http://washingtonindependent.com/24647/the-unemployed-can-get-health-care-and-little-else National News in Context Sat, 28 Nov 2009 07:08:48 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://washingtonindependent.com/24647/the-unemployed-can-get-health-care-and-little-else/comment-page-1#comment-36633 lisa Sat, 10 Jan 2009 03:34:35 +0000 http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=24647#comment-36633 The U.S might want to consider a buy in medicaid coverage for unemployed people. We have been w/o employment for a year. As the article points out cobra is not a feasible option, I had no idea obama. as in touch, as he seems to be, would not be aware cobra is a farce. If we could pay a little a month for high deductible just in case a catastrophe occurs I would in a minute. I wish medicaid offered this. Clinics offer low income people a sliding scale for things like strep throats, pink eye, bronchitis etc.. The danger is in something BIG happening and spending the rest of ones life attempting to pay it off. We did the short term interim insursance, now thats over, can only do it once. It is a viable option for people though, we paid, I think 700 or 900 for 6 mos. coverage with a 2500, deductible. We had to use it and being unemployed it is a little hard to pay off the last 1550.00 we owe. The hospital gave us four months to pay even though they know we have no job, I would think they could give us more time than that, but its better than had we had no insurance. Kids 19 and under often qualify for the many state programs, a family can make up to 3500 and the kids qualify under Michild in MI or SCHIP. Rather than increase UIB they need to consider a different health insurance option, personally I'd like to see the govt explore an option to "buy Into" medicaid. Also check nto our prescription's manufacurere, they have been awesome to me. I need a prescrition drug that runs around 150.00 a month, the drugs manufacturer is sending it to me free of charge after applicable paper work was filled out. The U.S might want to consider a buy in medicaid coverage for unemployed people. We have been w/o employment for a year. As the article points out cobra is not a feasible option, I had no idea obama. as in touch, as he seems to be, would not be aware cobra is a farce. If we could pay a little a month for high deductible just in case a catastrophe occurs I would in a minute. I wish medicaid offered this. Clinics offer low income people a sliding scale for things like strep throats, pink eye, bronchitis etc.. The danger is in something BIG happening and spending the rest of ones life attempting to pay it off. We did the short term interim insursance, now thats over, can only do it once. It is a viable option for people though, we paid, I think 700 or 900 for 6 mos. coverage with a 2500, deductible. We had to use it and being unemployed it is a little hard to pay off the last 1550.00 we owe. The hospital gave us four months to pay even though they know we have no job, I would think they could give us more time than that, but its better than had we had no insurance. Kids 19 and under often qualify for the many state programs, a family can make up to 3500 and the kids qualify under Michild in MI or SCHIP. Rather than increase UIB they need to consider a different health insurance option, personally I'd like to see the govt explore an option to “buy Into” medicaid. Also check nto our prescription's manufacurere, they have been awesome to me. I need a prescrition drug that runs around 150.00 a month, the drugs manufacturer is sending it to me free of charge after applicable paper work was filled out.

]]> http://washingtonindependent.com/24647/the-unemployed-can-get-health-care-and-little-else/comment-page-1#comment-36634 Gerald Sat, 10 Jan 2009 02:09:56 +0000 http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=24647#comment-36634 U. S. FISCAL SOLVENCY REQUIRES UNIVERSAL, SINGLE PAYER, HEALTH CARE!<br>All investments will become worthless unless we get the Insurance Companies out of Health Care! There is not enough money in the entire world to bailout all business and do a non-partisan Health Care System! Health Care cost has taken Businesses, and individuals, to their knees! I recommend that all U. S. Citizens have Medicare, with full coverage and with no co-payment at all, and then we should do a Federal Sales Tax that would fully cover Medicare. U. S. FISCAL SOLVENCY REQUIRES UNIVERSAL, SINGLE PAYER, HEALTH CARE!
All investments will become worthless unless we get the Insurance Companies out of Health Care! There is not enough money in the entire world to bailout all business and do a non-partisan Health Care System! Health Care cost has taken Businesses, and individuals, to their knees! I recommend that all U. S. Citizens have Medicare, with full coverage and with no co-payment at all, and then we should do a Federal Sales Tax that would fully cover Medicare.

