Obamacare has done a great deal to improve the lot of the uninsured, but many of the formerly insured are in a bad place.
Abby Goodnough, Many See I.R.S. Penalties as More Affordable Than Insurance
Susan Reardon, 61, of Kalamazoo, Mich., said she was leaning toward going uninsured this year. She calculated that she would have to spend more than $12,000, including premiums of nearly $500 a month and a $6,850 deductible, to get anything beyond preventive benefits from the cheapest exchange plan available to her.
Ms. Reardon, whose husband is old enough to be covered by Medicare, said she would rather pay out of pocket for the drugs she takes for fibromyalgiaand the handful of doctor appointments she tends to need each year.
If something catastrophic happens, she said, “I feel like it’s better just to die.”
As for the tax penalty, which could approach $1,500 for her?
“Come and get me,” Ms. Reardon said.
And what could be the anthem of this movement:
I do not believe it serves the public good to entrench private insurance programs that put actual care out of reach for those they purport to serve. - Rachel Kulus
We need to get to single payer so that costs can be rationalized, and the only way to do it is to take well being out of the marketplace, along with education, breathing air, the right to pursue happiness, and liberty.
from Stowe Boyd http://stoweboyd.com/post/136610313292
