I ran his numbers, allocating $500 for food, metro card, etc. and taking the 55K as his gross and 75% of that as his net (an estimate I’ve been using for 20 years as a bookkeeper) and my calculations indicate that although he probably could buy the ins, and almost certainly WOULD buy it if he had health issues (and remember it wouldn’t cost him any more if he did) it would use up pretty much all of his discretionary income.
He wouldn’t be able to save ANY money.
I’m surprised he has a car, but since he does he’s probably got coverage for any car-related injuries under that policy.
This is what I said, people are just not going to buy something they feel they can’t afford. It isn’t going to matter who tells them: sure you can afford it. Who ever listens to other people on issues like this? Nobody. Not libs, not mods, not cons.
I don’t know what a pre-Obama care policy might have cost this guy. My impression is that NY had so many mandates in place already that the costs there have actually gone down.
But, I bet if you had a plan that offered this guy what most healthy people want - catastrophic coverage (I call it appendicitis/cancer/hit by a car insurance) and it cost him about $100/month - he’d sign right up.
For $50 per month he probably gets liability only.
Obama told him his plan would only cost about $100 per month. Now they want $600?
Ooops misread $300.