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Deductibles that can be skyhigh for low-income households.
- Ultra-narrow provider networks that make it hard for some to get care while socking others with unexpectedly large bills.
- A family penalty that denies subsidies to modest-income households when one spouse is offered employer coverage.
- A subsidy cliff that can leave older workers of moderate means paying an excessive share of income for coverage.
- Tax penalties that employers have sought to avoid by cutting low-wage worker schedules below 30 hours per week.
- A Medicaid gap opened by a Supreme Court decision that has left millions below the poverty line, including those who have lost work hours, with no help in states that have opted against the expansion.
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Health educator, author and enterpreneur motherhealth@gmail.com or conniedbuono@gmail.com ; cell 408-854-1883
Helping families in the bay area by providing compassionate and live-in caregivers for homebound bay area seniors. Blogs at www.clubalthea.com
Currently writing a self help and self cure ebook to help transform others in their journey to wellness, Healing within, transform inside and out. This is a compilation of topics Connie answered at quora.com and posts in this site.
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