Admiral Rockwell Tory
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- Nov 1, 2015
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Who are those affected?
People on SNAP and TANF and the like, for the most part, no doubt.
If true, that will impact a maximum of 6% of the White population in the US...
If true, that will impact a maximum of 28% of the Black population in the US...
The Pubs have long-since done this math...
Other than the occasional "local" mathematical aberration... it doesn't really impact the Pubs at the polls all that much, from the 30,000-foot nationwide perspective...
NO you are wrong!
"primarily because the penalty for not having insurance would be eliminated."
Do you understand?
These are people that bought insurance ONLY because they didn't want to pay the penalty for not having it!
So naturally they go ahead pay the insurance premium so they WON"T be tAXED for NOT having insurance!
What a screwed up system! Again 18 million people under 34 making over $50,000 didn't use their employers' health plan! Why because they saw no need to throw money out when they didn't have any bad experiences.
Remember Employer plans don't have "pre-existing conditions" clauses so any time any time that 18 million under 34 could sign up at the first sign of illness! Until then they didn't need their employers plan.
18 million were under 34 years, make over $50,000 and didn't WANT or need employers' health programs! Over half of them (9.7 million) in households with incomes that exceed $75,000 annually. -
http://coverageforall.org/pdf/BC-BS_Uninsured-America.pdf
Sorry! That part is not true.
Employees can only sign up during open enrollment periods unless they have a qualifying event. Getting sick is not one of them. Also, pre-existing conditions apply if you have not had continuous coverage.
I worked as benefits instructor for AT&T and that is the way every benefit I have had since works.