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Originally Posted by MK Ultra
a good thing? are you on crack?
take my situation, I'm over 50, I have type 2 diabetes, my blood pressure is kind of "iffy"
I could always buy insurance but it was far too expensive because of my conditions so I pay cash for my treatment, cost me far less each year than the insurance premiums would.
And unlike almost everybody on GFY I only make a modest living, insurance premiums that are higher than my rent are just not sustainable.
But with this idiotic legislation I'm required by law to buy the insurance that I couldn't afford before, or pay a fine to the government.
Now if the insurance the government says I must buy was out of my reach before, what happens when the premiums go up 10% to 20% like the CBO says will happen for people who buy their own insurance? Yet I'll still be required to buy it.
So there goes my retirement.
I suppose I could hide some of my income and try to qualify for the subsidies that come out of my tax money anyway, but I really don't feel like going to prison today.
So my plan is to pay the fine and make the local Emergency Room my Primary Caregiver, at least that way I get something for my money.
I'm all for fixing what's wrong with our system but congress couldn't have found a more wrong way to do it.
And if you flaming fucking liberals with your tongue up Obama's ass would just stop sucking Pelosi's dick long enough to take a good look at what this law will really do to people maybe you would adopt a more realistic view of it.
And that's the end of my Rant
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Neither situation sounds good. Your current situation leaves you totally vunerable should something big happen like a heart attack or stroke. Health care should be affordable for everyone. This bill that passed is not like the universal health care that other countries have at all. the only good side i see is making it illegal for insurance companies to drop or deny people.