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In reply to the discussion: ACA: Employer mandate DELAYED, Caps on Costs DELAYED. Should Individual Mandate be delayed? [View all]Puzzledtraveller
(5,937 posts)I have been a Medicaid and SNAP caseworker since 2009. I handed out several informational packets about or HBE today to both Medicaid and SNAP clients. I know more about what the ACA will do and not do for people than most here. I will be signing individuals and families up for it when we begin in office enrollment in December. I still oppose the individual mandate. Especially while businesses get a pass, an entire year to dump people from their insurance rolls not to mention any delay on cost saving measures. My premium is going up. I will probably select a lesser option to keep my paycheck as close to what it is now. I am barely getting by myself. But I am not worried about me. I'm worried about my clients. There will be families who will not be eligible for the subsidy and as such not be eligible for expanded medicaid if their state chose it yet they will still be responosible for having it. Most of my families, especially those who receive SNAP do not have any income left to spare. In the event they are not eligible for subsidies or expanded medicaid they will have to add an additional expense. I understand it is better than not having it but many families can least afford it and we have not given them any relief.