So you wanted affordable healthcare. Did you get it? Some are coming to the
conclusion that it’s best to stay poor and suck off the public teat. At least one gets substandard care through
Medicaid.
Gwendolyn Harris is trying to do the right
thing. She got a job as a healthcare
worker. The only problem is she can’t
afford Obamacare.
She began to look for subsidized insurance under the Affordable
Care Act, the federal law that has expanded coverage to millions of Americans.
Harris said she has a chronic health condition that is going to require surgery
soon, so she wanted to find something comprehensive.
What she found under Ohio's options was
a plan with $405 monthly premium, a $2,000 deductible, and a maximum of $6,600
in out-of-pocket costs. The government subsidy brought the total premium down
to $334 a month, but she said the discount is not enough to make it affordable.
"I can't afford the premium, let
alone the deductible and the out of pocket," Harris said, adding that the
plan has a $15 co-pay for prescription drugs and $55 for specialty care visits.
Cathy Levine, executive director at the
Universal Health Care Action Network, said Harris's story spotlights holes in
the system for expanding access to insurance.
"It's totally unfair that someone
follows the rules, gets a job, gets off Medicaid, and now can't obtain
coverage," Levine said. "Other states have found ways to design
health plans without high deductibles. Ohio should become one of them.
Sorry to tell you this, but other states are having the
same problems as Ohio.
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