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if you weren't well paid, you could be one of the various state/federal welfare programs such as Medicaid and your bills would be much, much lower
by metalliqaz 7y ago
if you weren't well paid, you could be one of the various state/federal welfare programs such as Medicaid and your bills would be much, much lower
- learc83 7y agoIn most states to qualify for that you have to be very poorly paid. And in many states, like Georgia for instance, Medicaid covers needy children, pregnant women, parents/caretakers, elderly, disabled and blind residents and people in need of nursing home care. Good luck if you fall outside of that list.
- metalliqaz 7y agoIndeed. Don't live in Georgia.
- learc83 7y agoUnfortunately the people who are most impacted by this are the people who are least able to afford the move to another state. Especially when nearly every state in the south decided not to expand medicaid.
- heavyset_go 7y agoDepends on where they live[1], there are several states that didn't expand Medicaid under the ACA. They'd also have to make under 100-138% of the federal poverty level, which is ~$12,490-17,236.20 for individuals and ~$16,910-23,335.80 for couples. [1] https://www.kff.org/medicaid/issue-brief/status-of-state-medicaid-expansion-decisions-interactive-map/ https://www.kff.org/medicaid/issue-brief/status-of-state-med...