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Old 09-26-2013, 12:08 AM
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Yeah, I don't understand how some people are happy about this. The plans for these have outrageous deductibles, extremely small networks, high co-pays, and we are FORCED to buy them.

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Originally Posted by MrSparkle001
Those without health insurance also tend to be the ones who can't easily afford the extra monthly expense of premiums.
The big unanswered question. I don't personally know any single people or families who didn't or couldn't afford to buy health insurance before that suddenly have a few extra hundred dollars a month to throw around now.

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If you are young and healthy and don't have insurance, you could be fucked.
According to the Kaiser ACA premium calculator , a single, nonsmoker age 45 earning $8,000 a year (part time minimum wage job or a full time job bartending/waitressing) in a state that did not expand Medicaid would have to pay 50% of their income towards health insurance.