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In reply to the discussion: Report: Many Americans Intend To Stay Without Health Insurance [View all]ChisolmTrailDem
(9,463 posts)4. Yep. And most of their governors are the ones responsible for rejecting Medicaid expansion funds nt
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Yep. And most of their governors are the ones responsible for rejecting Medicaid expansion funds nt
ChisolmTrailDem
Mar 2014
#4
Yep, it sure does. Republicans are consistently known for not being the sharpest tools in
RKP5637
Mar 2014
#5
and among people living in states where navigators are being harassed
Proud Liberal Dem
Mar 2014
#67
Many Americans are often doomed no matter what one does to try to help them. I have
RKP5637
Mar 2014
#2
Even a single payer system would not cover absolutely positively everybody
bluestateguy
Mar 2014
#62
That group who aren't getting it becaus they 'oppose the ACA' should have to
sinkingfeeling
Mar 2014
#7
Urgent care clinics are not cheap and they want their money while you are there.
Thinkingabout
Mar 2014
#35
When both the cost of the penalty and the cost of the insurance are cost prohibitive
LiberalAndProud
Mar 2014
#11
All you have to do is not have a refund due and there's no way for the IRS to collect
Fumesucker
Mar 2014
#13
Srsly, unless insurance structures have been greatly altered under ACA,
LiberalAndProud
Mar 2014
#16
I won't relate my tale of woe. Knowing of real hardship, my lot is not.
LiberalAndProud
Mar 2014
#32
"I'm 62 and my subsidy of $475.00/yr pays all but $28.55 of my premium" - do you mean $475/mo?
progree
Mar 2014
#74
Perhaps, but no ACA-compliant private insurance has a total premium of only $503.55 / YEAR,
progree
Mar 2014
#79
The ACA is better than nothing, but it's still a piss-poor "accomplishment"
Lydia Leftcoast
Mar 2014
#63
I'm officially insured now. Saved about $500 a month in premiums. Thanks, Obama.
Comrade Grumpy
Mar 2014
#18
Many people going without insurance are in the states that refused the Medicaid dollars.
dem in texas
Mar 2014
#33
I pointed this out to my RW friends and they admitted they never thought of the social
Thinkingabout
Mar 2014
#36
Correct, because we are in an enrollment period now. That is coming to an end.
stevenleser
Mar 2014
#56
Since there is an entire political party, a cable network, and a RW echo chamber ...
11 Bravo
Mar 2014
#53
no surprise there since the MSM has been bashing almost everyday, and the koch brothers have been
lostincalifornia
Mar 2014
#76