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In reply to the discussion: Republicans In Collapse as Obamacare Enrollment Skyrockets In December [View all]stopbush
(24,396 posts)We only qualified because the MediCal expansion under Obamacare is dropping the assets means test on 1/1/14.
Prior to the expansion, a family of 4 could have no more than $3300 in assets in order to qualify for MediCal. That included owning one car. That assets test is now gone, which is how we qualified.
MediCal may not be the greatest, but it's better than nothing. At least we won't be raiding our retirement accounts to pay for health insurance. We were on my wife's crappy COBRA until September, at $400+ a month. Now, we have free insurance.
Sure, I hope to get a decent job again and get back on either employer-sponsored insurance or insurance through the exchanges. But for now, MEdiCal is something rather than the nothing we would have were it not for Obamacare.