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Motown_Johnny

(22,308 posts)
22. That simply can't be true.
Sun Mar 30, 2014, 12:24 AM
Mar 2014

Go to this site: https://www.healthsherpa.com/


Go though the steps and it will give you an idea of what you can sign up for. Check the silver plans, they have lower costs based on income (besides the subsidies).

Let me know how it goes and we can start working with the healthcare.gov site.

To bad you started so late, but so long as you get an application started you can finish it after the first.


What happened? And are you in Illinois? nt Sarah Ibarruri Mar 2014 #1
What happened? CaliforniaPeggy Mar 2014 #2
None of the plans were worth it? Rex Mar 2014 #3
Too many details, Brigid Skittles Mar 2014 #4
I c wut u did their steve2470 Mar 2014 #24
Depending on where you are, I heard they are JaneyVee Mar 2014 #5
You can be sure Red States are doing everything they can to throw Rex Mar 2014 #7
Seriously! And they call themselves "pro-life". JaneyVee Mar 2014 #9
You are right. The corporations are doing everything they can possibly think of-- Cal33 Mar 2014 #141
Hard to get anything from your post. upaloopa Mar 2014 #6
Believe me or don't. Brigid Mar 2014 #10
You've given us nothing to believe. Virtually everyone who has complained on DU who actually gave stevenleser Mar 2014 #13
Then why didn't the navigators do anything with that? Brigid Mar 2014 #15
They usually don't. They're not trained to think that way. stevenleser Mar 2014 #16
For some of us estimating an income over $12,500 is not remotely plausible Fumesucker Mar 2014 #25
If your income is zero, you're eligible for medicaid everywhere. lumberjack_jeff Apr 2014 #144
"The only time you will get "in trouble" is if you understate your income to get an additional progree Mar 2014 #52
Depends on the circumstances. This spells it out to some extent... stevenleser Mar 2014 #55
Thx for quick answer at 117 am! But I don't see any punishment, just that I have to pay it all back progree Mar 2014 #57
what happens to your other government benefits if you do that dsc Mar 2014 #71
You are asking for expert advice on state programs where you havent even named the state. stevenleser Mar 2014 #73
I am not the one telling people to say this dsc Mar 2014 #74
Be honest. Your real motivation is you lament the loss of the talking point against the ACA. stevenleser Mar 2014 #76
No it isn't dsc Mar 2014 #77
Your attempt at melodrama isn't working when the POTUS and his administration said it was fine to stevenleser Mar 2014 #78
It is fine from the perspective of the feds dsc Mar 2014 #123
did you write this OP? VanillaRhapsody Mar 2014 #109
No I wrote the post he responded to dsc Mar 2014 #124
Well you DO seem to be speaking for them.... VanillaRhapsody Mar 2014 #126
No I am not speaking for the person dsc Mar 2014 #132
but what that person said IS true.... VanillaRhapsody Mar 2014 #133
again I agree the feds likely won't punish you for over estimation dsc Mar 2014 #134
Like I said...it won't ....the Feds WILL know what you made for the year....with next years taxes... VanillaRhapsody Mar 2014 #135
you trust the likes of rick scott and rick perry a hell of a lot more than I do dsc Mar 2014 #136
dafuck??? VanillaRhapsody Mar 2014 #137
I guess you really don't read posts dsc Mar 2014 #138
I did read it.... VanillaRhapsody Mar 2014 #139
I am going to try this one more time very very slowly dsc Mar 2014 #140
How about doing some research before saying so....Kaiser seems to agree with us... VanillaRhapsody Mar 2014 #142
I am glad you have finally read what I wrote, at least in part dsc Apr 2014 #143
"I am glad you have finally read what I wrote, at least in part" progree Apr 2014 #148
THIS is an ESTIMATE of income....it is about your income in the future....as long as VanillaRhapsody Apr 2014 #154
