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Obama:
I recently received a letter from a woman in Washington state, and here's what she wrote.
" I am a single mom, no child support, self employed, and I have had no health insurance for 15 years because it is too expensive. My son has ADHD an requires regular doctor visits, and his meds alone cost $250 a month. I have had an ongoing tendinitis problem due to my line of work that I have to get treated. Now finally, we get to have coverage because of the ACA for $169 per month. I was crying the other day when I signed up. So much stress lifted."
If you're employed
If you're employed you pay Class 1 National Insurance contributions. The rates are:
if you earn more than £149 a week and up to £797 a week, you pay 12 per cent of the amount you earn between £149 and £797
if you earn more than £797 a week, you also pay 2 per cent of all your earnings over £797
You pay a lower rate if you're a member of your employer's contracted-out pension scheme.
Your contributions are deducted from your wages by your employer.
VoidHawk
reply to post by Kangaruex4Ewe
Its gone up recently.
If you're employed
If you're employed you pay Class 1 National Insurance contributions. The rates are:
if you earn more than £149 a week and up to £797 a week, you pay 12 per cent of the amount you earn between £149 and £797
if you earn more than £797 a week, you also pay 2 per cent of all your earnings over £797
You pay a lower rate if you're a member of your employer's contracted-out pension scheme.
Your contributions are deducted from your wages by your employer.
This is ONLY paid by those who work. Anyone who is retired or unable to work, or unemployed, doesnt pay anything.
My fear is that TPTB will try to force on us what they've forced onto you.
My fear is that TPTB will try to force on us what they've forced onto you.
Kangaruex4Ewe
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ETA - That I can't even act surprised anymore. My "shocked face" has gone into retirement at this point..
VoidHawk
Why dont you people do like we do in the UK?
Over here we pay a small amount from our wages each week towards a national insurance stamp. Everyone who works pays towards it. Our health service is not run for profit and thats why its so inexpensive!
Anyone over here can go see the doctor, get a ride in an ambulance, or go to hospital without having to pay a single penny!
We love our National Health Service.
DestroyDestroyDestroy
As much as I hate to say it, I feel compelled to vote against the Democratic party in 2016 simply for the need to clean up the mess that is Obamacare. What we had before, granted it wasn't ideal, was working. Obamacare has literally just made everything worse. It's not healthcare reform, it's 3000 pages of BS.
You can't have a for-profit universal healthcare system. It doesn't work that way. This is why Obamacare was doomed to fail from the start; it didn't reform anything, it just made things worse.
Why reinvent the wheel?
We should just follow the European system, which doesn't seem to be financially crippling the working class.
VoidHawk
Why dont you people do like we do in the UK?
Over here we pay a small amount from our wages each week towards a national insurance stamp. Everyone who works pays towards it. Our health service is not run for profit and thats why its so inexpensive!
Anyone over here can go see the doctor, get a ride in an ambulance, or go to hospital without having to pay a single penny!
We love our National Health Service.
rockn82
reply to post by snarky412
When I wrecked my motorcycle a while back, my ambulance ride cost me $2200.00 for 20 miles. The emergency room visit was $153.00. I did refuse any pain killers but they cleaned my rash rather well. The stitches kinda sucked. I had no insurance at the time so this was the straight up cost. All of which was paid for with money saved for rainy days. : )
But damn, $2200.00?
: )