'Never Leave Me'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
That's fantastic, thank you Gud. Wow, 45 wasn't kidding when he said it was complicated. It might be the most accurate thing he's ever said!
I read something recently about why Americans have an aversion to state-sponsored healthcare; individualism and pioneer spirit and all that. But of course some people have to pay more and may not take as much out. That's how insurance works!
Sorry about all the typos. I was trying to be quick.
Yeah, uncertainty sucks. (I know whereof I speak, I've been in Brexit-induced limbo for the past year with no end in sight).
I do think it's important to reiterate that most people have either employer-based insurance or Medicare/Medicaid government insurance.
It always seems a little weird to me that there is so much drama over a pretty small part of the health-care system.
Wow, 45 wasn't kidding when he said it was complicated.
Yeah, it's crazy complicated and the rhetoric can be really misleading. The Republicans mostly complain about the exchanges, but the real target is usually Medicaid since there is more money there.
I do think it's important to reiterate that most people have either employer-based insurance or Medicare/Medicaid government insurance.
And for those of us that don't, it is insanely expensive, with huge deductibles, and about everything isn't covered.
And when your source of insurance (along with your family's insurance) is your employer, you don't dare lose your job.
Yeah. I'd really like to go with single-payer or at least allow Medicare/Medicaid buy-in. I think the benefits for entrepreneurs would be tremendous and it would give people more flexibility.
At the least I'd like to have a program where you could get Medicaid for a period of time after losing a job. (Maybe paying for it above a certain previous income and a limit on how often you can get it)
I do think it's important to reiterate that most people have...employer-based insurance
It is still insanely expensive, with huge deductibles, and there is so much that still isn't covered.
Thanks for the explanation Gud - you've laid it out very clearly.
One side effect is that the number of people declaring bankruptcy because of having to pay medical bills has plummeted. And one of the problems with pre-Obamacare insurance policies was that people would pay their premiums but when they went to use insurance discovered that it didn't really cover anything. It would be cheap, but useless.