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In reply to the discussion: Many Low-Income Workers Say ‘No’ to Health Insurance [View all]edhopper
(33,669 posts)16. Sorry
didn't know.
That is one fucked up State.
So the problem isn't the ACA but the Red States that want to kill it.
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The problem is that the ACA is still basically Insurance and not actual Healthcare.
hobbit709
Oct 2015
#17
Medicare is insurance, too, and it works. The real problem is that most of these people
pnwmom
Oct 2015
#60
He is eligible for the subsidy in TX - subsidies are federal. He is not eligible for Medicaid.
Yo_Mama
Oct 2015
#19
Send the power bill to the dealership and the car payment to the power company.
KamaAina
Oct 2015
#4
I pay my bills online - but when I get those preapproved credit card offers I
MillennialDem
Oct 2015
#21
This is it!! Some people don't qualify for help but are still too poor to meet expenses
haikugal
Oct 2015
#7
Most would qualify for Medicaid if it wasn't one of those Repug states that rejected
JCMach1
Oct 2015
#8
That way we'd be giving more benefits to these giant corporations than we already do.
KamaAina
Oct 2015
#9
Nothing is resolved until we get single payer, or something very much like it...
JCMach1
Oct 2015
#15
"allowed charges" by insurance cos. are totally fabricated & should be investigated
wordpix
Oct 2015
#38