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liberal_at_heart

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11. I am a stay at home mom and use to be on my husband's insurance.

Reply to RockaFowler (Reply #3)

Fri Feb 22, 2013, 06:43 PM

Feb 2013

We paid maybe $100/month for the whole family to have insurance. Now that we have to go to the private market we pay $925/month for the whole family to have insurance. Yeah, I'd say there's a difference between employer based insurance for spouses and private market insurance for spouses.

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Companies are dropping health coverage for spouses to cut costs [View all] dkf Feb 2013 OP

In the past Helen Darling has advised Republican Senators... NCTraveler Feb 2013 #1

Drop employer based health insurance kenny blankenship Feb 2013 #2

+1. n/t Laelth Feb 2013 #9

single payer is the only way liberal_at_heart Feb 2013 #10

Can I call BS on this?? RockaFowler Feb 2013 #3

The ACA adds an extra fee per person covered. dkf Feb 2013 #5

I am a stay at home mom and use to be on my husband's insurance. liberal_at_heart Feb 2013 #11

Keep the worker alive, the spouse and kiddies are expendable Warpy Feb 2013 #4

Now stay at home moms will have to work to get health care dkf Feb 2013 #6

Terre Haute is paying $5000/year for each person covered. sounds kind of overpriced msongs Feb 2013 #7

Time for Universal Healthcare. blm Feb 2013 #8

This may prove how inefficient the "private" market is. dkf Feb 2013 #12

EVERYONE PLEASE READ THIS PREVIOUS POST I MADE! IMPORTANT! antigop Feb 2013 #13

Wow that article called it... dkf Feb 2013 #14

If the spouse has to go to the exchange, they *may not* be eligible for subsidies. nt antigop Feb 2013 #15

I tried to get everyone's attention on this when I posted it, but the thread sank. nt antigop Feb 2013 #16

I'm re-reading your post and I didn't fully understand how bad this is the first time around. dkf Feb 2013 #19

yes, it's BAD for families..especially if spouse/dependents get insurance through spouse's employer. antigop Feb 2013 #20

Husband, wife, and kid may end up on THREE DIFFERENT FRIKKIN' PLANS! nt antigop Feb 2013 #17

But did you also see how plans that have good coverage are going to be deluged dkf Feb 2013 #21

It's going to be one big cluster---- and may make us lose the 2014/2016 elections antigop Feb 2013 #22

move to universal health care bigapple1963 Feb 2013 #18