The Affordable Care Act

[bobabode]

Originally Posted by ZeroJunk

So, it is OK that Obama lied since according to you he gets a sweet deal anyway.

What in the world are you babbling about now?

[donquixote99]

Originally Posted by Tom Joad

Jesus Fucking Christ on a Crutch.

With all the people suffering out there with no health insurance, or crappy health insurance and now here along comes a so-called "Man of God" and he's getting full coverage for both him and his wife paid for by his employer and he's whining like a little bitch because he might have to pay what? 10% taxes on it. Consider that 10% a tithe and count your blessings Rev.

So the 10%, if it is that, is $90 a month or so. A definitely noticeable bite at the $1600 a month income level. He can squawk.

It's a little fussbudgety and small-picture to try to make a big critique of of the ACA out if it, however, I'll agree with you there....

[Tom Joad]

Originally Posted by donquixote99

So the 10%, if it is that, is $90 a month or so. A definitely noticeable bite at the $1600 a month income level. He can squawk.

It's a little fussbudgety and small-picture to try to make a big critique of of the ACA out if it, however, I'll agree with you there....

$90 a month for a health insurance plan with good coverage for two people that I assume are not spring chickens as one of them gets a pension?

That's pretty awesome.

The 2015 standard deduction for a married couple filing jointly is $12,600.

Then two personal exemptions at $4,000 each comes to $20,600. So that's means the first $1700 a month is not taxed at all. After that the next $18,450 or about $1550 a month is taxed at 10%. That's where I get the numbers from. I know this because that's where my tax bracket is. I have $100 a month withheld from my pension and that about puts me at break even come tax time. I don't find that too onerous a tax bill and neither should he. So I don't feel sorry for him.

http://taxfoundation.org/article/2015-tax-brackets

Now, maybe his wife works, and/or he has other income.

Maybe he's in the 15, or 25 percent, or even higher tax bracket.

Well, then he can damn well afford it, so I don't feel sorry for him either.

[merrylander]

Originally Posted by MrPots

Being for profit isn't the problem, being for obscene profit and instant riches is......

What it's created is a medical system in which nobody is really cured of anything, they are simply "maintained" on a diets of expensive drugs and treatments that last for the rest of their lives.

This is why we'll never find a cure for cancer, treating it is so lucrative to the doctors and drug companies, they would never allow a cure.

You want lucrative? Consider the common cold. How much money do you imagine flows into the pockets of the makers of Nyquil, cough drops, Coricidin, etc.

Then imagine how much research is devoted to finding a cure or shot.

[icenine]

The cold is a virus there is no cure. However some of those drugs do tend to mitigate the symptoms and facilitate decongestion. My placebo cure for panic attacks in the dead of night brought on by sleep apnea is sudafed 60mg, chlor-trimeton 4mg, and Alka Seltzer.

[Tom Joad]

Originally Posted by icenine

The cold is a virus there is no cure. However some of those drugs do tend to mitigate the symptoms and facilitate decongestion. My placebo cure for panic attacks in the dead of night brought on by sleep apnea is sudafed 60mg, chlor-trimeton 4mg, and Alka Seltzer.

I like "Flu Buddy" when I have a cold.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9S1kpCprF0

[icenine]

Originally Posted by Tom Joad

I like "Flu Buddy" when I have a cold.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9S1kpCprF0

I guess I will stock up on some...hopefully I am not dreaming about the man in black lol.

[merrylander]

Originally Posted by icenine

The cold is a virus there is no cure. However some of those drugs do tend to mitigate the symptoms and facilitate decongestion. My placebo cure for panic attacks in the dead of night brought on by sleep apnea is sudafed 60mg, chlor-trimeton 4mg, and Alka Seltzer.

So is the flu a virus but they have a shot for it and we have not had the flu for a number of years now.


My doc said Sudafed would clog my arteries so I don't use it.

[bobabode]

http://www.latimes.com/business/hilt...10-column.html

More proof that the ACA is showing benefits.

[finnbow]

The SCOTUS deciding to kill the Federal subsidy would be the GOP's worst nightmare. They'd have to show the willingness and ability to patch up the damage they did to Obamacare. In a perverse sort of way, a SCOTUS "victory" for their side would serve them right.