the TREASURY Dept said so.... VanillaRhapsody Apr 2014 #153
the states and the feds share info all the time dsc Apr 2014 #156
but it supercedes the states..... VanillaRhapsody Apr 2014 #157
you haven't a clue how much they would be projecting or not dsc Apr 2014 #159
If you read the Kaiser Report article it SAYS right there that IF you project up to 10% over your VanillaRhapsody Apr 2014 #160
For the love of God dsc Apr 2014 #165
If you're in a state that didn't expand medicare lumberjack_jeff Apr 2014 #174
and of course the state won't make you reapply dsc Apr 2014 #175
The IRS isn't suggesting you falsify your next years tax return. lumberjack_jeff Apr 2014 #176
you do realize they call you in to reapply for a variety of reasons dsc Apr 2014 #178
Thank you for bringing up the point you are making Tsiyu Apr 2014 #164
the STATE won't have those figures....these are the states that DIDN'T expand Medicaid... VanillaRhapsody Apr 2014 #166
They really don't seem to care about anything other than maintaining their anti-ACA talking point. stevenleser Apr 2014 #167
I know right? VanillaRhapsody Apr 2014 #169
"how the F are they going to get that data...?" Request it. DERP. If it isn't already part of progree Apr 2014 #172
Inartful is lying. You advised someone here to lie in order to get coverage. It may come as a shock sabrina 1 Apr 2014 #180
Very well stated sabrina_1 particularly how DU has been devolving into a McCarthyite dystopia progree Apr 2014 #181
Oh please, sell the melodrama elsewhere. The Obama administration said this was OK to do. stevenleser Apr 2014 #182
ONCE AGAIN: What will state agencies will do with information that conflicts with what progree Apr 2014 #183
That was not what she was manufacturing outrage about. nt stevenleser Apr 2014 #184
It's melodrama now to object to being told to lie on official forms? That's a pretty low bar sabrina 1 Apr 2014 #185
More on this... stevenleser Mar 2014 #56
Same link I provided.... VanillaRhapsody Apr 2014 #163
And you won't address what state agencies will do with information that conflicts with what progree Apr 2014 #173
Indiana does infact have an exchange Drale Mar 2014 #26
Nothing came up when I worked with the navigator today. Brigid Mar 2014 #30
You MUST enroll at the appropriate government health exchange to get a subsidy progree Mar 2014 #54
Yes but if you type Indiana Health Exchange into Google Drale Mar 2014 #93
a bit more info here steve2470 Mar 2014 #95
You're missing NJ from your listing of the 26 states n/t Earth Bound Misfit Mar 2014 #116
sharp eye, yea they missed it nt steve2470 Mar 2014 #117
Not sharp, I only noticed cuz I live there lmao n/t Earth Bound Misfit Mar 2014 #120
I think Brigid in #30 was saying that healthcare.gov came up dry progree Mar 2014 #97
I don't think so. Healthcare.gov lists plans for Indiana progree Mar 2014 #58
Since Indiana refused to set up its own exchange, the feds set it up. hedda_foil Mar 2014 #33
First of all you are in a Red State....that didn't expand Medicaid. THAT is not President Obama's VanillaRhapsody Mar 2014 #34
with mike pence as your governor, you are as screwed as the folks in tennessee spanone Mar 2014 #85
Well that settles it. nt Lex Mar 2014 #8
Her profile says she is from MO. If I am not mistaken they do not have Medicaid Expansion. jwirr Mar 2014 #11
I was born in MO. Brigid Mar 2014 #12
Now you've done it, reporting what you see instead of what you're told... Junkdrawer Mar 2014 #14
No joke Puzzledtraveller Apr 2014 #150
Why was it a washout? Drunken Irishman Mar 2014 #17
The problem is that some of us fall through the cracks. Brigid Mar 2014 #20
No its not.....Its quite simple for those of us living in states that HAS expanded Medicaid VanillaRhapsody Mar 2014 #36
You didn't read my post closely. Brigid Mar 2014 #39
