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dude@lemmings.worldM to news@lemmings.worldEnglish · 1 month ago

Texas woman with Stage 3 cancer sees her insurance premium rise over 700 percent: ‘I’m going to die’

www.independent.co.uk

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Texas woman with Stage 3 cancer sees her insurance premium rise over 700 percent: ‘I’m going to die’

www.independent.co.uk

dude@lemmings.worldM to news@lemmings.worldEnglish · 1 month ago
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Texas woman with Stage 3 cancer sees her insurance premium rise over 700 percent
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Johana Scott said her premium spiked from around $200 per month to $1,725 for the same plan after ACA subsidies were allowed to lapse at the start of the year
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  • the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world
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    Welcome to trumps america, We are all fucked.

  • El_guapazo@lemmy.world
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    My sympathy will depend on who she voted for. Elon said empathy is a sin and the weakness of Western civ.

    • SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca
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      Most Americans assume they will never get sick. In addition to jacking insurance, Republicans killed all new cancer research so there is no hope for the future.

      That’s how I would do it if I wanted to cull the seniors of a nation. Cheaper than building gas chambers.

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    I saw this woman speaking on Youtube about her predicament. How long will it be before ACA recipients arrange to have their mortal remains delivered to the US Capitol?

    • SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca
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      Republicans would just use the ashes as kitty litter.

  • Arandomguyontheinternet@sh.itjust.works
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    No, she is going to go bankrupt… hopefully.

    Cancer is the most common reason for medical bankruptcies in the US by a long shot.

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  • _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works
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    Get the treatment and then don’t pay when the bill arrives? Fuck em.

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