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[Anonymous]

I'm surprised you would have issues with a middle aged person getting health insurance subsidies.

No - I have issues with Boomers who have enough money to retire early, have assets and retirement savings, and still expect the government to subsidize their choices, as they have for that generation’s entire lifecycle. It isn’t enough that they had the affordable college tuition and affordable houses and ample opportunities and then pulled the ladder up behind them. No, now the government is shut down because they are insistent about taking the last scrap from the trough.

Did you all really think the Dems cared this much about poor people? Give me a break; the poor don’t vote or make contributions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Medical insurance should not be tied to employment. Our system is cruel.

+1 I think a lot of people would have left already if it wasn’t for this.

I don’t disagree but I think people are delusional about what medical insurance should cost. My sibling keeps saying she can’t afford more than $50 a month. She makes 80k. I get that she wants to pay $50 a month but it’s no where near what she costs.

But what "should" it cost? "Should" it cost $2000/month? The costs are completely out if scale with what a normal person *can* pay. The market is broken.

[Anonymous]

Are you all aware that Medicaid covers 24% of Americans? Poor people HAVE coverage. These subsidies were temporary and the Democrats scheduled them to end in 2025! Enough already! We can’t pay for everything because we want it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

I'm surprised you would have issues with a middle aged person getting health insurance subsidies.

No - I have issues with Boomers who have enough money to retire early, have assets and retirement savings, and still expect the government to subsidize their choices, as they have for that generation’s entire lifecycle. It isn’t enough that they had the affordable college tuition and affordable houses and ample opportunities and then pulled the ladder up behind them. No, now the government is shut down because they are insistent about taking the last scrap from the trough.

Did you all really think the Dems cared this much about poor people? Give me a break; the poor don’t vote or make contributions.

I hear you, just this week I've had to tell a Boomer I didn't want to hear about their "fixed income" any more (a solid pension that is no longer available to my generation and SS provide well enough that they haven't even touched their multi-million dollar 401k). It's insensitive to say "well, I'm not EARNING any more" when the younger working people around you are going without paychecks and/or losing their jobs, and ineligible for the benefits you get, and in fact that untouched 401k IS probably making more at this point than an average person's earned wages. People relying in SS and nothing else are living on the edge, but too many Boomers like to cosplay poverty because "we can't get raises every year like you." PLEASE.

But that said, the ACA business is dragging the rest of us down too. If I lose my job, I can live on very little, but I can't afford thousands for health insurance. So this is worth it.

[Anonymous]

IN RED STATES - Medicaid *may* cover this many.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

I'm surprised you would have issues with a middle aged person getting health insurance subsidies.

No - I have issues with Boomers who have enough money to retire early, have assets and retirement savings, and still expect the government to subsidize their choices, as they have for that generation’s entire lifecycle. It isn’t enough that they had the affordable college tuition and affordable houses and ample opportunities and then pulled the ladder up behind them. No, now the government is shut down because they are insistent about taking the last scrap from the trough.

Did you all really think the Dems cared this much about poor people? Give me a break; the poor don’t vote or make contributions.

I hear you, just this week I've had to tell a Boomer I didn't want to hear about their "fixed income" any more (a solid pension that is no longer available to my generation and SS provide well enough that they haven't even touched their multi-million dollar 401k). It's insensitive to say "well, I'm not EARNING any more" when the younger working people around you are going without paychecks and/or losing their jobs, and ineligible for the benefits you get, and in fact that untouched 401k IS probably making more at this point than an average person's earned wages. People relying in SS and nothing else are living on the edge, but too many Boomers like to cosplay poverty because "we can't get raises every year like you." PLEASE.

But that said, the ACA business is dragging the rest of us down too. If I lose my job, I can live on very little, but I can't afford thousands for health insurance. So this is worth it.

no no no, we have a worker shortage! our country has to expand legal immigration and hire MORE H1Bs and OPTs and L1s because we have a Worker shortage. you are not allowed to have a pension, or good health care , you need to slave away and get replaced with cheaper temporary workers!

750k H-1b in force, majority in tech. 250k H-4 EAD work permits for their spouses.

L1+L2 spouses 375k

OPT/STEM OPT - 242k

7 million Green Card holders and other visa types working in STEM.

