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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just saw this on NBC news and this was the statistic they cited.  In what universe?  I make $50K for me and DD and am struggling.  Please don't say "DC is more expensive."  22K in ANY place in this country for four people is ridiculous.   Anybody making only that... I just wonder how that family could survive.  [/quote]

And if your employer did not provide health insurance and you couldn't afford to buy your own healthcare for you and your DD, you would owe a tax penalty too every year (but still be uninsured).  It's a F-d up world we live in now.[/quote]

WRONG.  Why do people like you talk out of your ass?  Obamacare builds in exemptions and breaks for poverty line: " One aspect of PPACA is that people who make up to 133% of the poverty line -- for a household of two adults and one child, this would be $23,344 -- would be eligible for Medicaid at no cost. Meanwhile, families that make up to 400% of the poverty line -- for a household of two adults and one child, this would be $70,208 -- would be eligible for some form of discounted insurance rate, scaled to their income."

http://www.dailyfinance.com/2012/06/28/obamacare-upheld-how-health-care-reform-will-affect-your-wallet/[/quote]

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