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OilemFirchen

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22. I'm well aware of that.

Reply to Voltaire2 (Reply #20)

Thu Aug 1, 2019, 05:32 PM

Aug 2019

Chalk it up to the morons who decided to call it Medicare for All instead of Medicaid for All in the first place. Don't they have grandmas in nursing homes?

Also, Medicare exists. No joke.

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This might be a dumb question, but why is there an open enrollment period that closes for ACA? [View all] Ohioboy Aug 2019 OP

there are exceptions. mopinko Aug 2019 #1

I don't qualify for special enrollement Ohioboy Aug 2019 #6

moral hazard. mopinko Aug 2019 #9

But, I'm not sick Ohioboy Aug 2019 #10

Exclusionary periods dpibel Aug 2019 #12

The insurance via my employer SoCalNative Aug 2019 #23

Vote for Warren Sanders Harris or any of the other candidates who support MFA. Voltaire2 Aug 2019 #2

Pssst... OilemFirchen Aug 2019 #16

Pssst MFA is different than Medicare. Voltaire2 Aug 2019 #20

I'm well aware of that. OilemFirchen Aug 2019 #22

You can (or used to be able to) go to the ACA site and use the estimator. Blue_true Aug 2019 #3

The 2019 Open Enrollment period is Nov. 1 through Dec. 15 gratuitous Aug 2019 #4

I don't qualify for out of enrollment Ohioboy Aug 2019 #8

I don't get that either Skittles Aug 2019 #5

It's like someone doesn't want it to work Ohioboy Aug 2019 #7

yeah Skittles Aug 2019 #11

To prevent people from waiting to buy insurance until they get sick songbookz Aug 2019 #15

I guess I just wish we had a socialized medicine option Skittles Aug 2019 #18

That's crazy talk. Voltaire2 Aug 2019 #21

Coverage is not universal but cannot be denied Midnightwalk Aug 2019 #13

So why can't they let you sign up if you don't have preexisting conditions? Ohioboy Aug 2019 #14

Maybe that could work Midnightwalk Aug 2019 #19

Some people would abuse the system and would only enroll when they got sick Trenzalore Aug 2019 #17