Health insurance on the road
I am sure this has been discussed before so if so I apologize for asking again. Neither my wife or I are old enough to get medicare so we purchase our plan here in our home state of CT. We generally s...
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BarbaraOK wrote:I would venture that your income is low enough that you receive a subsidy ..the govt ( taxpayers ) are making up the difference in the true expense .. It's still there you just aren't paying it. I certainly don't begrudge you that , just that you need to be aware of the true cost that those over a certain income must really pay
Same as when people are working and never really see what their employer pays, just what they pay.
Very True ! The only difference is the employer in many cases is a for profit Business and can raise prices to cover the cost if they want to increase coverage . for the govt its "raise" yours and my taxes .. they don't sell any products to raise prices on.
Also in my case if we are lucky and make over 35 ? grand a year the subsidy is ZERO so I have to pay 15-+ grand making my true income on that mythical 35 now 20. The great equalizer I guess!! If I made 25 I'd be subsidized and only pay 4 grand leaving 21 grand Humm? I ran those numbers last year .. Not sure about this year.
