ACA was in place and is covered under (Federal Employees Health and Benefits Program) that covers federal and retired workers and their dependents?
http://www.opm.gov/healthcare-insurance/changes-in-health-coverage/
The system has NEVER been fair to someone making $20k a year LONG before the ACA ever existed.
I have no idea why your premiums went up.
My wifes and I premiums have only gone up I think its $6 total in 10 years and we have the best Health Care plan in the whole country, both retired and making a bit over 150k in retirement.
We only pay $252 a month for full coverage, RX, Dental, Medical, Vision, with a $350 deductible per year.
If you would rather pay cash, then simply bring your Tax Refund to near zero and have at it.
46 vs 40% is only a 3% difference big deal, and that is with a massive right wing campaign of lies to discredit it.
Without $10s of million$ of right wing lying advertising dollars against it then FAR more would be for it than against it.
86% of Democrats are in total favor of it, the ones that aren't are because they want Universal Healthcare instead because it is the far better option.
To be honest I am all for the states splitting up, have the entire south just become Jesusland and the rest of the country can become the Liberal States of America and be done with it.
Without all the red states tearing us down and blue states having to pay for them the LSA could flourish.
Have Universal Healthcare, very strong Unions, Free education including trade schools, minimum wage of $15/hr, great infrastructure.
What does 15 dollar an hour minimum wages do for that book store that it is currently putting out of business? What about all the other businesses that are barely scraping by as it is. Those are the 20k a year people in business form. Should they be left to die in the streets? Should we start a universal program to help them?
True for both sides.They Do not care about jobs all they care about is being elected again.
True for both sides.
I've noticed in this thread that very few of my answers have actually been answered by anything more than "life isn't fair for the 20k earner". Or that I should pay or owe more because I have done better for myself? I think the left has spent so much time brainwashing that it is a crime to do better for oneself or that I should feel bad because I have more than someone else.
Now I am not overly political or feel that I am far right, I just feel that life is what you make it. If you want more than the next guy you need to work harder than the next guy. Just like nunya made some good choices in life and retired close to the 1% I don't think he should be forced to pay for anyone else, that is his money and who is to say things should cost more because of it? To me that is far more fair than anything else. We all have a fair chance in life. It is up to you what you do with it.
We have had the same coverage for 20+ years, it is from my wifes work as part of her retirement.
It is Federal BCBS, same plan that every member of Congress can get and the Judiciary.
Has nothing at all to do with the ACA.
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46 vs 40% is only a 3% difference big deal, and that is with a massive right wing campaign of lies to discredit it.
Without $10s of million$ of right wing lying advertising dollars against it then FAR more would be for it than against it.
86% of Democrats are in total favor of it, the ones that aren't are because they want Universal Healthcare instead because it is the far better option.
To be honest I am all for the states splitting up, have the entire south just become Jesusland and the rest of the country can become the Liberal States of America and be done with it.
Without all the red states tearing us down and blue states having to pay for them the LSA could flourish.
Have Universal Healthcare, very strong Unions, Free education including trade schools, minimum wage of $15/hr, great infrastructure.
Bud, for the record I make about half of what he does in retirement.
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