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Re:Health Insurance for bootstrapped founders in the US by solardev on Friday June 23, 2023 @02:25AM (#36443498)
Do you have income at all right now? Can you apply for Medi-cal (state health care)?

If you have a spouse or domestic partner, can you join their plan instead?

Otherwise, yeah, American healthcare is just fucked. One of the great downsides of living here.

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Re:Health Insurance for bootstrapped founders in the US by buzzthro on Friday June 23, 2023 @02:38AM (#36443577)
Nope. No income right now. But my expected income for 2023 (the first six months I've worked at the very least) puts me outside of MediCal subsidies.

Spouse was on my health insurance. She works as a part time government contractor. No benefits.

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Re:Health Insurance for bootstrapped founders in the US by solardev on Friday June 23, 2023 @10:28AM (#36447271)
Sorry man, rough spot to be in. I'm in a similar boat and there's no easy way around it that I know of.

Might just have to be something you write off once you start making money...

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