Linda and Larry Drain have been married for 33 years but are now forced to separate because of the pitfalls of Obamacare and their state Medicaid program .
Stuck in a health care coverage gap, their combined income is too little to qualify for Obamacare subsidies yet exceeds the limit on unearned income to qualify for TennCare after Larry opted for early retirement.
Linda has epilepsy and must take expensive medication so she can’t do without insurance. Larry is without insurance but he has a hernia and is living on hope that he suffers no complications as he can’t afford surgery.
They have been appealing to Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam in numerous letters to expand TennCare.
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Progressive for a reason says:
“Can’t wait for these old bigoted red necks to die off. Probably one of those that thinks I don’t want no Obamacare, but don’t touch my medicare! Too dumb to realize that medicare is socialized medicine for the elderly.”
From: http://www.truthandaction.org/couple-married-33-years-must-divorce-obamacare/comment-page-5/#comment-382511
A lot of thing are Socialized today
NO,,,TRY PAYING,,,YOUR OWN DAMN BILLS,,,AMERICA!!
TRY…GETTING SICK…IN…AMERICA, JIMMY
Steve Mushynsky says:
“See above”
From: http://www.truthandaction.org/couple-married-33-years-must-divorce-obamacare/comment-page-5/#comment-382535
Did you vote for OBama!
Interesting that the following, submitted earlier, was placed “in moderation” and then subsequently deleted by this website. Apparently, truth and fact are not welcome here?
Submitted for publication again:
THIS is exactly how the ACA works:
After 5 years of being unable to get insurance to deal with my progressive, life-threatening disease (I could get coverage only at hugely unaffordable costs and I would get benefits for my ‘pre-existing condition’ only after paying 6 months of those huge costs with no benefit)’
For 2014, I was able to get excellent, top-of-the line coverage through my state’s ACA exchange with full coverage for ‘pre-existing conditions’. I got my coverage at over $200/month less than I could under the pre-ACA structure (for poorer benefits) and has NO ‘co-pay’ provisions with full drugs coverage – and that’s without any direct subsidy as our (married) combined income was over the subsidy maximum. My coverage provides better benefits at lower cost than my wife’s pre-ACA individual coverage provided through her employer.
I have just been notified by my ACA insurance provider that my premium will go up for 2015 – by a whopping 6%. When’s the last time your own insurance costs went up by only 6% with no reductions in coverage or increase in co-pays? Overall, insurance costs growth has slowed considerably nationwide since the ACA was passed.
This is my truthful, factual experience with the ACA in New York state. Had we lived in a Republican state refusing to cooperate with the ACA, I would be continuing to expect an early death, thanks to the GOP’s ideological insanity. Be happy in your GOP-controlled alternate universe – Until you get sick, that is.
FACT, not GOP/FOX propaganda.
HELL NO I wouldn’t vote for him because I seen what he was when He was running. Community Organizer . I should run for President I’ve got no Experience either
lindylou says:
“Joycie: there area “alot” of people like you, too, who can’t spell worth a darn and believe everything anti-Obama they read and hear. Go back to settin’ on your front steps and watch the dog sleep.”
From: http://www.truthandaction.org/couple-married-33-years-must-divorce-obamacare/comment-page-5/#comment-382562
Steve Mushynsky says:
“TRY…GETTING SICK…IN…AMERICA, JIMMY”
From: http://www.truthandaction.org/couple-married-33-years-must-divorce-obamacare/comment-page-5/#comment-382565
another reason to get rid of Obamacare but may be to late for many
Progressive for a reason says:
“Anytime we can offer people insurance who have been without it, we should do it. I suppose you would say you are a Christian too. There is absolutely nothing “Christlike” in wanting people to live in misery and possibly die due to not having basic health care coverage. Get off your butt and look around and talk with people about their struggles. Listen to somebody that doesn’t broadcast on Faux Noise. Remember they consider themselves a conservative talking points entertainment network, not a real news network.
Is it true that Fox News Network is not allowed in Canada?
Canada’s Radio Act requires that “a licenser may not broadcast … any false or misleading news.” The provision has kept Fox News and right-wing talk radio out of Canada and helped make Canada a model for liberal democracy and freedom. As a result of that law, Canadians enjoy high quality news coverage, including the kind of foreign affairs and investigative journalism that flourished in this country before Ronald Reagan abolished the “Fairness Doctrine” in 1987.”
From: http://www.truthandaction.org/couple-married-33-years-must-divorce-obamacare/comment-page-5/#comment-382588