Subject: Obamacare
A comment posted on the Affordable Care Act/Obamacare FB page:
"I actually made it through this morning at 8:00 A.M. I have a preexisting condition (Type 1 Diabetes) and my income base was 45K-55K annually I chose tier 2 "Silver Plan" and my monthly premiums came out to $597.00 with $13,988 yearly deductible!!! There is NO POSSIBLE way that I can afford this so I "opt-out" and chose to continue along with no insurance. I received an email tonight at 5:00 P.M. informing me that my fine would be $4,037 and could be attached to my yearly income tax return. Then you make it to the "REPERCUSSIONS PORTION" for "non-payment" of yearly fine. First, your drivers license will be suspended until paid, and if you go 24 consecutive months with "Non-Payment" and you happen to be a home owner, you will have a federal tax lien placed on your home. You can agree to give your bank information so that they can easy "Automatically withdraw" your "penalties" weekly, bi-weekly or monthly! This by no means is "Free" or even "Affordable."
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False, of course.
http://www.snopes.com/politics/medical/penalty.asp
You know ACA must be pretty good because the GOP keeps lying about it.
So the fine is $4037? The first year fine is 1% of total income.
So according to this your income was (or will be) $400370 next year.
And you can't afford insurance? Either you're a liar or you really suck at math. Probably both.
This person's preexisting condition was irrelevant for the first time ever! Yay for progress! He/she doesn't seem to mention that though...
The rest is all bullshit, of course. Maybe he/she should go on Sean Hannity's show and they can share some outrage over the hardships that are caused by having health insurance?
Oh, and let's pretend that those rates/deductibles are correct for a moment... it's almost surely still cheaper than "paying as you go" with type 1 diabetes and all of the maladies that come along with it. See, President O saving baggers money and all they can do is complain...
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