It doesn't seem to be an option AT ALL for people who live outside a limited number of states.
this whole business of making insurance "mandatory - like they're doing in, what was it, Massachusetts or Connecticut, I forget - that's all very well, but if you couldn't afford it BEFORE it became mandatory I don't see how they expect that to change just because they said you have to have it. If they at least subsidised - and pretty heavily at that - it would be a different matter.
I have "catastrophic" health insurance, with a great honking deductible before it kicks in. And I just got wod they're increasing premiums for that in january, by 21%. That's vicious. I don't know how long I'll be able to afford even this.
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2007-11-14 17:48 (UTC)this whole business of making insurance "mandatory - like they're doing in, what was it, Massachusetts or Connecticut, I forget - that's all very well, but if you couldn't afford it BEFORE it became mandatory I don't see how they expect that to change just because they said you have to have it. If they at least subsidised - and pretty heavily at that - it would be a different matter.
I have "catastrophic" health insurance, with a great honking deductible before it kicks in. And I just got wod they're increasing premiums for that in january, by 21%. That's vicious. I don't know how long I'll be able to afford even this.