But you missed the point....its "washing out for you" is because of your Governor.... VanillaRhapsody Mar 2014 #42
Did you miss the part where she blames her Governor? I saw it. Bluenorthwest Mar 2014 #70
Then place the blame where it BELONGS......not on the ACA VanillaRhapsody Mar 2014 #101
Read? Who bothers reading? Marr Apr 2014 #177
Blame that on the Supreme Court and the governors who choose not to take Federal funds to expand pnwmom Mar 2014 #61
you might try reading her or his posts dsc Mar 2014 #72
then why the Affordable Care Act detraction nonsense... VanillaRhapsody Mar 2014 #108
No - the bill as written required Medicaid expansion karynnj Apr 2014 #147
Why is it the people having the most "trouble" with the ACA, are the same ones..... Tarheel_Dem Mar 2014 #18
Ha ha. Brigid Mar 2014 #23
Good point.... VanillaRhapsody Mar 2014 #37
Only if you believe in 'ye Gods of coincidence. These vague stories sound awfully.... Tarheel_Dem Mar 2014 #43
and its almost like they are timed every so many days.... VanillaRhapsody Mar 2014 #44
There you have it. "Coincidence + Coordination" = ????? Tarheel_Dem Mar 2014 #46
I GOT IT! VanillaRhapsody Mar 2014 #47
!!! Tarheel_Dem Mar 2014 #50
As I said to your friend, cut it out and see my post to him/her. ScreamingMeemie Mar 2014 #81
I am not painting....it just IS what it is... VanillaRhapsody Mar 2014 #100
Apparently it isn't... Love ACA. So yes. Cut. It. Out. ScreamingMeemie Mar 2014 #102
Hey! HEY! Now... ScreamingMeemie Mar 2014 #80
So sorry you're not getting help... Earth Bound Misfit Mar 2014 #19
I'm glad you're getting help. Brigid Mar 2014 #21
Well we don't have a single payer plan. Did you go to healthcare.gov? See my links below lostincalifornia Mar 2014 #29
You'll fall less through the cracks with ACA than you will with NUTHIN..... MADem Mar 2014 #32
THIS^^^^^ calimary Mar 2014 #51
Well... Earth Bound Misfit Mar 2014 #60
If we were to replace some of the Nite Owl Mar 2014 #129
You think we'd get single payer with a Dem House and Senate? TransitJohn Mar 2014 #68
Until your state expands Medicaid...you are still going to fall through the cracks.. VanillaRhapsody Mar 2014 #38
That simply can't be true. Motown_Johnny Mar 2014 #22
I gave healthsherpa a try. Brigid Mar 2014 #28
That is the problem then. Your state obviously did NOT do the expanded Medicaid. You are in a lostincalifornia Mar 2014 #31
The poster understands all of this. That doesn't provide them any health care though TheKentuckian Mar 2014 #49
and this poster supports President Obama too right? VanillaRhapsody Mar 2014 #65
I would not be on the OP. A lot of people are confused, and frankly it was not lostincalifornia Mar 2014 #92
A LOT of people on DU are NOT confused about the ACA.....they have an agenda... VanillaRhapsody Mar 2014 #98
and DU represents the total population. There is a problem when most uninsured Americans do not lostincalifornia Mar 2014 #106
No it doesnt.... VanillaRhapsody Mar 2014 #107
My sense is the vast majority on DU want Democrats elected, but there appears to be some who express lostincalifornia Mar 2014 #111
"ambiguous" my aunt Fanny... VanillaRhapsody Mar 2014 #114
Lol lostincalifornia Mar 2014 #122
not everyone is "confused" Do you seriously think there are no stealth ACA deniers on this forum? VanillaRhapsody Apr 2014 #151
Little bit of a delayed response VR when we first had this discussion. of course there is lostincalifornia Apr 2014 #155
then WHY are you defending ANYONE who does..... VanillaRhapsody Apr 2014 #158
I do not know the OPs thoughts lostincalifornia Apr 2014 #161
I know it was dripping with contempt for President Obama and the Affordable Care Act VanillaRhapsody Apr 2014 #162
".it is not my first Summer out." No quite the opposite. You've been out in the sun too long, progree Apr 2014 #171
