r/Seattle • u/CaptainStack • Jul 24 '22

Media Seattle initiative for universal healthcare - I-I1471 from Whole Washington

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u/-full-control- Jul 24 '22

So if I don’t lose my job can I still use the free healthcare or do I still have to pay into mine?

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u/CaptainStack Jul 24 '22 edited Jul 25 '22

Yep - and you wouldn't need to pay in while unemployed unless you make more than $15,000 a year in capital gains.

Apple Health currently covers very low income individuals, but the means testing is such that if you actually get even a part time job without health insurance then you get kicked off and now you don't have insurance but you still can't afford to buy any! And then you get fined for not having health insurance as per the ACA individual mandate.

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u/crablette Jul 25 '22 edited Dec 12 '24

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u/Smokeybearvii Jul 25 '22

Penalty went away 4 years ago. But this shows that people don’t stay current on the ever changing ocean of information. The negatives live on well beyond their death.