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In reply to the discussion: Just got my ACA premium notice for next year [View all]cheapdate
(3,811 posts)"But, as you wish....feel free to dogpile some more. "
And you can make what you want of my "ginormous income". I was speaking the truth when I said that I'm not rich. I don't have a penny in savings, no retirement, pension, or IRA, I'm a payment behind on my underwater home mortgage. I'm one more unexpected expense, or one more furlough at work away from the end of the rope.
I don't pay $1,150 per month in family insurance premiums because I can afford it, I pay it because my wife and family expect it. I will probably look for less expensive insurance than the BCBS plan we've had for 15 years because I can't afford it much longer. These things make my wife very nervous.
Seniors aren't the only ones who have to make hard choices and face difficult circumstances.
I have always and always will support almost any measure to make life easier for vulnerable citizens.
I didn't pick any fight with this Glitterati. She did.
(on edit : and I don't know what you mean by I can "afford to pay for huge medical costs". My daughter had to have spinal surgery. I had a heart attack. My wife had her gall bladder taken out. I don't know what you're suggesting. That I suck because I got medical care? Who knows.)