Elderly couple in apparent murder-suicide indicated they could not afford medical care

The Hill ^ | 08/09/19 | Marina Pitofsky

[kearnyirish2]

Pelosi sold ObamaCare to the American public by claiming it would cut the bond between work and healthcare - so people wouldn’t have to stick with a job just for the health insurance it provides (she used examples like artists). What we got now forces people to cling more than ever to their jobs for the insurance, and more and more people working into their 70s.

ObamaCare was a “breathing tax” on working Americans; you either paid the IRS, paid for plans with high deductibles and co-pays, or clung to your full-time job for dear life - while your employer tried to replace you with foreign workers (if the work itself couldn’t be moved to a foreign country).

[Amberdawn]

The Marxists have our money to pay for illegals health care, but sh*t on our own people. This IS DELIBERATE.

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

It’s Washington State for Pete’s sake. They help everyone, esp. illegals so why not the elderly? Oh, I forgot, the state is run by Marxists who don’t care about the average citizen, only the drug dealers, drug users, commies, leftist racists, and psychos.

[fireman15]

The social services people and lawyers for my Aunt and Uncle took them to the cleaners before anyone else in the family knew what was going on.

Unfortunately that is all too common. There are ways to protect your assets in this type of scenario, but there are human spiders that are always waiting to take advantage of vulnerable elderly people. If there is a corrupt social service person teamed up with corrupt lawyers the damage they can do is terrible.

My parents have been repeatedly victimized. They have accumulated quite a bit during their lifetimes, but in the past few years they have been repeatedly taken advantage of, mostly by small time losers just out looking for vulnerable people who can be fleeced. Part of the problem is that they both are declining cognitively and are afraid of having their ability to make their own financial decisions taken away, so they are highly secretive about their situation. Lawyers and con artists can smell this type of thing from a mile away.

[Bommer]

Because they are part of the cabal. The only way that this will change is for Trump to put Congress and the Senate, and all former government workers on Obamacare. Goodbye platinum healthcare. Then tell them whatever they come up with, they are on it, so it better be good! Trump won’t have to care since he is rich, the the rest of these assholes, they have to also pay for their staff to be on it.

[terycarl]

Medicare is NOT free, not does it cover all of an elderly person’s medical expenses. Don’t let anyone tell you other wise. We have ab appointment these evening to talk with a Medicare supplemental insurance specialist. What we learn will determine how many days my husband will have to work part time when he “retires”.

We have Medicare and a fairly inexpensive AARP supplement and we pay have paid NOTHING out of pocket for years......very happy with them.