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GOP freshman: Where's my health care?

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Throckmorton said:
One thing this highlights is how fucking stupid it is to have health insurance tied to your job. What do the two have to do with each other?? Do you get car insurance from your employer? Homeowner insurance? Boat insurance?
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I agree, but it's become a perk of working for certain companies, that's how they attract quality employees. IIRC haven't you complained about certain companies like Walmart having shitty health insurance? You should applaud them.
 
This guy is a rich cracker, why shouldn't he have free health care from day one? All rich crackers should have free health care and if they don't get it on day one they should complain.
 
JD50 said:
I never expected you to understand it that's why I didn't direct any of my posts to you. You're one of the crazies I was talking about.
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Convenient, because I didn't expect you to come back with anything other than a personal attack either, so it worked out great.
 
JD50 said:
I've never had to wait a day for my health insurance to kick in, I'm 28 and I've been working professionally since I was 21. I've never even interviewed with a company that has had a waiting period. Maybe there's a difference when you have some highly desirable skills and companies are competing for you. So I guess my advice to you would be to get out of fast food and maybe you'll get some better health insurance options.
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As I just posted:
According to the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI), the average wait for new employees to become eligible for employer-sponsored health coverage is from 30 days to six months for small firms, and 90 days for most larger firms.
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Katsly said:
As I just posted:
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Yes, I see that's the average. Some people are happy being average, some aren't. That's why I encouraged you to get some real skills so employers compete for your services. Congrats on being average though.
 
No offense to those of you other than Katsly that have to wait a month for your insurance to kick, he was just being a douche.
 
silly neocons we know that the employer based health care system doesnt work and it puts us at a competitive disadvantage with other first world countries around the world. Why do you hate America and capitalism?
 
JD50 said:
Yes, I see that's the average. Some people are happy being average, some aren't. That's why I encouraged you to get some real skills so employers compete for your services. Congrats on being average though.
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Correct me if I'm wrong but this topic wasn't about how exceptional and special you and your health care but about Senator Andy Harris? Why are you making this about yourself?
JD50 said:
No offense to those of you other than Katsly that have to wait a month for your insurance to kick, he was just being a douche.
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Sorry for turning to evidence other than just my own personal experience to make a point, I didn't realize that made me a douche.
 
Waiting a month is not uncommon. I've never had a job where I got coverage on the first day. How would that even be possible? None of the paperwork is done yet.
 
RightIsWrong said:
How many jobs have you had where benefits kick in on day 1? Every job that I have had where healthcare coverage is provided has had a 90 day waiting period.
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3 months? Tell me where so I never apply there. I havent had a job yet that is longer than 30 days. But most of them have kicked in day one.
 
zephyrprime said:
Waiting a month is not uncommon. I've never had a job where I got coverage on the first day. How would that even be possible? None of the paperwork is done yet.
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What do you mean how is that possible? You can still be covered under insurance while they do the paper work, you'd just have to pay any expenses out of pocket and get reimbursed once the paper work is complete.
 
JD50 said:
I've never had to wait a day for my health insurance to kick in, I'm 28 and I've been working professionally since I was 21. I've never even interviewed with a company that has had a waiting period. Maybe there's a difference when you have some highly desirable skills and companies are competing for you. So I guess my advice to you would be to get out of fast food and maybe you'll get some better health insurance options.
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LOL @ your skills. I'm sure you're truly remarkable.
 
Carmen813 said:
Rudder,
The new law requires Congress to purchase their insurance on the exchanges, just like many other normal citizens.
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So this guy will really be bitching because those are something that will not be in existence till 2014. However, this is the here and now.
 
Pens1566 said:
Thats 2 so far. You said "every". Lots of work/linking left to do. Get back to us when you have the results ready. We'll wait.
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You wouldn't understand them even if I presented them to you, so why would I bother? I'm done catering to the zombies. If you were interested in reality, you would seek it out.
 
JD50 said:
Are you telling me that you don't understand the difference between the government paying for a health insurance plan like most employers do and government run/mandated healthcare to the general public? Really?
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Are you telling me that you dont understand the difference between a company paying for an employees healthcare and the government paying for an employees healthcare? One is paid for by tax payers the other is not.
 
halik said:
Err wat? It's employer provided healthcare, not a public option. He's getting healthcare through his job.

Also the month-wait thing is not uncommon.
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This.

Every job that I've had has had a 30 to 90 day waiting period before getting health insurance. Some even made me wait until the 1st day of the month following the waiting period so if I started on the 5th of the month, it would be nearly 4 months before I received insurance.
 
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