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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous[b]]Paying $500 a month when you may only be making $2500 is not in the cards. [/b] Most people are struggling to stay in the bronze plans.

It is time for us to stop worrying about welfare queens and [b]figure out what we need to do to help people get out of poverty. [/b]

OP:  come and serve meals at SOME, meet working poor people and get your eyes opened. [/quote]
A family making $30000 a year (the $2500 a month you mention) gets a bronze plan for free. If they kick a little bit, they can get a silver.[/quote]

PART of what we need to do is not perpetuate this idea that the poor - let's say low-income - get their every medical need paid for completely by people who cannot afford their OWN care as a result. It encourages the demanding and entitled attitude I've seen one too many times. What we need to do is encourage pride and self-esteem that comes from giving back in some small way.  Some of you are saying that these people can't even afford $10 to see the doctor, and another person told of a country where food stamp recipients were required to volunteer (and the demand for food stamps dropped as a result).

So...how about "earning" that $10 doctor visit by volunteering at a soup kitchen? Or even spending an hour vacuuming the doctor's office? (Doesn't have to be done at the time of the visit....they could earn vouchers.) Of course, it's voluntary, and the person could always just pay the $10 instead. If the example with the food stamps is any indication, it's likely that many poor people would choose to pay the money rather than contribute efforts. But for those who DO want to contribute, just think of how much better they would feel about themselves. (Bonus: Maybe the volunteering would lead to a job or otherwise gsin them some marketable skills.)

P.S. This would only apply to those able-bodied and mentally able. The truly incapacitated should of course get free care. [/quote]

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