tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3483465700766880747.post7282022021291142417..comments2016-10-05T18:25:21.418-07:00Comments on An Open Letter to the Obama Administration and American Citizens: An Update to My Open Letter to the Obama Administration and American CitizensThe Kinder'shttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03367989167049374014noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3483465700766880747.post-41076887287139778402014-01-17T06:05:06.302-08:002014-01-17T06:05:06.302-08:00Karri,
I appreciate what you did in speaking out,...Karri, <br />I appreciate what you did in speaking out, through writing your family's story. I admire your willingness to advocate for your boys and stand up for what is right. I am sorry at the eventual outcome of having to put the boys on ALL Kids. It doesn't seem like your pride is hurt! You sound very gracious and thankful. Yet, you and no other American should be forced to have health care that you don't want. In my opinion this is just one more step for the current adminstration to socialize our American government. Thank you, again for being courageous, as believers are called to be. Lord Bless, you and your family.<br /><br />Supporting you in Texas,<br />Eboni Eboni Starrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09236390066144616657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3483465700766880747.post-34717724136542394152014-01-08T10:16:44.351-08:002014-01-08T10:16:44.351-08:00Karri, it sounds like you paid $380/mo previously ...Karri, it sounds like you paid $380/mo previously and now you'll be paying $222/mo. That's a solid savings. If that is "happening to" other families, that is a good thing. I am sympathetic to your desire to "pay your own way" and to have all four of you on the same plan but I invite you think of it this way - the health care system is so very screwed up that it is impossible to figure out what paying your own way means. You pay taxes and you're getting some back via a subsidy to pay a premium to a private insurance company whose calculations are Greek to me. Private insurance companies and hospitals and medical providers have created a nasty web of billing and costs and nonsense that hardly any human can make sense of. We are only at the start of untangling that web. Step 1 was just to get everyone covered under the existing nasty web. Now it's time to work more on cost controls and creating a more sensible health care delivery, billing, and payment system. I hope that your pride is not too hurt by this episode and that you can view yourself and your husband as taking good care of your children with the tools available. The subsidy is not a reflection on your abilities to be self-sufficient. It's a reflection of the messed up health care system that has taken advantage of people for too long. Fortunately, we're starting to straighten it out. Thank you for sharing your story and the updates gracefully.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15653625657851991598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3483465700766880747.post-63607092864813711472014-01-04T22:39:45.509-08:002014-01-04T22:39:45.509-08:00I'm glad you finally got coverage for your kid...I'm glad you finally got coverage for your kids. (I found out about your story through the urban legend site Snopes, by the way.) It took me forever to get through to the ACA website and when I did, it told me, "You don't qualify for subsidies, but that's okay...you qualify for Medicaid!" I was delighted, until my DHS caseworker got back to me and said, "You don't qualify for Medicaid. I don't know why they're telling you you do."<br /><br />Karri, Michigan passed a Medicaid expansion in October, but--lo and behold--NOT A BLOODY THING CHANGED! You still have to be blind, pregnant, disabled or old to qualify. I recently read in the paper that the feds approved our expansion and that Michigan will now cover people up to 133% of the poverty level, but what good is it if the requirements are still the same?<br /><br />I'm on the state-/county-based plan that is the next step down from Medicaid in my state, but since that's not real insurance, I wonder if I'm going to get hit with the fee the news outlets keep talking about...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3483465700766880747.post-83560315085662579662014-01-04T18:18:35.614-08:002014-01-04T18:18:35.614-08:00WTG, Karri! I read your first post after Jessa pos...WTG, Karri! I read your first post after Jessa posted it on her facebook. My husband and I are both self employed and had private insurance through BCBS and paid $400 a month for family coverage (we have a 17month old). We did qualify for assistance and for the same reasons you mentioned we decided we would go with the least expensive plan that will now cost us $580 a month (ouch). We don't necessarily have room in our budget but found ourselves asking the same questions your family has. I had multiple questions about going through the marketplace since we are both self employed and risked taking the assistance and then having to pay it back later if we made over the threshold. After crying on the phone with both the marketplace and BCBS after my 17 month old daughter wasn't included on the coverage letter and ALLKIDS telling me they couldn't help me until they received my info from the marketplace I gave up! Somehow the Lord will provide the additional $180 for my family each month. I loved hearing your story since it hit so close to home. Thank you for sharing!!!!! Tarayn https://www.blogger.com/profile/13671660068710094482noreply@blogger.com