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In reply to the discussion: Just got my ACA premium notice for next year [View all]moriah
(8,311 posts)Or to be like me, laid off and facing the same type of COBRA premium before Obamacare finally came and gave me Medicaid, though not until two more uninsured hospitalizations (it was the first two that made my job let me go). Though at least I have my SSDI now, living on SSDI is not pleasant, even when it provides more than SSI. I got more on unemployment the first six months I was laid off.
Don't get me wrong, I'm grateful as hell for my SSDI and for my Obamacare. Without them I would be homeless, crazier than I am with no medical care, and not have anything left at all from the time when I was working and making a good wage, still paying my taxes and on costlier insurance.
You could have applied at last year's rate, and can still apply for it now for the rest of this year. Hopefully the rate will be in keeping with whatever income you do have now, whether it is from unemployment, severance, or whatever.