And i'm not covering it all... Pile on outsourcing (300k jobs a year) and offshoring (over 2 million in India alone). Wake up - this is a huge problem.

H-1B has just become a shorthand for the problem.

Fyi, we approved 140k H-1Bs last year cuz universities and nonprofits are 'uncapped'.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

I'm surprised you would have issues with a middle aged person getting health insurance subsidies.

No - I have issues with Boomers who have enough money to retire early, have assets and retirement savings, and still expect the government to subsidize their choices, as they have for that generation’s entire lifecycle. It isn’t enough that they had the affordable college tuition and affordable houses and ample opportunities and then pulled the ladder up behind them. No, now the government is shut down because they are insistent about taking the last scrap from the trough.

Did you all really think the Dems cared this much about poor people? Give me a break; the poor don’t vote or make contributions.

The youngest Boomers are now 61, so the vast majority of them can already get Medicare. And do you really think the people using the ACA are just young retirees with tons of assets?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are you all aware that Medicaid covers 24% of Americans? Poor people HAVE coverage. These subsidies were temporary and the Democrats scheduled them to end in 2025! Enough already! We can’t pay for everything because we want it.

Like the oligarchs wanting a little help for Argentina? We can’t pay for that, but here we are. Selective poverty.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are you all aware that Medicaid covers 24% of Americans? Poor people HAVE coverage. These subsidies were temporary and the Democrats scheduled them to end in 2025! Enough already! We can’t pay for everything because we want it.

As someone with a secure job and employer health coverage, I’m ok with paying a little bit more in taxes so that ordinary middle class families can keep their health insurance. The cost to me in taxes is minimal, but the cost of ACA subsidies expiring will be crippling for a lot of people. More people covered by health insurance = fewer people suffering. That’s what I want my government to be focusing on. Helping ordinary people.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are you all aware that Medicaid covers 24% of Americans? Poor people HAVE coverage. These subsidies were temporary and the Democrats scheduled them to end in 2025! Enough already! We can’t pay for everything because we want it.

False scarcity. We could pay for everybody to have excellent free (subsidized) health care if we wanted to. Instead we have chosen tax cuts for the extremely wealthy and a military budget that can't pass an audit because of all the misplaced funds. TBH you could probably even keep one of those - the tax cuts or the waste - and still pay for healthcare.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

I'm surprised you would have issues with a middle aged person getting health insurance subsidies.

No - I have issues with Boomers who have enough money to retire early, have assets and retirement savings, and still expect the government to subsidize their choices, as they have for that generation’s entire lifecycle. It isn’t enough that they had the affordable college tuition and affordable houses and ample opportunities and then pulled the ladder up behind them. No, now the government is shut down because they are insistent about taking the last scrap from the trough.

Did you all really think the Dems cared this much about poor people? Give me a break; the poor don’t vote or make contributions.

Personally I think you are a Russian bot sent to steer up resentment between people. People need to wake up, this is like the post Civil War period when the wealthy people said to the poor white peope that blacks were going to displace them. It is the oligarchs!

[Anonymous]

As of today, ironically Election Day, this is the longest government shutdown in US History (the second longest was under Trump's first administration). He's broken America.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/35-days-government-shutdown-record-longest-history-election-day-rcna241576

[Anonymous]

Is anyone else following H.R. 1522, the Federal Retirement Fairness Act? It would allow FERS employees to “buy back” prior federal service — including temporary, term, or non-career positions after 1988 — so those years count toward retirement. For many who are close to, but not yet eligible for full retirement, this could help. Apparently it has strong bipartisan support, with more than 100 co-sponsors — likely because it rewards public service while reducing government. It's currently pending in the House Oversight Committee. Similar measures have been introduced before. Hoping this one goes through.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As of today, ironically Election Day, this is the longest government shutdown in US History (the second longest was under Trump's first administration). He's broken America.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/35-days-government-shutdown-record-longest-history-election-day-rcna241576

Yes. Trump has overseen 60% of all shutdown days in US history.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are you all aware that Medicaid covers 24% of Americans? Poor people HAVE coverage. These subsidies were temporary and the Democrats scheduled them to end in 2025! Enough already! We can’t pay for everything because we want it.

YES WE CAN. Billionaires and corporations need to pay their share