Just what we need more lawyers...
A caller to Rush’s radio show just pointed out that once this guy starts to make big bucks as an attorney, his premiums, based on his income, will skyrocket under Obamacare.
So the great success story of ObamaCare's first day is the transformation of a future lawyer who was already paying for insurance into a welfare case.
I quickly read the article and I did not see what the deductible on his health insurance is. If I have a $6,000 deductible health insurance plan I am paying $500 per month plus the monthly premium. That is not free healthcare.
He should date Sandra Fluke, they’d make a cute couple.
This isn’t a news story, and isn’t even as honest as an advertisement, so I suspect it was a planted story. And we should expect to see a LOT of planted stories in the near future. It’s called “propaganda”.
If that is the case, shame on the WSJ, and it strongly slashes their credibility as an objective source for news.
Remember that right now, NBC is planning a pro-Obamacare marathon, so don’t even say such propaganda is not happening.
Guy goes to college.
Works a few years to save up for law school.
Guy goes to law school.
Guy was responsible enough to be insured while in law school, on his own (subsidized) dime.
Guy explores health insurance options and finds that, for the next half a year or so anyway, his student status with little or no income qualifies him for Medicaid.
Guy takes Medicaid option. You wouldn’t?
This is an example of FReepers getting in a rage about something they don’t need to be raging about. Attack the stupid system, not a guy doing what most of us used to value: School, work, personal responsibility, more school to get a job. (Granted, his chosen study is horrendous, but whatever.)
So, how much of a premium is strapping young Brendan Mahoney paying to help make ObamaCare work? Oops. The Courant reports that Mahoney "said that by filling out the application online, he discovered he was eligible for Medicaid. So, beginning next year, he won't pay any premium at all."
So the great success story of ObamaCare's first day is the transformation of a future lawyer who was already paying for insurance into a welfare case.
Un-effing believable.
This story needs to be shouted from the rooftops.
Oh! You did have that quote in your excerpt. Apologies...
But it was even better the second time around!
For some reason, I don’t think a 30 year-old single guy with no dependents is eligible for Medicaid unless he is disabled.