Re:The Challenges of Being in the New Contract Workforce
by Consultant32452 on Tuesday January 23, 2018 @03:38PM
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>Did you ever require care that was not covered by insurance or maxed out your coverage?
Not that I recall, but that situation could happen to you if you had employer or government provided coverage.
>Or have an expensive pre-existing condition?
No, but there are other options like health-shares. These are usually tied to religious organizations and works almost exactly like health insurance, pooling costs. Obamacare grandfathered in existing health shares but made it illegal to start new ones.
>There's certainly an element of luck involved, especially when it comes to the US healthcare system!
There's a certain element of luck to life in general. I'm certainly not dismissing the unfortunate souls you're referring to, but we equally should not pretend like these things are all that difficult for the average person to do.
Not that I recall, but that situation could happen to you if you had employer or government provided coverage.
>Or have an expensive pre-existing condition?
No, but there are other options like health-shares. These are usually tied to religious organizations and works almost exactly like health insurance, pooling costs. Obamacare grandfathered in existing health shares but made it illegal to start new ones.
>There's certainly an element of luck involved, especially when it comes to the US healthcare system!
There's a certain element of luck to life in general. I'm certainly not dismissing the unfortunate souls you're referring to, but we equally should not pretend like these things are all that difficult for the average person to do.