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Jen0125 posted...

yeah my health insurance is $158 a month for just me and it's subsidized by my company. are they assuming that their employees are so low income they'll be eligible for medicaid or other state sponsored low income health care?

I don't know how it is everywhere, but trying to get subsidized health care for my wife was impossible until we had literally no money or income. If you have 2000$ income per month (by working 90 hours lol), you would not qualify for any finacial help with your health care in Washington at least.

If I remember the cut off was $1400 a month income or over a certain amount in assets (either disqualifies you). If you are under that you can qualify for medicare/caid (forget the name) but, you still have to pay for a portion of your pills/doctors visits etc. I believe you pay for 20% of the first small amount and the gov pays for 80% then you hit somethign called a donut hole..where you pay 80% and they pay 20% for like the next $6k in costs (so you shell out $4800 basically), then they cover all but 5% after that.

May differ from place to place, but if you actually need health care (And when your making that much that is the only reason you'd get it), your gonna be paying more then $20 a month just in co-pays, even if you could get it for free.
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