Nope.
What I got Obamacare for, was a combination of two things.
First off, let me say I have (always) had insurance. I never let my coverage expire. Ever.
However I had some surgery. Then I left my job (because jobs there, were being sent overseas, for ten years or more). I stayed there as long as I could, but I finally quit about a year ago.
I have kept my insurance still. I still have it in fact.
But next year my coverage will expire (it only continues outside the company for 16 months).
I would be out of luck, for coverage then, under the original plan.
So I am joining Obamacare.
Because it covers me. Joined recently, and just confirmed my membership for next year.
Trump, or anyone who supports him who is out there, if you read this, I have been a Trump supporter FOREVER. But I strongly support Obamacare, insofar as it covers people who don’t otherwise have coverage.
Congratulations on the presidency.
Laz thanks for your posts, but I really, really don’t want our guy, to simply remove Obamacare.
He needs to carefully FIX it. Not simply removed what is there.
It helps people. Like me.
You’ve gone to the Dark Side.
All because you are uneducated about the Invisible Hand, and because you are being selfish and thinking only about yourself.
An Obamacare premium and deductible without subsidies and without the cost savings that lowers deductibles for low income people are typically $400-$700/month depending on your age, but with a deductible of $3000-$6000 and out of pocket max of $6000-$12,500.
The premium doesn’t appear excessive compared to what many employers pay - but those deductibles make it a catastrophic plan for PPO prices.
The only people being helped are those getting a cost savings reduction, which can lower the deductible to $0 and out of pocket max to $1000 (these numbers go up as income goes up). Of course taxpayers are picking up the tab for it.