Health Care Passed.
In 2006 when Bush was in office and nobody gave a rats ass about health care I had a job being a mechanic for Sears Automotive. My work status was considered part-time (although I had full-time hours) and because of that I didn’t qualify with the company to get any health benefits. It didn’t bother me that much but I wanted to be safe (particularly because of my job duties) so I got individual health insurance through ehealthinsurance.com. I started off with the coverage costing me $70 per month and I remember the deductible, and coinsurance being decent and the each doctors visit was $15.
Since buying my health insurance in 2006 my premiums shot up every year which didn’t make sense because the only time I went to go see my doctor was in 2009. I had sharp ankle pains and it was discovered I had gout. My health insurance and the fee to visit the doc got too expensive and the cost was bound to go up again so after I got my pills to relieve my gout I dropped my coverage.
I’ve had no health insurance since mid/late 2009. In the end right before I canceled my health plan I was paying $160 per month with a fee of $40 per visit to the doc. I’m glad this health reform bill passed and for now I’ll buy into my company’s health insurance for $70 (lol). When 2014 comes around hopefully my premiums have lowered and if they have I’ll be sticking with my current plan but if they haven’t lowered to the amount I would like you can bet I’ll be buy from the public option.
I was affected by the health care situation. It may not have been extreme as some cases where actual lives were depended on getting coverage but still I was affected. I bet you if I stuck with the plan I would’ve been paying $200 per month with a $50+ fee to visit the doc. I also think that if the reform didn’t happen I probably would’ve been disqualified from receiving coverage because of a pre-existing condition (my gout). Can you tell me why my premiums kept shooting up each year and I only showed my face once?!
Health care reform passed.
YES WE CAN.
AND YES WE DID!
P.S.
Don’t try and short change Obama. People said the economy was going to fail hard but it actually grew. People also said that the health reform bill was dead but it passed. The president is on a hot streak and I think whatever is next on his agenda will pass too! That’s my bet.
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I’ve been flying without a net since 2007, my Ninja. I haven’t seen a doctor since probably the year before that. You gotta come live here on the wildside.
Real talk though, I really ought to get some health insurance.
Malo lava! Great read. Interesting reading the different views on healthcare. Here in NZ we have universal healthcare, something taken for granted, esp inlight of reading stories such as yours. Keep up the good work!
health plans may be expensive but it is really very necessary to get one for yourself ‘,.