Welp, my insurance (through employer) for 2015 is going up 47% a month. That is less I now have to spend on things I need (already struggling) let alone things I would “like”. I live in PA and its looking like Corbett (the idiot gas tax hiker that he is) is going to lose to Tom Wolf (who wants to raise minimum wage to $15.00 an hour). I am pretty much resigning to the fact I will have to leave my state due to socialism. Only question is, where do/can I go?
Davy Crockett, back in 1836 and in similar straits, left a sign on the door of his cabin to wit:
........”I’ve gone to Texas, the rest of you can go to hell”!
Ohio.
GO TO TEXAS OR THE DAKOTAS businesses are thriving and freedom rings LOUDLY!!!!!!!!!
I just relocated to Texas from California in August. My husband lost his job in November 2013 and he had no luck in finding a job.
We sold our home and moved to Texas because it is cheaper and we are hoping he will have better luck with employment here.
The place I work for has always had an excellent health plan—until last year that is. Last year, our plan was changed to an Obama compliant plan and I don’t know a single one of us who’s happy with it. Our annual deductible went from $250/y to $1500/y, our DME copay went from 20% in plan/50% out to 50% in/80% out, all three tiers of our formulary copay increased 100%, Our standard office copay was $20 in plan/$30 out and is now $30 in/$50 out, our provider pool decreased quite a bit(two of my six Doctors are now out of plan), our maximum annual out of pocket increased from $1000/year to $4500/year.
We have some people who were hit pretty hard because of these changes, my one young coworker especially. She has two preteen kids, both with childhood health issues, one epilepsy and the other has lupus. Their dad is in jail for 10 years and she’s pretty much on her own. She’s actually considered trying to get fired so that she can go on social services because she would actually come out ahead financially. There are really only two things keeping her here, her pride, and the fact that our company is covering her tuition to help her finish up her degree.
Upstate of SC...best kept surprise in the country! Conservative, good jobs, affordable housing, low taxes, great family-friendly communities, schools, great climate, just an all-around nice place to be. But “shhhh!” Don’t tell the northeast libs...don’t need them coming down and diluting/poisoning all the good we’ve got going on here.
As far as where to go, I’ll second the suggestion of Upstate South Carolina. Greenville is a pretty town with a decent skyline and a waterfall with rapids running through the middle of downtown, so you can get your city amenities within a reasonable drive. I’d choose one of the more rural counties abutting North Carolina for home base, though.
Up into North Carolina isn’t bad at all either, so long as you dodge the major resort areas (expensive) and liberal enclaves such as Asheville. Brevard is a very nice town as is Transylvania County as a whole. Waterfalls galore and scenic beauty surround that valley, it’s one of the prettier mountain locales on the east coast with a surprisingly mild climate down on the valley floor. “Thermal Belt” I believe they call it.
But you see, when the burger sellers get a $15 wage, that will induce wage inflation including yours and then that raise will enable you to pay for the more expensive health insurance.
And you must just overlook the fact that since your deductible is exponentially increased, your hospital visit will cost you 3 months wages out of pocket. But not to worry because you were healed by the wage inflation that made the premium tax pain go away.
Mean mothers of crack baby bastards take their plastic to Walmart and buy beer
Don’t come to VA. My Anthem Blue Cross premium is slated to go up 60%. To keep the premium affordable, I will have to step down to a bronze (i.e. catastrophic) plan.
One other person I know in VA said their premium is slated to go up over 100%.
I escaped PA 8 years ago. I moved to eastern OK. I love it here.