Re:Spain and Brazil push global action to tax the super-rich...
by diggan on Thursday July 03, 2025 @05:37AM
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> Medicaid or Medicare, or COBRA
Forgive my ignorance, but aren't those all federal programs? Or are they somehow indirectly paid by income taxes from the states themselves?
Do a state with no income tax have the same coverage for Medicaid,Medicare, or COBRA as a state with 50% income tax, for example?
No income at all generally means you're eligible for either Medicaid or Medicare, or COBRA coverage if you're recently unemployed.
The worst off are people who have low paying jobs- they make too much for benefits (typically 138% or more of the federal poverty level) but not enough to afford employer-sponsored or private-market insurance.