W2R
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Since this is the first time a person could just "look in" on premium costs this is also the first time I have actually looked at the website. A low level bronze is less than $200 difference than a gold plan. This is just my musing but the government's definition of gold is different than mine as the differences all things considered are minimal. My definition of gold is my girlfriend's plan. A $150 yearly max deductible. And I could have it also for just $200 a month. The trouble is I would have to get married to get it!
AAAGH!! Nonononono! Look out! (Just kidding!)
Frank has been studying the available PPACA plans for him here in Louisiana, a state where Medicaid has not been expanded. He has pretty much made up his mind not to get one, though. He plans to go with his own retiree medical insurance, and to move from their most expensive plan to the next one down, which still isn't cheap. He has so many worries and concerns about PPACA, subsidies, and more. He is an intelligent man who understands these things much better than I do so I refuse to advise him one way or another.
He could get my federal health insurance if we married, but it's just not worth it to us. What we have going works so well for us, why mess with it. Besides, marriage should be motivated by other reasons than insurance, IMO.
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