bonnie Posted October 7, 2013 Posted October 7, 2013 Another Obamacare Success Story: Turning a Future Lawyer into a Welfare Recipient The Wall Street Journal’s James Taranto: Brendan Mahoney, 3L, Medicaid recipient (LinkedIn.com)Meet Brendan Mahoney, the young man who is saving ObamaCare. He’s 30 years old, a third-year law student at the University of Connecticut. He’s actually been insured for the past three years–in 2011 and 2012 through a $2,400-a-year school-sponsored health plan, and this year through “a high-deductible, low-premium plan that cost about $39 a month through a UnitedHealthcare subsidiary.” But he wanted to see what ObamaCare had to offer. He tried logging in to the exchange’s website at 8:45 a.m. yesterday…” He said the system could not verify his identity.” So he called the toll-free help line, whose operator also encountered computer trouble. “But then he logged on a second time, he said, and the system worked.” “Once it got running, it was fast,” Mahoney tells the Courant. “It really made my day. It’s a lot like TurboTax.” He obtained insurance through ObamaCare. Now, he says, “if I get sick, I’ll definitely go to the doctor.” Even better, if he stays healthy, he won’t need to go to a doctor, and his premiums will support chronically ill policyholders on the wrong side of 40. So, how much of a premium is strapping young Brendan Mahoney paying to help make ObamaCare work? Oops. The Courant reports that Mahoney “said that by filling out the application online, he discovered he was eligible for Medicaid. So, beginning next year, he won’t pay any premium at all.” So the great success story of ObamaCare’s first day is the transformation of a future lawyer who was already paying for insurance into a welfare case. Remember that the next time someone says that people on Medicaid have no other options. HT: Jack McHugh Quote Everything you do is based on the choices you make. It's not your parents, your past relationships, your job, the economy, the weather, an argument, or your age that is to blame. You and only you are responsible for every decision and choice you make, period ... ... Wish more people would realize this. Quotes by Susan Gottesman
Ted Oplinger Posted October 7, 2013 Posted October 7, 2013 Hmmm....eligible for Medicaid, being a 30-year old student; no premiums to pay "for those on the wrong side of 40". And what incentive does he have to actually get out of school, join/start a practice, and pay full price for his premiums? Wow...it boggles the mind. Quote "As iron sharpens iron, so also does one man sharpen another" - Proverbs 27:17 "The offense of the cross is that the cross is a confession of human frailty and sin and of inability to do any good thing. To take the cross of Christ means to depend solely on Him for everything, and this is the abasement of all human pride. Men love to fancy themselves independent. But let the cross be preached, let it be made known that in man dwells no good thing and that all must be received as a gift, and straightway someone is offended." Ellet J. Waggoner, The Glad Tidings "Courage is being scared to death - and saddling up anyway" - John Wayne "The person who pays an ounce of principle for a pound of popularity gets badly cheated" - Ronald Reagan
bonnie Posted October 7, 2013 Author Posted October 7, 2013 Hmmm....eligible for Medicaid, being a 30-year old student; no premiums to pay "for those on the wrong side of 40". And what incentive does he have to actually get out of school, join/start a practice, and pay full price for his premiums? Wow...it boggles the mind. No wonder there are those that worship at the Obama altar. Odd that those of us un disability and SS can't get our supplementel for free Quote Everything you do is based on the choices you make. It's not your parents, your past relationships, your job, the economy, the weather, an argument, or your age that is to blame. You and only you are responsible for every decision and choice you make, period ... ... Wish more people would realize this. Quotes by Susan Gottesman
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