Low unemployment isn’t worth much if the jobs barely pay

Re:Low unemployment isn’t worth much if the jobs barely pay by docbrown on Sunday January 12, 2020 @11:45AM (#22027245)

I understand your point but you’re also attempting to portray that low income folks have no chance at obtaining health insurance. Thankfully Medicare and Medicaid coverage gives health insurance to millions of people. 63 million to be exact were enrolled through some form of Medicaid in October 2019 (Center for Medicare, 2019)[1]. Another 10 million or so people are eligible for Medicare (prior to age 65) due to a disability.

[1] https://www.medicaid.gov/medicaid/program-information/medica...

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Re:Low unemployment isn’t worth much if the jobs barely pay by vertex-four on Sunday January 12, 2020 @03:56PM (#22029274)

The problem is there's a gap between having low enough income (and being able to jump through enough hoops) to qualify for Medicaid and having a good enough job to be able to afford adequate health insurance to receive healthcare in anything but an emergency.

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