]]> http://washingtonindependent.com/24647/the-unemployed-can-get-health-care-and-little-else/comment-page-1#comment-15367 lisa Fri, 09 Jan 2009 19:34:35 +0000 http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=24647#comment-15367 The U.S might want to consider a buy in medicaid coverage for unemployed people. We have been w/o employment for a year. As the article points out cobra is not a feasible option, I had no idea obama. as in touch, as he seems to be, would not be aware cobra is a farce. If we could pay a little a month for high deductible just in case a catastrophe occurs I would in a minute. I wish medicaid offered this. Clinics offer low income people a sliding scale for things like strep throats, pink eye, bronchitis etc.. The danger is in something BIG happening and spending the rest of ones life attempting to pay it off. We did the short term interim insursance, now thats over, can only do it once. It is a viable option for people though, we paid, I think 700 or 900 for 6 mos. coverage with a 2500, deductible. We had to use it and being unemployed it is a little hard to pay off the last 1550.00 we owe. The hospital gave us four months to pay even though they know we have no job, I would think they could give us more time than that, but its better than had we had no insurance. Kids 19 and under often qualify for the many state programs, a family can make up to 3500 and the kids qualify under Michild in MI or SCHIP. Rather than increase UIB they need to consider a different health insurance option, personally I'd like to see the govt explore an option to "buy Into" medicaid. Also check nto our prescription's manufacurere, they have been awesome to me. I need a prescrition drug that runs around 150.00 a month, the drugs manufacturer is sending it to me free of charge after applicable paper work was filled out. The U.S might want to consider a buy in medicaid coverage for unemployed people. We have been w/o employment for a year. As the article points out cobra is not a feasible option, I had no idea obama. as in touch, as he seems to be, would not be aware cobra is a farce. If we could pay a little a month for high deductible just in case a catastrophe occurs I would in a minute. I wish medicaid offered this. Clinics offer low income people a sliding scale for things like strep throats, pink eye, bronchitis etc.. The danger is in something BIG happening and spending the rest of ones life attempting to pay it off. We did the short term interim insursance, now thats over, can only do it once. It is a viable option for people though, we paid, I think 700 or 900 for 6 mos. coverage with a 2500, deductible. We had to use it and being unemployed it is a little hard to pay off the last 1550.00 we owe. The hospital gave us four months to pay even though they know we have no job, I would think they could give us more time than that, but its better than had we had no insurance. Kids 19 and under often qualify for the many state programs, a family can make up to 3500 and the kids qualify under Michild in MI or SCHIP. Rather than increase UIB they need to consider a different health insurance option, personally I'd like to see the govt explore an option to “buy Into” medicaid. Also check nto our prescription's manufacurere, they have been awesome to me. I need a prescrition drug that runs around 150.00 a month, the drugs manufacturer is sending it to me free of charge after applicable paper work was filled out.

]]> http://washingtonindependent.com/24647/the-unemployed-can-get-health-care-and-little-else/comment-page-1#comment-15363 Gerald Fri, 09 Jan 2009 18:09:56 +0000 http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=24647#comment-15363 U. S. FISCAL SOLVENCY REQUIRES UNIVERSAL, SINGLE PAYER, HEALTH CARE!<br>All investments will become worthless unless we get the Insurance Companies out of Health Care! There is not enough money in the entire world to bailout all business and do a non-partisan Health Care System! Health Care cost has taken Businesses, and individuals, to their knees! I recommend that all U. S. Citizens have Medicare, with full coverage and with no co-payment at all, and then we should do a Federal Sales Tax that would fully cover Medicare. U. S. FISCAL SOLVENCY REQUIRES UNIVERSAL, SINGLE PAYER, HEALTH CARE!
All investments will become worthless unless we get the Insurance Companies out of Health Care! There is not enough money in the entire world to bailout all business and do a non-partisan Health Care System! Health Care cost has taken Businesses, and individuals, to their knees! I recommend that all U. S. Citizens have Medicare, with full coverage and with no co-payment at all, and then we should do a Federal Sales Tax that would fully cover Medicare.

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