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kyburgWe got another dish of legislative sausage we really don't know what its got in it, but damn if it ain't tasty!
Side order of chili fries for those who don't like sausage, extra spicy.
You can only imagine what an employer like Jim's is feeling right now. Like, OMG SO HAPPY. Jim works for one of the largest HMOs in the country, and one of the oldest. They can come in to provide everything on the lowest dime around...and gee, think they might consider expanding again? You can has Kaiser nationwide, ya think?
I like Kaiser. You pay premiums, you pay for hospitals and medical offices as well as the time of your trained, licensed professionals. You're not paying for someone to decide you only get 30% of your bill back that you had to pay up front for because you 'weren't in-network' or something.
The trick now is to ramp it up sufficiently so you aren't waiting forever. Which, right now? Is a defining feature.
Are you going to have to pay a penalty? Well, according to what![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
reannon found for me, not so much (per NBC, which she quotes):
• If you make $30,000 or less, Medicaid will cover you as of 2014.
• If you make between $30,000 and $88,000, you will get government subsidies to help pay for your insurance.
• If you make between $88,000 and $100,000, there are no penalties for not having insurance, but you don't get government subsidies.
• If you make over $100,000 and don't have insurance, then you get a fine of up to $2250.
Does anyone making over $100,000 not have insurance? You tell me. (You making six figures by yourself and you can't afford a policy of some kind, you got some explaining to do, Lucy.)
For me, I can't wait to see the pre-existing bullshit leave the building. Wonder how much this is going to do to reduce the high cost of hiring Americans to do make stuff for Americans. You know, versus countries that have socialized health care like that.
Side order of chili fries for those who don't like sausage, extra spicy.
You can only imagine what an employer like Jim's is feeling right now. Like, OMG SO HAPPY. Jim works for one of the largest HMOs in the country, and one of the oldest. They can come in to provide everything on the lowest dime around...and gee, think they might consider expanding again? You can has Kaiser nationwide, ya think?
I like Kaiser. You pay premiums, you pay for hospitals and medical offices as well as the time of your trained, licensed professionals. You're not paying for someone to decide you only get 30% of your bill back that you had to pay up front for because you 'weren't in-network' or something.
The trick now is to ramp it up sufficiently so you aren't waiting forever. Which, right now? Is a defining feature.
Are you going to have to pay a penalty? Well, according to what
reannon found for me, not so much (per NBC, which she quotes):• If you make $30,000 or less, Medicaid will cover you as of 2014.
• If you make between $30,000 and $88,000, you will get government subsidies to help pay for your insurance.
• If you make between $88,000 and $100,000, there are no penalties for not having insurance, but you don't get government subsidies.
• If you make over $100,000 and don't have insurance, then you get a fine of up to $2250.
Does anyone making over $100,000 not have insurance? You tell me. (You making six figures by yourself and you can't afford a policy of some kind, you got some explaining to do, Lucy.)
For me, I can't wait to see the pre-existing bullshit leave the building. Wonder how much this is going to do to reduce the high cost of hiring Americans to do make stuff for Americans. You know, versus countries that have socialized health care like that.
