[quote=FlyerInHi]Why didn’t trump marry native women? He imported his wives.
BG, I’m not defending all of obamacare. I would prefer VA or Medicare for all.
But I know at least 20 people who now have health care. They went without before.
Despite your problems, ACA is an incremental improvement for all.[/quote]FIH, Trump’s second spouse was from GA, USA. He didn’t have to “import” his first and third spouse as they were both already present in NY when he met them. However, they both eventually became US citizens due to marrying him.
I know an older plumber and also a cabinetmaker in his late forties (both Americans) who “imported” their latest spouses from Russia and they seem to be very happy. It’s not only the “rich” who do this.
CC is specifically targeting heads of households and single filers who are over the age of 55 for forced Medi-Cal placement. It doesn’t matter what income they reported or what the nature of their income is (ie W-2, 1099, etc). It doesn’t matter if they have an income $15K or $20K above the Medi-Cal threshold, their tax returns show this to be true and they proved it last year and the year before. They must prove it every year and often two or three times per year on very short notice or they can be bumped off their healthplan arbitrarily (yes, after paying their premium for that month). Our great state of CA has been “lawyering up” for nearly six months now to begin massive collection efforts for the purposes Medi-Cal recovery on the estates of the “over-55” set. I cannot emphasize enough here that CA wants EVERYBODY they can possibly get who is over 55 on Medi-Cal ASAP so they can start running up their estate tabs with mandatory ~$625 month Medi-Cal premiums, whether they ever go to the doctor or not.
THOUSANDS of CC enrollees have already gotten Medi-Cal cards in the mail that they never applied for only to call their carrier and find out they have been bumped from their plans.
CC and Social Service agencies of CA’s 58 counties have access to the the CA EDD computer and Franchise Tax Board records of CC participants. For example, if a CC participant is a Realtor who makes $8K in commissions one month and then doesn’t make any money for four months and then makes $34K the next month in commissions, they could find themselves force-placed into Medi-Cal. Unlike CC, Medi-Cal does not use annual income and does not recognize military pensions as “income.” (I know a military retiree whose pension is over $4K month.) Medi-Cal only uses MONTHLY income to determine eligibility. If you have months where no income is reported to the EDD or don’t have legitimate documentation to prove when income was paid to you, you could easily be bumped into Medi-Cal. I doesn’t matter if your income for the year was over $40K. If you reside in CA, are receiving a subsidy to pay your premium (however small) and you are over 55, you are a moving target for forced Medi-Cal placement behind your back. You will find yourself “proving your income” to CC over and over and over again and will be given very little notice to do so before being bumped. Their personnel doesn’t have the expertise to properly read the numbers on your tax return and doesn’t have access to your backup documents from entities which paid you income. You could have an income of $45K (or $65K if a couple) and have an AGI on Line 37 of your tax return) of $15K or $20k due to writeoffs and they don’t understand how you got to that number and want to know all the particulars … all the time.
If you are over 55, my advice to EVERYONE is to STAY OFF CC and get your healthplan elsewhere if you want to preserve your estate. It’s NOT WORTH IT!!!
