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In reply to the discussion: It's not 3 dimensional chess. It's a kick to the gut. [View all]lark
(23,301 posts)but this sounds strange when the average cost in MA and ND, the only states I know where there are exchanges, is around $900 per family of 4 per month. I don't know how you can just assume there will be big cost savings, except for the indigent or near indigent. For the healthy uninsured, this will be a huge increase. I know in FL, they are not expanding Medicaid and most states in the south it's the same - they want to provide programs with little guaranteed coverage at all - how is that good for the lower wage earner?
I have not seen anywhere that chained CPI wouldn't affect all SSI recepients. When they talk about raising the age, that's when they say not for people currently on or very close to retirement age.
There's no way that chained CPI is not a total betrayal of the working class in favor of the 1%ers, no spin can change that fact.