Reply to thread

Message: <blockquote data-quote="vantexan" data-source="post: 6098387" data-attributes="member: 24302">When I just had my pension of $22k a year I qualified for free healthcare.  Except not so free.  Had an emergency room visit and was on the hook for 10% of the cost.  Took 10 months to pay it off.Once I got Social Security my income was too high to qualify for the free stuff.  $42k a year.  If I got coverage through the state my monthly premium would be over $900.  So I've been a self pay and have racked up about $5000 in medical bills in the last year.It's not a matter of complaining.  It's a matter of the ACA not really working for everyone but the alternative, better insurance for most at the expense of the poor, is politically untenable.  Luckily for me I'm about 20 months until I qualify for Medicare.</blockquote>