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"We keep him on our family insurance and we can until he is 26." You really buried the lede. Will you also pay the health insurance for all the other hypotheti
by iron0013 8y ago
"We keep him on our family insurance and we can until he is 26."
You really buried the lede. Will you also pay the health insurance for all the other hypothetical Atlanteans that you're claiming can get by on 30k?
- scarface74 8y agoWorse case, insurance on the exchange is $440 a month but I would assume someone making $30K has a full time job with group insurance. If not, and since it would be pretax - add $5280 a year.
- iron0013 8y agoI wish that were a safe assumption, but many, many--perhaps most--low-wage workers have jobs that keep them just below the full-time threshold so that the employers do not have to provide insurance. One good way to find our about why it's so difficult to get by on ~$30k is to talk to someone (or multiple people) who make that little. You'll find that the vast majority of the time the fantasy that they blow their money on iphones and drugs evaporates, and the reality that healthcare, housing, childcare, student loan payments, etc are all much more expensive than you've estimated shines through.
- scarface74 8y ago$30K a year would be $15/hour full time. What single part time job that would have to pay more than 15/hr would get someone to $30K?