The Affordable Care Act.
My experience has shown it’s anything but affordable.
I remember President Obama saying, (something to the
affect), you can have medical insurance for the price of your phone bill.
That is ridiculously untrue.
For the last year, I have struggled to portray myself
honestly to the beleaguered phone reps at healthcare.gov, struggled to find a
policy (that actually offered anything of worth), struggled to pay the premium,
and struggled to understand why I am getting reamed financially and all I've
done in terms of use my insurance is have my annual check up, and get my blood
drawn (to check my thyroid levels).
Getting my healthcare is making me sick. (you have my permission to steal that phrase
from me)
That said, as I once again called healthcare.gov two days
ago (after just filing last year’s taxes and realizing I owe $$ because I got too large of a tax incentive on my
healthcare premiums last year) I came to a deep understanding. Health care is not cheap.
If (like me) you want to go to the doctor when you feel badly,
and get the tests that come along with your gender and age, and if having a
doctor and insurance adds to your well being, it’s going to cost you, but it is
out there.
Now, I’m no great mathematician, but it is my guess that the
high cost of this “Affordable Act” health care mostly impacts those people who
are above the poverty line (or not able to get medicare) but who are not over the
poverty line by much. Its people who
work, but for whatever reason, who don’t excel in the economy that are making this act "affordable" for everyone else.
THAT BEING SAID, Having come to grips with the reality of the cost of
healthcare (as well as my lowly place in society), I am quite pleased with my
plan! Some people can’t get
insurance. But under the Affordable Care
Act they can. Everyone can. And that is a good thing!
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