3,300,000 x 11 (so far) x 50 cents = 18.15 million dollars.
i wonder how many more i will get?? i wonder if everyone got these?
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farrellgirl99 wrote:i actually just enrolled for healthcare today. im working part time right now, and my work keeps me at 18 hours so they dont have to give me benefits (and im on NYS payroll)
i make so little my healthcare will be free.god bless america
If my healthcare wasn't subsidized, I would be stuck with a plan that cost 45% of my monthly salary. Not sustainable. So I'm happy for any assistance I can get, even if you're unhappy your taxes are going towards it. Atleast, I assume that was what your post was about.LJF wrote:farrellgirl99 wrote:i actually just enrolled for healthcare today. im working part time right now, and my work keeps me at 18 hours so they dont have to give me benefits (and im on NYS payroll)
i make so little my healthcare will be free.god bless america
No it's not. I guess no need to mention Jonathan Gruber.
farrellgirl99 wrote:If my healthcare wasn't subsidized, I would be stuck with a plan that cost 45% of my monthly salary. Not sustainable. So I'm happy for any assistance I can get, even if you're unhappy your taxes are going towards it. Atleast, I assume that was what your post was about.LJF wrote:farrellgirl99 wrote:i actually just enrolled for healthcare today. im working part time right now, and my work keeps me at 18 hours so they dont have to give me benefits (and im on NYS payroll)
i make so little my healthcare will be free.god bless america
No it's not. I guess no need to mention Jonathan Gruber.
Yup that's what ended up happening. Until I find a full time job with benefits, no shame in the game for me.Adurentibus Spina wrote:Did you qualify for Medicaid? Looks like it's "free" for some low-income people: https://www.healthcare.gov/medicaid-chip/
Of course "free" is context-sensitive...
That makes LJF's comment even weirder. Does he really think you didn't understand that taxes fund social welfare programs?farrellgirl99 wrote:Yup that's what ended up happening. Until I find a full time job with benefits, no shame in the game for me.Adurentibus Spina wrote:Did you qualify for Medicaid? Looks like it's "free" for some low-income people: https://www.healthcare.gov/medicaid-chip/
Of course "free" is context-sensitive...
Adurentibus Spina wrote:That makes LJF's comment even weirder. Does he really think you didn't understand that taxes fund social welfare programs?farrellgirl99 wrote:Yup that's what ended up happening. Until I find a full time job with benefits, no shame in the game for me.Adurentibus Spina wrote:Did you qualify for Medicaid? Looks like it's "free" for some low-income people: https://www.healthcare.gov/medicaid-chip/
Of course "free" is context-sensitive...(Hey, um... is that mansplaining?
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I mean: no one gets confused by the fact that non-toll highways ("freeways"?) are "free" in the sense of being a thing you can use without having to pay a person immediately or specifically...
...LJF wrote:Adurentibus Spina wrote:That makes LJF's comment even weirder. Does he really think you didn't understand that taxes fund social welfare programs?farrellgirl99 wrote:Yup that's what ended up happening. Until I find a full time job with benefits, no shame in the game for me.Adurentibus Spina wrote:Did you qualify for Medicaid? Looks like it's "free" for some low-income people: https://www.healthcare.gov/medicaid-chip/
Of course "free" is context-sensitive...(Hey, um... is that mansplaining?
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I mean: no one gets confused by the fact that non-toll highways ("freeways"?) are "free" in the sense of being a thing you can use without having to pay a person immediately or specifically...
"My healthcare wil be free"', those were her exact words. It bothers me, when people say that. If that's weird to you well not sure what to tell you.
I don't know if you're just intentionally being obtuse because you're ideologically bound to focus only on the fact that governance uses taxes to pay for what it does, or if you're actually incapable of understanding how words work...In all states, Medicaid provides free or low-cost care for some low-income people, families and children, pregnant women, the elderly, and people with disabilities.
Sorry you can't understand that I find it annoying or frustrating when people says something like healthcare is "free" when it isn't. It's just one of those things that gets me. So please carry on with your deep analysis.Adurentibus Spina wrote:...LJF wrote:Adurentibus Spina wrote:That makes LJF's comment even weirder. Does he really think you didn't understand that taxes fund social welfare programs?farrellgirl99 wrote:Yup that's what ended up happening. Until I find a full time job with benefits, no shame in the game for me.Adurentibus Spina wrote:Did you qualify for Medicaid? Looks like it's "free" for some low-income people: https://www.healthcare.gov/medicaid-chip/
Of course "free" is context-sensitive...(Hey, um... is that mansplaining?
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I mean: no one gets confused by the fact that non-toll highways ("freeways"?) are "free" in the sense of being a thing you can use without having to pay a person immediately or specifically...
"My healthcare wil be free"', those were her exact words. It bothers me, when people say that. If that's weird to you well not sure what to tell you.I don't know if you're just intentionally being obtuse because you're ideologically bound to focus only on the fact that governance uses taxes to pay for what it does, or if you're actually incapable of understanding how words work...In all states, Medicaid provides free or low-cost care for some low-income people, families and children, pregnant women, the elderly, and people with disabilities.
YOU GO GURL!!farrellgirl99 wrote:I'll just save everyone time and energy and admit it: I'm a welfare queen.
LJF wrote:Sorry you can't understand that I find it annoying or frustrating when people says something like healthcare is "free" when it isn't. It's just one of those things that gets me. So please carry on with your deep analysis.Adurentibus Spina wrote:...LJF wrote:Adurentibus Spina wrote:That makes LJF's comment even weirder. Does he really think you didn't understand that taxes fund social welfare programs?farrellgirl99 wrote:Yup that's what ended up happening. Until I find a full time job with benefits, no shame in the game for me.Adurentibus Spina wrote:Did you qualify for Medicaid? Looks like it's "free" for some low-income people: https://www.healthcare.gov/medicaid-chip/
Of course "free" is context-sensitive...(Hey, um... is that mansplaining?
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I mean: no one gets confused by the fact that non-toll highways ("freeways"?) are "free" in the sense of being a thing you can use without having to pay a person immediately or specifically...
"My healthcare wil be free"', those were her exact words. It bothers me, when people say that. If that's weird to you well not sure what to tell you.I don't know if you're just intentionally being obtuse because you're ideologically bound to focus only on the fact that governance uses taxes to pay for what it does, or if you're actually incapable of understanding how words work...In all states, Medicaid provides free or low-cost care for some low-income people, families and children, pregnant women, the elderly, and people with disabilities.
Isn't there a "minimum personal exemption" for income taxes? I know there is in Canada, so that you get back all the taxes paid on the first $10-11,000 of income or so (this is for everyone, as I understand it...). And even if she does pay taxes, that shouldn't really matter, since the idea behind paying taxes isn't "to pay for the things you use", it's "to fund the government so that a commonwealth can function", whatever that means (and it means different things to different people at different times).Actually, if SHE is working P/T, SHE is paying taxes. Therefore SHE is paying her own insurance.
Adurentibus Spina wrote:LJF, do you think this case is fair: http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/Te ... 62931.html ?
Adurentibus Spina wrote:And shouldn't there be?