Healthcare reform

May 20, 2010 16:23

so I'm trying to get this straight. According to a magazine article I read, uninsured Amercians need to get insurance by 2014 or they get fined. And the fine goes up every year after that if you're not insured ( Read more... )

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aimeekitty May 20 2010, 22:14:32 UTC
exactly.

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twigling May 20 2010, 22:21:20 UTC
Which will be cheaper, the insurance or the fine?

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nofunangie May 21 2010, 20:45:58 UTC
lol, probably the fine! My coworker pays for insurance independently and I think it's around $200 a month? I'm not sure how much her office co-pays or prescription co- pays are, either, but they don't cover them, that's for sure.

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bettyboot May 21 2010, 18:26:50 UTC
but the insurance companies whined and complained about even that so that means the taxpayer wins right?!? right?!?

that bill was pure idiocy.

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the_impassive May 21 2010, 19:06:57 UTC
Health insurance is your right. Congrats!

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nofunangie May 21 2010, 20:47:38 UTC
It doesn't sound any different from what I have now- nothing. And at least now with my nothing, I don't have to pay a fine.

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the_impassive May 21 2010, 21:14:52 UTC
You'll have nothing, pay a fine, and likely be scorned by people who know so much better than we do. So, nothing new, really.

The new insurance plan's costs are going to cut heavily into my beer-based approach to self-medication, too. Balls. Total balls.

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nofunangie May 22 2010, 21:56:19 UTC
Lol! I guess at least an upside is that insurance will have to cover psychiatric as much as physical- so all the anti-depressents I'm taking over paying insurance will be covered.

I wonder how this affects rehab and substance abuse treatment?

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