Agree but holy hell does the hospital like to reem insurance companies for bringing a new child to the world. Our first kid was about the same without even an epidural. $1700 through a birth center with number two.

Not in a right to work state.

That is the question no one has the balls to answer. This is how you actually get cheap healthcare, anything else is a shell game.

Yessssss. There are many hidden costs to not doing this, it’s even beneficial for self interested people.

Pregnancy costs are a racket.

Another kid this year... I’m going to an ENT, a dermatologist, and getting allergy tests!

There was also the BS part where if you were sick or injured enough, you would eventually lose your job an no insurance would pick you up. Most disability didn’t cover enough to handle the costs.

I get where you are coming from but the other system was becoming unsustainable. The uninsured were growing in population (and aging) but medical services were being denied. So instead of someone getting stitches we are paying for a week in the hospital because the wound was not properly treated early and they showed…

To be fair, the high deductible plan was already a thing before ACA. Both the company I work for and the one my father worked for implemented this before ACA was even drafted (part of the way to keep jobs during the financial crisis). My plan has only gone up $25 since. I think the high deductible plan was an…

Bad hombres?

He would also be the last award winner as he’d shut down that organization immediately after.

At first I thought this was partisan nonsense but, largely due to the ouster of Chris Christie, I think the answer is no.

... unless you live in southern Florida.

The new drug war is coming! PACxit!!!

That’s the crux of it. I’m not sure if he did or didn’t lobby to put those loopholes in place but they were and it was wrong. His agenda is reduce taxes incurred by him, his family, and his interests. Many others will benefit. Hell I am gonna bennifit from both his childcare and healthcare tax credits. I still don’t…

Yeah, I’m in FL. It passed but it is really restricted, harder to get legally than opioids still.

... except drug companies that don’t actually conduct research and still blow up prices.

Do I still get the tax credit if I have employer provided health insurance?

Washington especially, I think they need California to ally with to be a serious threat though.