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karynnj

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Fri Jun-12-09 09:17 AM
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25. I get where Obama is coming from,

but - if someone genuinely can't afford it, shouldn't they be at the level where Medicaid pays for it - or where the new plan has a sliding scale (like in SCHIP) that charges an affordable amount.

The problem is what is affordable? For a young healthy person, even if the cost were $200 a month (way below the cost), they might still be willing to take the risk that they would not get sick at all or that their medical bills would be under $2400 for the year. How do you define whether a person could afford it? In some cases, it is likely an economic decision.

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