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In reply to the discussion: My experience with Universal health Care [View all]Nye Bevan
(25,406 posts)212. I'm pretty sure that if you stay in network it's only the copay.
Just like when you go to see your doctor, it will only be $20 (or whatever the copay is) even if you have not met your deductible.
But this is all new and it is of course possible I am wrong. If you have a link on this I would be interested to see it.
BTW it sounds like in your situation you would definitely want a gold plan rather than silver. Or platinum if one is offered in your state (it isn't in CT).
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Well, before the ACA they could politely turn down a cancer patient who applied for insurance.
Nye Bevan
Sep 2013
#131
One thing to bear in mind is that preventive care is free, regardless of the deductible.
Nye Bevan
Sep 2013
#242
Preventive care doesn't do you any good if you can't afford any follow up you may need.
dflprincess
Sep 2013
#252
Yes -"a transfer of billions in public and private money into the pockets of ...crooks"
bread_and_roses
Sep 2013
#274
As far as I'm aware of, you are disqualified from the exchanges if the plans...
Humanist_Activist
Sep 2013
#196
So you would prefer $15,000 a month you can't pay to $300 a month you can't pay?
Ms. Toad
Sep 2013
#235
If you really don't understand how "more coverage" leads to "better health care"
Nye Bevan
Sep 2013
#32
Yep, that hate cause me to enthusiastically vote for him the first time & reluctantly the 2nd time.
RC
Sep 2013
#118
per Bernie there were < 10 votes in the senate for single payer, it;s sad, but bark up a
dionysus
Sep 2013
#238
i know.we're not really disageeing. it wasn't on the table because it didn't have support even in
dionysus
Sep 2013
#293
You still choose plan A B or C, depending what you can afford. Could you afford 30% of hospital care
SugarShack
Sep 2013
#63
I thought the annual out of pocket limits and lifetime limits have been suspended for a year...
Humanist_Activist
Sep 2013
#203
You have to meet the deductible first, which means a maximum of 5000 dollars for first admission...
Humanist_Activist
Sep 2013
#210
Follow the asterisks in your posts about the plan information you are given...
Humanist_Activist
Sep 2013
#215
That's at least 3 months pay, combined income, I guess we aren't supposed to pay for rent or food.
Humanist_Activist
Sep 2013
#288
No, I don't qualify for subsidies or cost sharing, my work offers insurance...
Humanist_Activist
Sep 2013
#292
ah yes: Institutionalized inequality - Platinum people and Bronze people
bread_and_roses
Sep 2013
#275
Don't forget that if you have NO insurance, every service will cost you double, triple, or more
DebJ
Sep 2013
#170
My fiancee takes about 10 medications a month, for a chronic condition...
Humanist_Activist
Sep 2013
#165
Yes, though I heard they are renegotiating, but we won't know squat till December...
Humanist_Activist
Sep 2013
#188
Well, to be honest, I'm trying to switch jobs before that, but it really is going to depend on...
Humanist_Activist
Sep 2013
#201
"57% of Canadians reported waiting 30 days (4 weeks) or more to see a specialist".
Nye Bevan
Sep 2013
#245
I don't see anything wrong with a wait time to see specialists in non-life-threatening
delrem
Sep 2013
#249
So why did Paul Krugman describe Obamacare as "an approximation of a single payer system"?
Nye Bevan
Sep 2013
#248
Very sorry about your daughter. You hit the real problem we are having right now square on the head
jwirr
Sep 2013
#60
brings this to mind: how the TV show 'Breaking Bad' plays out in the rest of the civilized world.
KG
Sep 2013
#11
Thanks for posting that. I also live in a country with universal health care...
Violet_Crumble
Sep 2013
#15
Countries with single payer usually have small charges for patients. Not free.
Quantess
Sep 2013
#134
Quality of a country's health care measured by what the bottom 10% get, not the top 10%.
Bernardo de La Paz
Sep 2013
#37
"often it is the sick and poor who need universal health care more than everyone else"
Bernardo de La Paz
Sep 2013
#44
If "We take care of our own" good enough for US Marines, it's good enough for the whole USA. nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Sep 2013
#39
Don't forget the rampant profiteering of the medical/pharmaceutical community and the
Maineman
Sep 2013
#55
It is horrible, Diclotican. The worst thing is people who are so afraid of universal health
mountain grammy
Sep 2013
#153
If you don't go broke paying for life-sustaining healthcare it ain't freedom!
Arugula Latte
Sep 2013
#85
here in the states that would cost somewhere between 3-4 hundred thousand dollars
madrchsod
Sep 2013
#86
Diclotican, I'm sorry you had this health ordeal, but glad you did not have the added stress of
suffragette
Sep 2013
#101
Cost? Put it this way, break your leg on a ski trip and lose your house.
Spitfire of ATJ
Sep 2013
#114
This is why as a Canadian I don't agree that the US ACA is a "first-step to universal coverage".
delrem
Sep 2013
#237
Here's an experience of a loved one with Commonwealth Care (AKA Romneycare, precursor to Obamacare)
MADem
Sep 2013
#125
We are not going to get that. It's not going to happen. At least not soon, and maybe not ever.
MADem
Sep 2013
#149
I found this comparison between tax rates in Norway, in my state (blue Mass), and
MADem
Sep 2013
#155
thank you so much for your story. We have to have universal health care here in the US. There just
liberal_at_heart
Sep 2013
#144
Thank you for sharing this with us. Just the fact that you were admitted and held in
Egalitarian Thug
Sep 2013
#162
Thank you for sharing this. Even in your non-native language, it makes sense and...
Triana
Sep 2013
#192
I am glad you were able to get medical care and now are on the mend. :^)
GreenPartyVoter
Sep 2013
#229
Your grammar and spelling are better than those of a couple of US Congress members
eridani
Sep 2013
#230