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36. TX does have an exchange with subsidies

Reply to hobbit709 (Reply #14)

Tue Oct 20, 2015, 04:16 PM

Oct 2015

they didn't expand Medicaid.

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Many Low-Income Workers Say ‘No’ to Health Insurance [View all] KamaAina Oct 2015 OP

Yes and yes. n/t Gormy Cuss Oct 2015 #1

My housemate makes $400/wk gross. hobbit709 Oct 2015 #2

Right - emergency rooms, still. closeupready Oct 2015 #6

Will he be able to affort the $695 penalty for not having coverage? WillowTree Oct 2015 #10

He didn't make enough to get hit with a penalty. hobbit709 Oct 2015 #11

If he doesn't make enough to be penalized, ronnie624 Oct 2015 #57

what would the subsidized ACA edhopper Oct 2015 #13

In TX? HAH! hobbit709 Oct 2015 #14

Sorry edhopper Oct 2015 #16

The problem is that the ACA is still basically Insurance and not actual Healthcare. hobbit709 Oct 2015 #17

depends on the plan edhopper Oct 2015 #18

Just for comparison coyote Oct 2015 #23

A $600 deductible + a 20% copay, on a $7-9/hr wage is NOT afforable. Myrina Oct 2015 #29

if you are poor (income under approx. $13K in my state), you can get Medicaid wordpix Oct 2015 #35

exactly. edhopper Oct 2015 #42

$13K is $6.37 a hour for a full time job. former9thward Oct 2015 #48

$400/m. is $4,800 per year. I know working people who can't afford that. closeupready Oct 2015 #34

that's without the subsidies edhopper Oct 2015 #41

Do low-income workers receiving subsidies get assigned case workers? closeupready Oct 2015 #43

I think it's based on tax returns edhopper Oct 2015 #45

If you submit your tax return the ACA subsidies are automatic csziggy Oct 2015 #46

^ This ^ Myrina Oct 2015 #26

Right catrose Oct 2015 #30

This message was self-deleted by its author xmas74 Oct 2015 #50

You mean just like single payer? Recursion Oct 2015 #52

I'm sorry, but you are spouting nonsense. You need to stop it. n/t ronnie624 Oct 2015 #58

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

TX does have an exchange with subsidies dsc Oct 2015 #36

And if you can't afford it even then? hobbit709 Oct 2015 #37

Do I pay for health insurance or the power bill or the car note or the rent? Fumesucker Oct 2015 #3

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

They are not saying no, They Can't Fucking Afford it! YabaDabaNoDinoNo Oct 2015 #5

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

This is the truth and nothing but. hifiguy Oct 2015 #28

Not if they are working full time. former9thward Oct 2015 #49

We have insurance in name only Runningdawg Oct 2015 #12

CT's don't cost anywhere near $3,500 taught_me_patience Oct 2015 #20

I got a whole lower body CT with contrast for $1,000 in IL MillennialDem Oct 2015 #24

"allowed charges" by insurance cos. are totally fabricated & should be investigated wordpix Oct 2015 #38

Much of this was predicted zipplewrath Oct 2015 #22

Not surprising. Not one bit. hifiguy Oct 2015 #25

Hmmm... Runningdawg Oct 2015 #27

I agree with all the other posters in this thread that mention TheDebbieDee Oct 2015 #31

when i've been a low wage worker, i just did without health ins. KG Oct 2015 #32

I want to point out, the headline is leading. closeupready Oct 2015 #33

The ACA was never intended to put comprehensive insurance hifiguy Oct 2015 #40

Obama needs to address the thieves who keep raising ACA rates wordpix Oct 2015 #39

Income isn't the ohheckyeah Oct 2015 #44

How many of these low-wage employees did the ACA make eligible for single payer insurance -- pnwmom Oct 2015 #47

Those plans with enormous deductibles are useless Warpy Oct 2015 #51

Right, because preventing medical bankruptcies doesn't help anyone Recursion Oct 2015 #53

You don't know how marginal workers live, do you? Warpy Oct 2015 #54

Having spent a year flopping on couches and day laboring, I do Recursion Oct 2015 #55

Most of these "marginal workers" would be eligible for Medicaid if they lived pnwmom Oct 2015 #59

I want to address this tomorrow. closeupready Oct 2015 #56

+1 historylovr Oct 2015 #64

they don't want to spend on something they cannot afford to use Skittles Oct 2015 #61

I am curious hfojvt Oct 2015 #62

a more accurate title to this would be: killbotfactory Oct 2015 #63