Obamacare is coming

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Originally Posted by Macfanforever

I have to say I have no coverage because I'm between jobs.If I was working full time .I would not be worrying about this.

I cant afford what they are charging now for coverage.

What they should do is control the medical industry with the inflated charges they give out.I know its free trade here but what they charge for what they do is nuts.

I've seen the bills from my late mother,sister,father and stepfather .They are nuts.

I just dont like the gov dictating what I got to do.

I just got to pay the $95 dollar fine or go to the clink LOL.

You won't have to pay the fine. If you are unemployed, you will qualify for Medicare. If you make...I think..less than around 20,500 annually, you qualify for Medicare under the new law.

You can still earn up to a certain amount, and you will get a subsidy to help purchase a health plan so the burden is not 100% yours even when you are employed again, if you do not get coverage through your employer. I know the income threshold is around 80K for a family, but I can't recall the number for a single person.

I'm insured through my job, so there is no change for me. But, being HIV+ I know that someday I will need Medicare and I am so very grateful that I don't have to slave away at a corporate desk job I totally hate just to be able to get my medications. Or find a doctor to lie for me as so many other HIV+ people do, to qualify for disability. With Obamacare, I can keep working, anywhere I'd like, and know that medical coverage is going to be a non-issue in my job search when I choose to leave this job I'm in now.