Fantastique wrote:
Jubbergun wrote:
Fantastique wrote:
IIRC most of "Obamacare" doesn't even go into full swing until something like 2014. So far, the only things that have really gone into effect is that you can stay on your parent's health insurance until you're 26 and kids can't get dropped from healthcare (OH GOD WHAT SOCIALISTS). How has it already failed?
If you're 26, and you're a "kid," you need to grow the fuck up. In fact, if you're 26 and/or under, and you think you're a "kid," or you think it's just fine that you're still sucking mommy's tit at that point in your life, why don't
you not vote, because you're a fuck-off and you're bringing the rest of us down.
Again, your idiocy rears its ugly head. YOU aren't being affected by me staying on my Mom's healthcare until I'm 26. I can't afford it because any job I can afford to have right now (in terms of time) is either unpaid or pays too little (volunteering, internships, etc I can't believe I have to spell this out for you...)
And only a republican could think that staying in school and focusing on a career and a future is being a "fuck-off." And it makes sense for them to think that since being stupid is a prerequisite for being a part of their political party. The other prerequisites are bigotry and selfishness.
Most insurance would cover dependent college students before Obamacare was passed. I'm probably just letting my racist, bigot, homophobe tendencies get the better of me by addressing things like that, but it occurs to me that your main complaint to justify that particular bit of idiocy is as empty as your "you're dumb" rhetoric.
Staying in school and preparing for a career definitely doesn't fall into the fuck-off category, but it doesn't absolve you of any adult responsibilities, either. My ex-g/f left her job to go back to school and bought her own insurance through a private plan. She pays about $90 a month for her plan, which covers prescriptions and preventative care. Since she's over 40 and hypertensive, she probably pays more than what some "kid" in good health would pay. They might even offer genius discounts, which would be good for you since you seem to have all the answers us stupid bigot, racist homophobes don't.
She has paid for her plan using her scholarship/student loan money. If someone were to purchase a similar plan, four years of insurance would cost $4320. It's probably easier to pass that cost off on the rest of society than to pay it yourself, which is what is going to happen. All this additional coverage for "kids," not all of whom are perfect little geniuses with all the answers going to med school, is going to drive up costs (oh, I forgot, "you" staying on your Mom's coverage doesn't effect me...you probably forgot about all the other "you"s out there) because now even the deadbeat losers are going to have the same coverage that up until now was reserved for college students.
Akiina wrote:
I don't understand what the big deal is about allowing students to stay on their parent's healthcare until they're 26. You used to be able to stay on until you were 25-- in case you guys didn't know.
Inorite? Thing is, under Obamacare, it's not just college students. It's any schlub at all up until age 26. That is going to have an effect on everyone in terms of increased premiums.
Your Pal,
Jubber