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In reply to the discussion: My hellacious health care nightmare -- Obamacare has ruined me [View all]Liberty Belle
(9,551 posts)119. Nonprofit, no income, volunteering to run the magazine
currently due to lack of grants at the moment. But it violates my privacy for someone to post that because it identifies me by name on the site and violates HIPPA medical privacy so I have asked the moderator to remove that post and all responses that reference that.
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Why isn't the trucker paying your expenses? He or his company should have insurance.
Frustratedlady
Sep 2015
#1
Paying 75% of our income for healthcare premiums the next several months,
Liberty Belle
Sep 2015
#205
There is a CA provision that conflicts with the ACA 9.5% limit on what you're supposed to pay
Liberty Belle
Sep 2015
#228
Sometimes your car insurance covers and then goes after the other driver's insurance.
Liberty Belle
Sep 2015
#10
Please pay attention to this carefully.... GO TO A LAWYER RIGHT NOW! Do not wait, do not pass go,
underahedgerow
Sep 2015
#38
You should already have a lawyer . They will work with your insurance company
Person 2713
Sep 2015
#177
All well and good but I also have to get a CAR first before I can do anything
Liberty Belle
Sep 2015
#110
You can call lawyers on the phone . Crying ACA known imperfections may make you feel happy
Person 2713
Sep 2015
#179
I have a lawyer in the family. But when the other driver has lousy insurance
Liberty Belle
Sep 2015
#229
Once the cost goes over $5,000 I have to pay up front and wait to get a settlement someday
Liberty Belle
Sep 2015
#13
The answer is single payer with low deductibles and low co-pays and everything
JDPriestly
Sep 2015
#24
Nobody is forced to sign up for COBRA. Even before the ACA, that was the case, so I am not sure
still_one
Sep 2015
#34
What does that mean? Is that for just you or your family. What kind of plan is it? With Medicare
still_one
Sep 2015
#42
I agree. I was trying to find out more details. I used the cost of Medicare as an example that two
still_one
Sep 2015
#59
That is expensive, no question about it, and you are not alone. When I got laid off, I didn't
still_one
Sep 2015
#70
There's a lot here that's hard to understand. I'm afraid you might be getting bad advice.
pnwmom
Sep 2015
#29
There are a lot of details missing in these stories. Medicare doesn't have an income limit, but
still_one
Sep 2015
#37
That is terrible news. I have a question. If someone signs up for COBRA, couldn't they sign up for
still_one
Sep 2015
#153
and exactly where would they have gotten the votes for single payer? The blue dogs had made it very
still_one
Sep 2015
#43
I understand very well how gov works and I also know the blue dogs, conserver a dem
YabaDabaNoDinoNo
Sep 2015
#46
All I was pointing out is the argument has been put many times that we had a chance for single payer
still_one
Sep 2015
#60
No argument, Baucus was not the best person for what we call the ACA. However, regardless, when the
still_one
Sep 2015
#61
I don't buy the argument that the ACA is a complete disaster, it has helped a lot of folks
still_one
Sep 2015
#79
That is essentially what they do with Medicare. Problem is in some states like Texas, a lot of
still_one
Sep 2015
#84
I buy some of my medications from Canada which is a huge savings even over Medicare part D
Jim Beard
Sep 2015
#39
The only thing one needs to do is insure the Canadian pharmacy is an accredited one, and reliable.
still_one
Sep 2015
#44
Job loss qualifies your husband for covered ca without waiting for the new enrollment period.
displacedtexan
Sep 2015
#49
You are correct, no one is forced to stay with Cobra, but if someone loses their job, California or
still_one
Sep 2015
#64
Your Anger Should Be Toward The DLC Third Way That Would Not Allow A Single Payer Discussion
cantbeserious
Sep 2015
#52
Get a Lawyer and call your car insurance company. The trucks insurance will pay, a Lawyer and your
Sunlei
Sep 2015
#53
I'm glad you were helped. I hope they keep whatever worked for you, and fix
Liberty Belle
Sep 2015
#247
so you think paying 75% of our income for health premiums through the ACA is okay?
Liberty Belle
Sep 2015
#215
And that's not the only time she's mentioned being editor of East County Magazine.
tammywammy
Sep 2015
#135
It violates no laws to mention something you've mentioned time and time again here yourself
herding cats
Sep 2015
#140
moderator remove the post above - it violates HiPPA privacy by outing my identity and is false
Liberty Belle
Sep 2015
#117
Not a disaster under the ACA. She lives in a state with subsidies, as the ACA was intended to have.
pnwmom
Sep 2015
#85
But the enrollment period exceptions are clearly there top of the home page so I'm calling bullshit.
bettyellen
Sep 2015
#94
That's what I mean that although small, perhaps the income now needs to be stated as none
Person 2713
Sep 2015
#182
We are in our 50s, too young for Medicare and not poor enough, just barely.
Liberty Belle
Sep 2015
#222
The ACA was never intended to be a perfect solution. It was all that was possible at the
totodeinhere
Sep 2015
#86
Baloney - anyone eligible for Cobra is eligible for ACAor exchanges. Fix your OP or let the lie
bettyellen
Sep 2015
#88
Nope -he could "get onto Covered CA " instead of COBRA and it's right there on page one...
bettyellen
Sep 2015
#166
The ACA was an option- not something they "couldn't get". Subsidies? Not enough info....
bettyellen
Sep 2015
#253
Actually that is not accurate. The way it is now, once you sign up for COBRA you cannot sign up for
still_one
Sep 2015
#154
yes but they could have signed up- and in that way, the OP is blaming Obama for THEIR CHOICE.
bettyellen
Sep 2015
#167
I think the OP is expressing short comings with the ACA which have adversely
still_one
Sep 2015
#168
you say vibrato, I say willfully inaccurate. a long winded "thanks Obama!" from someone who at the
bettyellen
Sep 2015
#169
Vibrato, Tomato... (sorry about that). It is an unfair rant from the OP for sure, and of course the
still_one
Sep 2015
#171
I'm sorry this is happening to you Liberty. I almost died from lack of health insurance and not
Dont call me Shirley
Sep 2015
#91
The law is HIPAA and reposting info that you provided about yourself here is not
Gormy Cuss
Sep 2015
#175
I meant Medi-Cal, the CA version of Medicare, sorry, misspoke on that. n/t
Liberty Belle
Sep 2015
#128
According to a 2012 post, you used to pay $700 monthly before Obamacare. MORE than now.
pnwmom
Sep 2015
#102
The real problem I think isn't the ACA -- it's California's lack of price controls.
pnwmom
Sep 2015
#125
I don't think anyone would disagree with that on DU. The problem is in the current Congressional
still_one
Sep 2015
#157
Consider yourself lucky, my daughter died under your Conservative selfishness
Stargazer99
Sep 2015
#131
Nothing is worse than what you have been through, and I am so sorry for your loss. However, I think the
still_one
Sep 2015
#160
You might learn to ignore medical bill collectors and how to live with a low credit rating.
hunter
Sep 2015
#161
We did claim a life changing event with the job loss. See my explanations in the other threads.
Liberty Belle
Sep 2015
#230
You're right. I read it wrong - I thought the issue was that she's uninsured.
lumberjack_jeff
Sep 2015
#202
you're confused, I didn't drop Obamacare, I still have it but we are paying 75% of our income for it
Liberty Belle
Sep 2015
#220