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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 247039" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>It's very hard these days. I'm on disability and hub is a car mechanic and it doesn't pay much, never did. To keep our Medicaid, hub had his boss cut back his hours so that he wasn't "full time" and didn't qualify for the outrageously priced benefits on a small salary (hub makes under $30,000 year). The five extra hours a week, don't make a big difference in his salary. If he had kept his hours as is, they would have taken Medicaid from us for a policy that cost $600 month with a $1000 deductible for all of us. We couldn't have afforded even one $1000 deductible. Heck our cars only cost us $1000 each <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />. We don't live high <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> Anyway, had hub not done this, we would have lost the ability to go to the Medicaid Dental Clinic, which is dang good. And there is no way we could afford dental, which they didn't even offer. A nurse I know who works for ER at our local hospital says some folks are pulling their own teeth because they can't afford the cost of a dentist. Well, I have two kids and WE aren't going to pull their teeth. So hub had boss cut his work so that he is part-time and doesn't qualify for their horrible insurance and we get to keep our benefits. When I was young, I used to look down at people who did what we are doing. Now I call it "surviving." by the way, we are legally married. We got married in a park with about ten friends and close family. We didn't require gifts for attendance and got very few, which was fine. It was still lots of fun. I guess my post is to defend the working poor who do what they have to do to get by. I used to follow the rules. Now I can't. JMO.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 247039, member: 1550"] It's very hard these days. I'm on disability and hub is a car mechanic and it doesn't pay much, never did. To keep our Medicaid, hub had his boss cut back his hours so that he wasn't "full time" and didn't qualify for the outrageously priced benefits on a small salary (hub makes under $30,000 year). The five extra hours a week, don't make a big difference in his salary. If he had kept his hours as is, they would have taken Medicaid from us for a policy that cost $600 month with a $1000 deductible for all of us. We couldn't have afforded even one $1000 deductible. Heck our cars only cost us $1000 each :). We don't live high :) Anyway, had hub not done this, we would have lost the ability to go to the Medicaid Dental Clinic, which is dang good. And there is no way we could afford dental, which they didn't even offer. A nurse I know who works for ER at our local hospital says some folks are pulling their own teeth because they can't afford the cost of a dentist. Well, I have two kids and WE aren't going to pull their teeth. So hub had boss cut his work so that he is part-time and doesn't qualify for their horrible insurance and we get to keep our benefits. When I was young, I used to look down at people who did what we are doing. Now I call it "surviving." by the way, we are legally married. We got married in a park with about ten friends and close family. We didn't require gifts for attendance and got very few, which was fine. It was still lots of fun. I guess my post is to defend the working poor who do what they have to do to get by. I used to follow the rules. Now I can't. JMO. [/QUOTE]
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