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LudwigPastorius

(11,082 posts)
9. I get my insurance through the marketplace.
Fri Dec 6, 2024, 04:13 PM
Dec 6

Because I'm self-employed, if the Trumpzis kill the tax credit, my insurance premiums go from $322.62 a month to $1,409.62 a month. That's almost $17,000 a year, plus copays, and a deductible.

When I tell that to people I know who are on Medicare, or get their insurance through their work, they think I'm wildly exaggerating those numbers just for dramatic effect.

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But isn't that what the voters want? Zorro Dec 6 #1
Apparently, taxes go up in 2026 as well. jimfields33 Dec 6 #2
They "think" the affordable Care Act is NOT Obamacare. GreenWave Dec 6 #3
The problem with a lot of poor people is that they are to stupid to realize that being poor is what's killing them Ray Bruns Dec 6 #7
Not democrats Rebl2 Dec 6 #15
Yeah. A lot of them didn't know "Obamacare" was BigDemVoter Dec 6 #22
it is certainly what repukes want Skittles Dec 6 #24
From what I have read... sheshe2 Dec 7 #29
"We don't need an ID to prove citizenship...we need an IQ test." pazzyanne Dec 7 #31
Yikes... sheshe2 Dec 7 #33
We need a workable National Healthcare system. cstanleytech Dec 6 #4
The Billionaire's Boy's Club want the entire program gone in 2025 PERIOD. Bengus81 Dec 6 #5
When people vote for a political party and give that party all there branches then republicans Autumn Dec 6 #6
People who voted rwnj Marthe48 Dec 6 #8
I get my insurance through the marketplace. LudwigPastorius Dec 6 #9
Those people think you are exaggerating the costs for dramatic effect? C0RI0LANUS Dec 6 #12
My guess is (like the dumbass FOX viewers) they think that ONLY Governement is Bengus81 Dec 7 #32
Poverty kills Americans. The GOP knows it and doesn't care. The elite somehow profit from our early deaths. C0RI0LANUS Dec 6 #10
Yep, the rethuglicon death panel train keeps rolling down the track. bluestarone Dec 6 #11
I am going back to what I first called the Republican Party.... OhioBack2Blue Dec 6 #13
I simply don't care. The stakes were very clear this election. Same with abortion. JohnSJ Dec 6 #14
How many morons impacted by this voted for Trump and against "Obamacare" RealityBasedNewYorkr Dec 6 #16
Democrats propose deal to GOP extending Affordable Care Act subsidies by a year Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 6 #17
That won't matter to the fuckheads that be. Initech Dec 6 #18
The Cruelty is Mind-Numbing at times. Geeeebz! electric_blue68 Dec 6 #19
If people think we were sympathetic to the insurance exec's killer this week - TBF Dec 6 #20
But...but I thought only Obamacare was going to end. Kablooie Dec 6 #21
I saw my Prim Care Dr today...he hates tRump too. BigmanPigman Dec 6 #23
my doc detests Trump too Skittles Dec 6 #25
What will doctors and hospitals do with this outcome? vapor2 Dec 6 #26
charge the people with insurance more? Skittles Dec 7 #28
More rural hospitals and clinics will close. markodochartaigh Dec 7 #30
"But I don't know enough about her policies!" NameAlreadyTaken Dec 7 #27
Trump & his ilk just need to confess they want us all dead or enslaved NotHardly Dec 7 #34
How many of those millions voted for the convicted felon ? Jeez ! republianmushroom Dec 7 #35
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