Millions of Poor Are Left Uncovered by Health Law

[The Comrade]

i think the medicaid expansion is the part of the bill that is a stepping stone. keep expanding it and it'll get to the point where it won't make sense to not have people be able to just choose to be on it. and BAM, you have american universal healthcare.

[Spider]

[The Dude]

[Ben Huh]

I don't know too many people that can afford a OOP max of $2500, even as an annual deductible. Also, remember that lower deductible plans have higher premium rates, so a plan that has a $2500 is prob gonna be ~$350-500 a month,maybe more. In the healthcare industry, that is the difference between a downgrade and an upgrade in plans. Downgrading involves lowering your premiums by increasing your deductible; upgrading is done by increasing premiums and lowering your deductible. Basically, pay more upfront or more when you actually use the insurance.

[The Dude]

[Ben Huh]

[The Dude]

[exploited]

$2500 would still have the effect of bankrupting a poor person.

This is not going to lead to single payer, and the political capital to make drastic changes to health care is gone. You will be stuck with this for at least a decade, and who knows how much costs are going to skyrocket by then?

[The Dude]

[exploited]

I sincerely hope you're right.