Originally Posted by Robbie

Really? So let me get this straight...$24,520 is "Poverty Level" for a family of four. But if you can make less than 50 grand more you are in the middle class? WTF?

This guy wasn't rich at all. As I said, he lived a nice life and was able to get himself a nice home.
Like many of us, he didn't think he needed health insurance. He grew up like I did...with medical costs that people could afford.

Facts are...with the price gouging of medical costs in the U.S., it's damn near impossible to self-insure anymore.

He fucked up by not getting insurance. He should have been smarter than that.
But being a hard working guy making a decent living doesn't necessarily equate to making the correct decisions at all times.

I'm still wondering why ObamaCare has an enrollment period and isn't just available at any time? Especially since it's "illegal" not to buy it.

I think I'm understanding that in the PAST (you know the OLD healthcare system that this was SUPPOSED to replace)...people who were employed by others and on group plans had an enrollment period.

But...I could have sworn this was supposed to make sure that everybody was insured. Everybody.
And it was gonna reduce our premiums by $2,500 a year from what we were paying in 2009.
And you can keep your doctor.
And the writing of the law will be televised "live" on CSPAN.
And it won't cost the govt. "one thin dime".
And...you get the picture. lol

I'm just saying that this guy fucked up. And now he is going broke because he can't work, the bills are piling up, and he needs medical care.
In other words: THE EXACT THINGS THAT THE PRESIDENT TALKED ABOUT OVER AND OVER AGAIN IN HIS SPEECHES BACK IN 2009 WHEN HE WAS SELLING US ALL ON THE IDEA OF OBAMACARE.

Remember? Nobody should have to lose everything because of a catastrophic illness?

Yet, here it is happening. How can that be? I thought that Obama Care had solved all of this?