My Health Insurance Nightmare - Pay Attention to the Details

[Echonova]

I can see this as being the norm for a good number of the "young invincibles". They will pay the fine, unless they get hurt or sick. In that case, they will sign up for a plan to cover their existing condition, then drop it again.

Uh... I'm "older" with a broken back and 4 dependents making average white people money (kidding about the average part). I pay $400 a paycheck. I wish I could only pay $400 for the whole month.

Where's my break? I haven't calculated how much my insurance has gone up because I don't feel like getting mad. My only goal is to survive 2.5 more years. If sanity doesn't return then I'm pulling the emergency chute. If I'm going to live poor I can do that on a Jamaican shore with a fatty rolled and a margarita rather than bust my ass to try and prop up a failing system.