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Is this type of thing common knowledge? Laws and benefits change all the time. It's entirely possible she didn't know. Also, the way it works is on annual inco
by Miner49er 7y ago
Is this type of thing common knowledge? Laws and benefits change all the time. It's entirely possible she didn't know.
Also, the way it works is on annual income. If she had already earned greater then 138% of poverty level that year, she wouldn't have been eligible.
If she was less then 400% on the year and greater then 138%, she would be eligible for an exchange plan that is subsidized, but she would've been on hook for the some or all of the subsidies when paying taxes if she ended up getting a new job.
It also depends on the kind of insurance she lost. If it was a non-exchange individual plan, she wasn't even eligible for the subsidized exchange plan.
Source: https://www.healthinsurancecolorado.net/lost-job-apply-for-medicaid-asap/ https://www.healthinsurancecolorado.net/lost-job-apply-for-m...
- bloopernova 7y agoWhat you've described is already too complicated, and serves as a barrier to entry. Kind of like purging voters and making people check every month to make sure they're still a "real voter". This is one of many reasons why we need automatic voter registration, and single-payer healthcare.
- tghw 7y agoFor reference, 138% of the FPL in 2016 was $16,394. She was laid off in May (let's she got one pay check), meaning that if she was making $44,000 or more, she would not be eligible. After 10 years on the job, it seems likely that she would be making that much.
- dragonwriter 7y ago> Also, the way it works is on annual income No, it's not, while annual figures are often cited, most things about Medicaid are on a monthly basis: https://www.healthfirstcolorado.com/apply-now/?tab=do-i-qualify https://www.healthfirstcolorado.com/apply-now/?tab=do-i-qual...