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Dear John: ObamaCare’s Unaffordable Prices Make No Sense
New York Post ^ | August 20, 2016 | JOHN CRUDELE

Posted on 08/26/2016 12:52:42 PM PDT by nickcarraway

Dear John: I make approximately $25,000 a year before taxes and I make another $10,000 from rental income.

My mortgage is $2,100 a month.

I got ObamaCare coverage last year, and I paid approximately $230 a month with some subsidies from New York state.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Extended News; Government
KEYWORDS: 0carenightmare; crudele; obamacarecosts; obamacaredeductibles; obamacarepremiums; singlepayer

1 posted on 08/26/2016 12:52:42 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

I can’t apply for Medicare, because I make too much!


Medicare is for people 65 and over. Income has nothing to do with it. And if you mean Medicaid, my sympathies are generally not with people who get it for phony reasons.


2 posted on 08/26/2016 12:59:05 PM PDT by sparklite2 (The trouble is, you think you have time.)
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To: nickcarraway
I like Crudele's reply, but mine would be simpler:

Dear M.S.:
Didn't you know that ObaMaoCare was designed to fail and be replaced with fully socialized medicine?

3 posted on 08/26/2016 1:01:17 PM PDT by Vigilanteman (ObaMao: Fake America, Fake Messiah, Fake Black man. How many fakes can you fit into one Zer0?)
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To: Vigilanteman
Didn't you know that ObaMaoCare was designed to fail and be replaced with fully socialized medicine?

Blows my mind at how many people just can't fathom how this was the setup when I talk to them about obunghole care. Just totally clueless.

4 posted on 08/26/2016 1:06:17 PM PDT by dware (TRUMP/PENCE 2016!)
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To: nickcarraway

$2100 mortgage on a $35k income is crazy. That would leave you less than $10k for electricity, water, sewage, phone, and food.


5 posted on 08/26/2016 1:06:33 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Only idiot liberals believe that disarming the sheep makes them safe from the wolves.)
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To: nickcarraway

NY ..Hmmm Chances are he is a Democrat and got just what he voted for. $500 a month is c heap. I am 64 and pay over $1,100.00 per month and with a sickly wife you can add another $500.00 per month to offset the deductibles.


6 posted on 08/26/2016 1:07:27 PM PDT by IC Ken
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To: Vigilanteman

Liberals love to point to Canada’s health care system but are strangely silent when you mention of the 9 month waiting list for cancer treatment, or knee replacement surgery or any non-emergency health care.


7 posted on 08/26/2016 1:08:49 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Only idiot liberals believe that disarming the sheep makes them safe from the wolves.)
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To: Vigilanteman

P.S. The three doctors at the family practice that I go to are all from Canada and left because of socialized medicine.


8 posted on 08/26/2016 1:09:59 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Only idiot liberals believe that disarming the sheep makes them safe from the wolves.)
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To: nickcarraway

Dear M.S.

If you voted Democrat, you’re getting what you voted for. Maybe you should try the Republican alternative this fall - the mandate forcing you to buy insurance you can’t afford has a better chance of going away.


9 posted on 08/26/2016 1:11:35 PM PDT by Qiviut (In Islam you have to die for Allah. The God I worship died for me. [Franklin Graham])
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To: nickcarraway

Looks like one problem is their mortgage is 2/3 of gross pay, but that’s just me.
I too, am going to be susceptible to the whims of premium increases in 2017, yes it sucks.


10 posted on 08/26/2016 1:12:35 PM PDT by GnuThere
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To: Blood of Tyrants
Or the number of Canadians who come south to avoid the wait times.

Or the fact that Canada screens their immigrants a lot better and has a lot fewer of the gimmedat demographic.

11 posted on 08/26/2016 1:12:45 PM PDT by Vigilanteman (ObaMao: Fake America, Fake Messiah, Fake Black man. How many fakes can you fit into one Zer0?)
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To: sparklite2

I think you are missing the point. The man doesn’t want to be on Medicaid. ACA is mandating he pay his entire post-income and mortgage income to healthcare.


12 posted on 08/26/2016 1:16:20 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: Blood of Tyrants
Probably because they are very good or certainly at least above average. When I have a choice of doctors, I always ask their opinion of ObaMaoCare or socialized medicine in our first meeting.

Those who give a positive response, I do my best to avoid because they have just admitted they would like to make an average salary when they have a skillset below average.

13 posted on 08/26/2016 1:17:07 PM PDT by Vigilanteman (ObaMao: Fake America, Fake Messiah, Fake Black man. How many fakes can you fit into one Zer0?)
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To: Qiviut

That won’t happen this year, as both candidates want fully socialized medicine.


14 posted on 08/26/2016 1:18:14 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: Vigilanteman

Yep. It is called medical tourism.


15 posted on 08/26/2016 1:22:18 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Only idiot liberals believe that disarming the sheep makes them safe from the wolves.)
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To: Blood of Tyrants

Actually it is about 1200 on 25K. The rent is fully deductible Still only half the income available for food etc..


16 posted on 08/26/2016 1:22:27 PM PDT by Chickensoup (Leftist totalitarian governments are the biggest killer of citizens in the world.)
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To: nickcarraway

No, I’m not missing any points, thanks.
ACA is a nightmare for anyone dealing with it.
Contrary to what he wants, though, even if Obamacare were means-tested, “means” means money coming in, not whatever you haven’t spent yet.


17 posted on 08/26/2016 1:30:07 PM PDT by sparklite2 (The trouble is, you think you have time.)
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To: Blood of Tyrants

Yeah. And we’re supposed to subsidize his insurance because he has a huge mortgage.


18 posted on 08/26/2016 1:42:12 PM PDT by sheana
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