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pastor1189
Jan 11, 2014, 11:53 AM
I learned there are 7770,00 with health insurance in Florida. These low income people do not file income taxes. Many get their support from a family member's
Social security income. They do not file income taxes and are not eligible for the subsidy.

The Health market place has fail to suggest if you should file a income tax
Form on Social Security income alone. There are no income tax withheld.
Even if by a miracle they would get the subsidy the policy itself has a $6,500
Deductible making it worthless to use

Medicaid in Florida will not be expanded.

hkstroud
Jan 11, 2014, 12:14 PM
Even if by a miracle they would get the subsidy the policy itself has a $6,500
Deductible making it worthless to use

So, why did you vote for Obamacare?

Cat1864
Jan 11, 2014, 12:31 PM
Since you do not seem to have a question, your thread has been moved to a Discussion Board. If you have a question about the issue, please ask it. Otherwise have fun discussing the issue.

smearcase
Jan 11, 2014, 05:12 PM
Pastor,
I assume that your first sentence was meant to say "777,000 WITHOUT health insurance in Florida" Correct?
One possibility is Community Health centers which were supposed to be expanded as part of the ACA (obamacare).
This is a sample list of some of those centers in FL (I picked Broward County at random):
About.com: http://findahealthcenter.hrsa.gov/Search_HCC.aspx?byCounty=1 (http://healthinsurance.about.com/gi/o.htm?zi=1/XJ&zTi=1&sdn=healthinsurance&cdn=health&tm=89&f=00&tt=12&bt=4&bts=8&zu=http%3A//findahealthcenter.hrsa.gov/Search_HCC.aspx%3FbyCounty%3D1)

These centers are supposed to work as follows:
HRSA health centers care for you, even if you have no health insurance. You pay what you can afford, based on your income. Health centers provide:

checkups when you're well
treatment when you're sick
complete care when you're pregnant
immunizations and checkups for your children
dental care and prescription drugs for your family
mental health and substance abuse care if you need it


You should be able to search for locations of these centers on the site of that link also.

Various news reports indicate that Florida is one of about 9 "may expand Medicaid" states. Stay tuned to the political goings on.