Topic: More ObamaCare Exemptions (Read 1615 times)

This is true, but the Obama administration is making a large number of issues political issues. Past administrations, both liberal and conservative have made no where near as many things political issues. I don't think that I can actually think of one issue that Obama has not in some way made into a political issue. 

This is true, but the Obama administration is making a large number of issues political issues. Past administrations, both liberal and conservative have made no where near as many things political issues. I don't think that I can actually think of one issue that Obama has not in some way made into a political issue. 

The essence of this problem, in case it is not obvious, is the politicization of a country's health care system and the consequences which ensue from that. 

Polticalization of any administrative issue or matter, whether it is war, ecological issues, drilling for oil, saving the planet, whatever, will always....100% of the time, produce sub optimal economic results by virtue of a fraction of the decision making being diverted from optimal economic results.

This is very bad.

It doesn't. Obama wants to look favorable towards women, and domestic violence victims tend to be women. When the GOP tries to get rid of these exemptions that should not be given in the first place, liberals will spin this as the GOP waging a war on women.

The domestic violence one is puzzling as well. No doubt, domestic violence is a serious issue and its victims deserve the utmost protection and the best help available, but I am struggling to see why that qualifies you for a federal tax exemption.

I wonder to what extent you and I would agree as to the positives and negatives of the PPACA. My dream ultimately is socialized medicine. In certain respects, PPACA advances toward that incrementally, but for the most part it goes in the opposite direction. Within the framework of our mixed economy, I'm not sure how much closer we could get to socialized medicine, particularly with (1) the firmly-established allowance for states to opt out of Medicaid expansion, and (2) so many ultraconservatives in leadership positions, making decisions based on their ideology rather than concern for the health of their constituents. (There are other roadblocks but that part really irks the shit out of me.)

It's just Medicaid that has an effect, but it's a very small piece of the total.

Hardship exemptions

If you have any of the circumstances below that affect your ability to purchase health insurance coverage, you may qualify for a “hardship” exemption:

1. You were homeless.

2. You were evicted in the past 6 months or were facing eviction or foreclosure.

3. You received a shut-off notice from a utility company.

4. You recently experienced domestic violence.

5. You recently experienced the death of a close family member.

6. You experienced a fire, flood, or other natural or human-caused disaster that caused substantial damage to your property.

7. You filed for bankruptcy in the last 6 months.

8. You had medical expenses you couldn’t pay in the last 24 months which resulted in substantial debt.

9. You experienced unexpected increases in necessary expenses due to caring for an ill, disabled, or aging family member.

10. You expect to claim a child as a tax dependuh ent who’s been denied coverage in Medicaid and CHIP, and another person is required by court order to give medical support to the child. In this case, you do not have the pay the penalty for the child.

11. As a result of an eligibility appeals decision, you’re eligible for enrollment in a qualified health plan (QHP) through the Marketplace, lower costs on your monthly premiums, or cost-sharing reductions for a time period when you weren’t enrolled in a QHP through the Marketplace.

12. You were determined ineligible for Medicaid because your state didn’t expand eligibility for Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act.

13. Your individual insurance plan was cancelled and you believe other Marketplace plans are unaffordable.

14. You experienced another hardship in obtaining health insurance.

Nonsense. These are unsubstantiated right-wing talking points, empty rhetoric about "free-stuffers" - where is your evidence of this rampant abuse of the system? Never mind you evidently haven't looked into how the hardship waiver actually works. You realize that under the waiver you still have to buy a plan, it's just cheaper and it's temporary by design.

No they don't. People generally want to be healthy. Beyond that (when they're sick or busted) they want to be fixed. Once healthy again, they don't want to be indentured servants for the remainder of their days to pay the bills. But there is no risk. Once you get the late notice, it's the free-ride ticket, and then you pay the bill, and everything is fine with the utility again.

To my understanding, people generally want to be insured. Risking the termination of utility services in order to avoid having to get insurance seems like the sort of tactically bad, lazy-at-all-costs thing that poor people do all the time in the minds of conservative dipshits, and incredibly rarely in real life. (See also the results of drug tests for welfare recipients.)

#3 is really good, too. You can get out of a federal tax penalty by not paying your utilities for a couple of months until they send you a shut-off notice. In almost every state, you get 10-30 days' notice to cure your nonpayment. So, take the notice and apply for the exemption; meanwhile, pay your past due balance.

#13 is awesome, no.accountability just someone that feels the cost is too much.