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originally posted by: lordcomac
Screw the upper and middle class, the average person is avoiding regular doctor visits due to the cost.
I don't blame the last admin, but he had the choice- he could have restricted health insurance, but instead enforced it- made it worse.
Insurance is the problem, not the solution. Ban it.
originally posted by: seasonal
a reply to: carewemust
Medical tourism is a growing trend.
originally posted by: Zerodoublehero
a reply to: carewemust
Thank you for the heads up. She has always claimed her at tax time anyhow. Being a "Single Mother " has it's advantages.
Unfortunately for us we are not the type of family that likes to abuse the system so we don't have our hands out not do we try to get anything.
originally posted by: carewemust
originally posted by: Zerodoublehero
a reply to: carewemust
Thank you for the heads up. She has always claimed her at tax time anyhow. Being a "Single Mother " has it's advantages.
Unfortunately for us we are not the type of family that likes to abuse the system so we don't have our hands out not do we try to get anything.
You're not "abusing the system", ZeroDoubleHero. You're utilizing the IRS-ObamaCare rules to benefit your family. Just be thankful that you have that initiative within yourself. People who lack it often end up paying dearly.
originally posted by: Zerodoublehero
originally posted by: carewemust
originally posted by: Zerodoublehero
a reply to: carewemust
Thank you for the heads up. She has always claimed her at tax time anyhow. Being a "Single Mother " has it's advantages.
Unfortunately for us we are not the type of family that likes to abuse the system so we don't have our hands out not do we try to get anything.
You're not "abusing the system", ZeroDoubleHero. You're utilizing the IRS-ObamaCare rules to benefit your family. Just be thankful that you have that initiative within yourself. People who lack it often end up paying dearly.
Very true, maybe it's just my upbringing.
And trust me I have been paying big $ for the last 3 and a half years my daughter has been alive. Add to that one knee surgery and that is a sure fire way to go poor very quickly.
Not to mention I work for a small family business and they contribute towards my insurance but can only do so much. It's too much for all of us. I don't know how people afford it. Heck I can't.
Honestly I wish we did it sooner.
originally posted by: carewemust
originally posted by: Zerodoublehero
originally posted by: carewemust
originally posted by: Zerodoublehero
a reply to: carewemust
Thank you for the heads up. She has always claimed her at tax time anyhow. Being a "Single Mother " has it's advantages.
Unfortunately for us we are not the type of family that likes to abuse the system so we don't have our hands out not do we try to get anything.
You're not "abusing the system", ZeroDoubleHero. You're utilizing the IRS-ObamaCare rules to benefit your family. Just be thankful that you have that initiative within yourself. People who lack it often end up paying dearly.
Very true, maybe it's just my upbringing.
And trust me I have been paying big $ for the last 3 and a half years my daughter has been alive. Add to that one knee surgery and that is a sure fire way to go poor very quickly.
Not to mention I work for a small family business and they contribute towards my insurance but can only do so much. It's too much for all of us. I don't know how people afford it. Heck I can't.
Honestly I wish we did it sooner.
You're very fortunate to have group/employer health insurance. Those who have individually purchased ObamaCare plans find that their medical network is shrinking every year. Here in Illinois 97% of Doctors/Hospitals accept Employer health insurance. Only 60% accept patients with individually purchased Obamacare plans. That percentage will shrink further for 2018.
I'm hoping that John McCain has wised-up and will at least vote to allow Free-Market health insurance again. Those who are lower income can stay on heavily subsidized ObamaCare. But let everyone in the middle/upper-middle income range buy whatever health insurance they want, and can afford.
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originally posted by: Oldtimer2
Another clever guise of Obama admin,send the middle class into debt,not everyone has the 12k deductable for a surgery,in their wallet,middle class has to take a loan,putting them further in debt,eventually they will have debtors prison,another social engineered project of the NWO