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Re:Affordable Care by sbov on Friday January 13, 2017 @04:59PM (#13395097)
Median household income is around $50k/year. At $5k/person/year that's $20k for a family of 4 per year which is probably 40%-50% of their take home pay. It's an insane number.
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Re:Affordable Care by Glyptodon on Friday January 13, 2017 @06:39PM (#13395770)
I agree in terms affordability it is problematic, but I was referring more to how there seems to be some idea that the cost of medical care itself couldn't reasonably add up to a number that expensive.
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Re:Affordable Care by mcgrath_sh on Friday January 13, 2017 @06:26PM (#13395706)
Especially when the rule of thumb for housing is usually 30-35% of your take home income.
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