slaacaa@lemmy.world to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoDad with Stage 4 cancer dies after insurance company said tumor-shrinking treatment was ‘not medically necessary’nypost.comexternal-linkmessage-square215linkfedilinkarrow-up11.23Karrow-down113 cross-posted to: lemmydirectory@lemmy.dbzer0.com
arrow-up11.22Karrow-down1external-linkDad with Stage 4 cancer dies after insurance company said tumor-shrinking treatment was ‘not medically necessary’nypost.comslaacaa@lemmy.world to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square215linkfedilink cross-posted to: lemmydirectory@lemmy.dbzer0.com
minus-squareArt3mis@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·2 months agoNot to have a tax penalty. Also the privilege to be told no. There are people literally dying to have insurance that will also tell them no
minus-squarewonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 months agoIt’s also designed to keep people dependent on their employers. You land a salaries position at a company that provides one of the few decent healthcare plans in the US, and suddenly you’ll put up with a lot of shit to keep that job…
minus-squarefrostysauce@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoThere hasn’t been a tax penalty in the US for not having insurance for years now.
minus-squareArt3mis@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoHuh. They ask all kinds of questions about it still… but im really just running off of what my mom told me when i first started filing lol
minus-squarefrostysauce@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoIt seems some states do impose a tax but it was struck down at the federal level.
Not to have a tax penalty. Also the privilege to be told no. There are people literally dying to have insurance that will also tell them no
It’s also designed to keep people dependent on their employers. You land a salaries position at a company that provides one of the few decent healthcare plans in the US, and suddenly you’ll put up with a lot of shit to keep that job…
There hasn’t been a tax penalty in the US for not having insurance for years now.
Huh. They ask all kinds of questions about it still… but im really just running off of what my mom told me when i first started filing lol
It seems some states do impose a tax but it was struck down at the federal level.