Post ASHO2rF7u63WtRH20m by UndeadRed85@mstdn.social
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(DIR) Post #ASCavlCrHOLAkFVFMu by UndeadRed85@mstdn.social
2023-01-30T18:16:43Z
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The most exceptional thing about America is how you can, in an instant, lose access to healthcare because you were so sick you dared to access that healthcare during paid time off from the job that healthcare is necessarily attached to. America is exceptionally cruel and wantonly greedy when it comes to…everything…but especially a suffering-mitigating, lifesaving public good that *everyone* should have full access to, without bankrupting themselves. Healthcare is a human right.
(DIR) Post #ASCavnvbA1JhBaS0Nk by DecaturNature@qoto.org
2023-01-31T12:31:55Z
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@UndeadRed85 That's bizarre. Are you referring to a specific incident (in the news)?
(DIR) Post #ASHJqpUyAFJoBuh2PY by inklings@mastodon.world
2023-02-02T19:14:07Z
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@UndeadRed85 Sorry but how / when do you lose your healthcare simply by accessing that healthcare? Also thanks to Obamacare healthcare isn’t totally employed dependent any more, and is guaranteed to all. This is not to say everything’s fine - we have a long way to go for the kind of universal healthcare that we deserve.
(DIR) Post #ASHKS5754WltKlHZsu by UndeadRed85@mstdn.social
2023-02-02T19:20:50Z
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@inklings The plans offered through marketplaces in many states (esp red ones) are atrocious and prohibitively expensive. In KS and MO, for example, there were only 2 options when I last checked during open enrollment and their premiums and deductibles were extraordinarily high. And you lose a job by accessing healthcare by getting COVID, needing to take sick days to protect your coworkers and to heal, and getting fired for doing so. (Most US states are at-will anyway.)
(DIR) Post #ASHLshrTjGK8zdFCxk by inklings@mastodon.world
2023-02-02T19:36:52Z
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@UndeadRed85 Yes some red states have higher rates. Still don’t understand how that translates into losing healthcare bc you’ve accessed it. Don’t believe Employer plans can do this, and it’s not possible for anyone on an ACA plan.
(DIR) Post #ASHMUjcRdvNfRqLUu0 by UndeadRed85@mstdn.social
2023-02-02T19:43:43Z
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@inklings You get sick. You use the PTO you have accumulated (if you’re lucky and have access to any) to take the appropriate number of days off to recover and to be safe to return to work. Your employer fires you, not needing to cite a reason because you live in an at-will employment state but doing so anyway—too many days off. You now lose your employer-based health insurance. Ta-da.
(DIR) Post #ASHNHda8sT6GuiaTGC by inklings@mastodon.world
2023-02-02T19:52:34Z
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@UndeadRed85 Employers breaking the law to fire people for appropriately accessing their benefits (PTO) isn’t so much a feature of a healthcare system as it is a labor issue: an abuse by management. One of many!!
(DIR) Post #ASHO2rF7u63WtRH20m by UndeadRed85@mstdn.social
2023-02-02T19:47:29Z
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@inklings The window for open enrollment has passed. And even if it had not, you have no income but since you had taxable income LAST YEAR that prevented any financial assistance, you cannot access any now. No health insurance. For accessing healthcare.
(DIR) Post #ASHO2rmnssziZt1vVI by inklings@mastodon.world
2023-02-02T20:01:07Z
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@UndeadRed85 First having income last year did not prevent you from getting ACA coverage. It’s costs are based on a sliding income scale. If you lose a job after open enrollment you’re still entitled to enroll. See screen shot. If you have no income now then you qualify for Medicaid.