Debunking Obamacare sob story
Except theres a key detail none of these media outlets mentioned.
Which is: Sanfords son was discovered to qualify for Medicaid coverage at a cost of just $30 a month. He has ADHD and, according to Sanford, it costs them $250 a month for prescription drugs alone. Which will now all be covered.
Its true the rest of her insurance wont get a big discount, as she had first thought.
That mistake is totally on us, said Bethany Frey of the Washington state health exchange.
But a bronze-level policy for a 48-year-old woman making $49,000 can be had on the state exchange for $237 a month, and a silver-level policy for $313.
So heres a family that was totally uninsured for 15 years because it had always cost at least $500 to $600 a month for skimpy policies to cover them both. And what they can get now is full coverage for $30 a month for the son and scantier coverage in the $250 to $300 a month range for the mom.
How is that a horror story? Yet it prompted a live scandalcast in front of the White House by a national news network which didnt know, or maybe didnt want to say, that due to the state health exchange the son now is getting essentially free health care.
http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2022321213_westneat24xml.html
A few million such horror stories, and we'll have a permanent majority.