I haven't a clue, however they have made it clear here they understand why they aren't covered. TheKentuckian Mar 2014 #112
Your posts on this thread are Nasty Marrah_G Apr 2014 #145
^--+100. Wow, this reminds me of the Army McCarthy hearings: "at long last..." progree Apr 2014 #149
Do you think there was no contempt at all in that OP? VanillaRhapsody Apr 2014 #152
Contempt? Sounds like disappointment at not being covered. Only you show contempt for your fellow progree Apr 2014 #170
frankly it was the supreme court also. This would not have happened lostincalifornia Mar 2014 #90
You cannot fight the Supreme Court.... VanillaRhapsody Mar 2014 #99
Where did I blame Obama? Do you have a comprehension problem? lostincalifornia Mar 2014 #104
Maybe it wasn't about you.... VanillaRhapsody Mar 2014 #105
Gee really. Exact quote to my post, "You can get off your ass and fight your state government and lostincalifornia Mar 2014 #110
did you write this OP? VanillaRhapsody Mar 2014 #115
you quit at Healthsherpa.....that is all the effort you gave this... VanillaRhapsody Mar 2014 #40
Must not be all that important. Ya think? Especially at the last minute. n/t Tarheel_Dem Mar 2014 #45
I know right......no agenda AT ALL! VanillaRhapsody Mar 2014 #64
I'm sure Ted Cruz would like to hear her story: CJCRANE Mar 2014 #63
There seems to be a "sweet spot" for income Motown_Johnny Mar 2014 #84
i have read recently only the silver plans questionseverything Mar 2014 #113
I agree Motown_Johnny Mar 2014 #121
Curious, why did you wait until now to try and sign up? That is what the national exchange is for lostincalifornia Mar 2014 #27
This message was self-deleted by its author BenzoDia Mar 2014 #35
*cough* (pre-existing narrative) *cough* VanillaRhapsody Mar 2014 #41
Well, it's not a washout when you develop that chronic disease down the road Warpy Mar 2014 #48
^^ This. n/t Earth Bound Misfit Mar 2014 #59
I am so sorry, I guess we each are one of 50 States after all... Tikki Mar 2014 #53
You don't provide many details but you provide plenty of talking points. CJCRANE Mar 2014 #62
because the truth "hurts".... VanillaRhapsody Mar 2014 #66
For every state not expanding Medicaid, spread this around ProSense Mar 2014 #67
True, but that doesn't help Bridgit. Motown_Johnny Mar 2014 #86
The sum quote. area51 Mar 2014 #69
Try the 800 number WilliamPitt Mar 2014 #75
I have heard from friends that the 800 numbers are very helpful riversedge Mar 2014 #79
Cute baby! Auntie Bush Mar 2014 #96
Here's the number: 1-800-318-2596 babylonsister Mar 2014 #82
My taxes are up almost 4% due to ACA elias7 Mar 2014 #83
How do you know your taxes went up specifically due to Obamacare? nt Zorra Mar 2014 #87
My accountant explained it to me elias7 Mar 2014 #89
Are those 2 new Medicare-related taxes that apply for those above 200k? (enacted as part of the ACA) progree Mar 2014 #91
Thanks. No need to bother, I get it. nt Zorra Mar 2014 #94
My understanding: ONLY SILVER plans qualify for the out-of-pocket subsidies progree Mar 2014 #88
Spot-on... Earth Bound Misfit Mar 2014 #119
You are not alone. GoCubsGo Mar 2014 #103
I'm sorry but I don't believe you. trueblue2007 Mar 2014 #118
So why not overestimate or pad your income? flamingdem Mar 2014 #125
Not everyone is comfortable with dishonesty n/t Fumesucker Mar 2014 #127
It's not dishonesty, there are plenty of ways to make up the amount flamingdem Mar 2014 #131
Essentially the problem is voters in red states Cali_Democrat Apr 2014 #168
So many well-informed DUers have shared excellent tips with you. Please check back next week... Hekate Mar 2014 #128
You can blame the insurance companies and the AMA. Cleita Mar 2014 #130
Sorry you are going through this Marrah_G Apr 2014 #146
Epistle on data sharing and income verification. And what I would do progree Apr 2014 #179
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