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Oregon Mother: I Can’t Afford Obamacare For Myself, 1-Year-Old Son
CBS Seattle ^ | January 2, 2014

Posted on 01/02/2014 8:34:20 AM PST by stevie_d_64

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To: Gaffer

“...what kind of ‘family’ man doesn’t put his family on the work insurance policy?”

That’s the part I found most appalling. Before reading the story, I’d assumed she was a single mother. Might as well be. She could also think about getting a regular, salaried position that would cover her and with the joint income afford premiums for their child.

I do love these O voters getting gobsmacked by what they figured was only going to hurt others, i.e., those not in “HER situation.”


41 posted on 01/02/2014 8:54:07 AM PST by EDINVA
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To: stevie_d_64

“Kate Holly, 33, tells KOIN-TV that she originally championed President Barack Obama’s signature health care law because she thought it would help people in her situation.”

Way to kick your kid in the teeth, lady.


42 posted on 01/02/2014 8:54:36 AM PST by lowbridge
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To: stevie_d_64
Holly’s husband works for a non-profit organization ... she's a freelance yoga instructor ... their combined income is too much to qualify for a subsidized health care plan under Cover Oregon.
IIRC, subsidy starts about $45K-$48K. What the hell do "freelance yoga instructors" make these days?
And if they make more than $48K, why can't they afford healthcare?
43 posted on 01/02/2014 8:54:42 AM PST by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: stevie_d_64

But...but, I thought it was free


44 posted on 01/02/2014 8:55:52 AM PST by woodenickel
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To: Salvation

Isn’t it fun living in a dumbass blue state Ping.


45 posted on 01/02/2014 8:56:11 AM PST by PROCON (Those who are capable of Tyranny are capable of Deceit to sustain it.)
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To: EDINVA

I’m guessing that the ‘husband’ isn’t really married to her and thus couldn’t put her on the policy. It is the only thing that I can fathom as an excuse for it.

Any job I ever took was predicated on the requirement that I could get health insurance for myself and my family. Money came second.

I guess liberals think somebody else ought to take care of that pesky need.


46 posted on 01/02/2014 8:58:03 AM PST by Gaffer
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To: Sacajaweau
Tell me more about this free lance yoga instructor.

Yeah, you'd think at the minimum she'd be looking for a full-time yoga instructor gig with health insurance and other benefits. /s

47 posted on 01/02/2014 8:58:35 AM PST by Bernard Marx
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To: stevie_d_64
I'm all for an "Affordable Care Act" but Obamacare ain't it. Interesting that as the Obamacare train steams over end of the open bridge into the abyss, they're trying desperately to peel Obama's name off of it.

(The "Unaffordable Uncaring Act" would be accurate, but "Obamacare" still has the better ring to it!)

48 posted on 01/02/2014 8:58:56 AM PST by Sooth2222 ("Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of congress. But I repeat myself." M.Twain)
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To: stevie_d_64
a freelance yoga instructor

Oh, so you're a business. We'll need the IRS to visit you soon.

49 posted on 01/02/2014 8:59:50 AM PST by showme_the_Glory (ILLEGAL: prohibited by law. ALIEN: Owing political allegiance to another country or government)
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To: Signalman

Yugo — The cutting edge of Serbo-Croatian technology!


50 posted on 01/02/2014 9:01:26 AM PST by ScottinVA (Obama is so far in over his head, even his ears are beneath the water level.)
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To: stevie_d_64

as far as I’m concerned, those who championed Obamacare have NO business caterwauling about it now. The only thing coming out of their mouths should be, “think I’ll listen to the conservatives next time.”....

and those O-bots should be reminded that every fiasco related to the epic fail that is Obamacare was PREDICTED years ago.


51 posted on 01/02/2014 9:02:29 AM PST by austinaero
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To: Gaffer

I’m not sympathetic to her problem, but a LOT of employment related coverages are dropping spouses and children.
It’s just too expensive for a lot of businesses.
And with jobs so scarce in the Baraqqi Depression, all the leverage is with the employer.


52 posted on 01/02/2014 9:02:57 AM PST by nascarnation (I'm hiring Jack Palladino to investigate Baraq's golf scores.)
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To: EDINVA

I don’t think they had a thought towards “hurting others”, just that “the rich”, who can easily afford it, would be footing the bill.

To them, it was all about the “free”.


53 posted on 01/02/2014 9:03:03 AM PST by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: stevie_d_64

PAJAMA boys SISTER. Keep voting DEMOCRAT you imbecile. The follow up question to ask her: “So you agree that Ted Cruz was right?”


54 posted on 01/02/2014 9:03:15 AM PST by LeonardFMason (LanceyHoward would AGREE)
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To: Twotone

And the thing is she would probably vote for him again. That’s the thing about idiots like her: The Marxist propaganda machine posing as our fair and impartial media in concert with the Marxist politicians have people like her so brainwashed that she would STILL vote Marxist no matter how many times Marxism screws her over. It’s fascinating, it really is. It’s like watching a person put their hand on a red hot stove, getting burned, then doing it again and again and again and again and again.


55 posted on 01/02/2014 9:04:08 AM PST by GrandJediMasterYoda (What do we want? Time travel. When do we want it? It's irrelevant.)
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To: stevie_d_64

56 posted on 01/02/2014 9:04:28 AM PST by JPG (Yes We Can morphs into Make It Hurt.)
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To: stevie_d_64
Facebook page.
Note the address ... "The People's Yoga SE (4246 SE Belmont)"
Oh yeah, power to the people ... well, except for that Øbama(No)Care thingy.
57 posted on 01/02/2014 9:05:07 AM PST by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: stevie_d_64

Nope, sorry lady, YOU are the “rich” Obozo has been talking about. Suck it along with the rest of us. Thanks for not listening to the adults before voting the for the Kenyan Communist.


58 posted on 01/02/2014 9:05:08 AM PST by IBIAFR
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To: nascarnation

Understand that this is probably a problem, but the husband ostensibly already had insurance through his work, I’m assuming unaffected by Obamacare before 2014


59 posted on 01/02/2014 9:05:14 AM PST by Gaffer
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To: Signalman

I had a co-worker (a fellow Captain when I was in the AF) who had a Yugo. I drove it once; what a complete piece of crap car!


60 posted on 01/02/2014 9:05:14 AM PST by JaguarXKE (1973: Reporters investigate All the President's Men. 2013: Reporters ARE all the President's men)
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