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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This is not because of Obamacare. Its a SS gap and has been going on for decades.
this whole article is c**p…. people who are married 33 years don’t divorce because of healthcare; maybe they are just using healthcare as an excuse to get away from each other…well maybe that…. but i can’t believe that everyones encouraging them to “break the laws”… and “work the system”… THAT is the problem right there. any laws that are stupid should be done away with , not found a way around them
A FAILED PRESIDENT AND A FAILED LAW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Too many stupid laws Peggy!
Jeromy Miller that was stated very well except for the fact, we are a republic, not a democracy. Power is given by the people, not the senate.
well they should like everyone else that can’t afford to be together, get a divorce and live together or tell them you split up and still be together.
Truthteller says:
“This story makes absolutely no sense. If he is hoping the income threshold for Medicaid will be raised, which it is under the Affordable Care Act if the state they live in agrees to participate, then he never had health care coverage to begin with-before the new law took affect. If she had health insurance before the new law then nothing changed afterward. The point they are trying to make is that as two single individuals, they both may qualify for Medicaid and ACA income based incentives under the new law. Two married people divorcing to reduce their income to qualify for federal and/or state benefits has occurred for decades. This has nothing to do with Obamacare. Nothing in their lives has changed from the position they found themselves in before the new health care law took affect. In fact, if Tennessee would accept the new higher Medicaid threshold they both would either qualify for Medicaid and/or income based incentives (tax credits) for health insurance. The new law would greatly improve their lives. Their gripe should be with the state of Tennessee for not fully implementing the new law. Federal funds have been set aside to pay the state 100% of the cost of raising the income level to qualify for Medicaid-even with the higher threshold, this a program for the poor-many of which have never had health coverage. States that fail to accept the higher Medicaid threshold are kissing already appropriated federal funds goodbye and literally allowing many of their residents to suffer and die in order to spite the President.”
From: http://www.truthandaction.org/couple-married-33-years-must-divorce-obamacare/comment-page-2/#comment-377388
This story makes absolutely no sense. If he is hoping the income threshold for Medicaid will be raised, which it is under the Affordable Care Act if the state they live in agrees to participate, then he never had health care coverage to begin with-before the new law took affect. If she had health insurance before the new law then nothing changed afterward. The point they are trying to make is that as two single individuals, they both may qualify for Medicaid and ACA income based incentives under the new law. Two married people divorcing to reduce their income to qualify for federal and/or state benefits has occurred for decades. This has nothing to do with Obamacare. Nothing in their lives has changed from the position they found themselves in before the new health care law took affect. In fact, if Tennessee would accept the new higher Medicaid threshold they both would either qualify for Medicaid and/or income based incentives (tax credits) for health insurance. The new law would greatly improve their lives. Their gripe should be with the state of Tennessee for not fully implementing the new law. Federal funds have been set aside to pay the state 100% of the cost of raising the income level to qualify for Medicaid-even with the higher threshold, this a program for the poor-many of which have never had health coverage. States that fail to accept the higher Medicaid threshold are kissing already appropriated federal funds goodbye and literally allowing many of their residents to suffer and die in order to spite the President.
IF THESE FOLKS HAVE CHILDREN TELL THEM TO GO TO THERE CONGRESS AND FIGHT FOR THEM THA IS SUCH A SICK THING TO DO WHEN FOLKS HAVE HEALTH ISSUES GOD BLESS YOU BOTH
Your government in action, Libs love obomacare but they are brain dead.