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In reply to the discussion: HHS finalizes rule guaranteeing 100 percent funding for new Medicaid beneficiaries [View all]ProSense
(116,464 posts)"The picture it paints is no better or anything, but it is more accurate. Despite ProSense's repeated charges of my being 'misleading'. I caught my own mistake, and corrected it in a transparent fashion before he even noticed it. And as I said, the accurate numbers don't add up as 'affordable' for many working class people either, especially if they have a medical emergency/surgery/accident/major illness in any given year. '
...making a point that refutes your claim. You acknowledged it previously:
"Maybe most years they won't have that level of o-o-p expenses - just a few copays. But if there is one significant illness/accident/disease, those amounts rack up real quick."
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=2585575
No one will pay that on a yearly basis if at all. It's a limit, a cap in the event exhorbitant medical fees apply.
As I explained: http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=2585580