“Tell me about it”
We had something similar when I was younger. My father and me had a small remodeling company. We were both covered under my mother’s Blue Cross/Blue Shield plan until, I think,I was 18...after that I went many years without coverage.
Correct me if I am wrong but, you being a veteran, I would think you would have had VA coverage?
Anyway, as far as my brother, I think the problem was he made too much to qualify under any state programs, and that would be the case today as well. This is not an endorsement of ObamaCare like plans, I don’t know enough to make that call, but how do you stay true to 100% free market, when the free market won’t even look at my brother?
There has to be millions out there just like my brother, and this group never gets the media attention...they are lost in the cracks!
I did finally go to the VA when I needed surgery on my legs about 8 or 9 years ago. I was negotiating with a private surgeon to do the job and told him I could take out a second on my house to pay for it. He said that would cover his bill and he’d even donate some or all of his services, but there’s no way it would cover the hospital. He suggested I could try negotiating with the hospital, but he doubted it’d work out. Then because I was wearing a navy baseball cap, he suggested if I was a vet, I should go to the VA. I did, but my disability is not service connected so I just get partial coverage and I pay the balance. Fine, 3 hospital stays and two legs amputated later and probably less than $10,000 out of pocket, but at least they took me and I’m still alive and didn’t have to sell my house or go bankrupt.