Uh, FOXNews had a real man and his family of 4 from TN on this week where he said his insurance plan for his family went from $400 a month to over $1100 a month with a $24,000 deductible.
Yes, I said $24,000 deductible. Why the **** even have insurance if you have to spend $24,000 before the insurance covers your expenses....
You're dealing with Yankee, mostly New Yawk sleaze on this site. They couldn't give a a damn about the plight of someone in TN.
Well, some of us care enough about the "plight of someone in Tn'' to actually spend some time researching the Law and how it affects various States and various incomes, with the subsidy and without the subsidy....and I would suggest you do the same...if you truly do care about the "plight of someone in Tennessee"....
here's a calculator that will give you an idea of what the estimates would be if for someone in Tenn, and if they ask for a zip code for Tenn. you can google and get one...to put in the calculator...you can change various incomes to get an idea of how much out of pocket they will have to spend before the policy comes in and pays etc....these estimates are for a "silver Plan" of 30/70%....
but if the family makes less than $35000 a year, which is likely in tennessee for those seeking insurance from the exchange, their deductible is reduced to $500 as a yearly Deductible or even less if they make less, and around a $1000-$1500 out of pocket...at least that is what is showing in my State's calculator at one of the sites of one of the Insurance companies participating on the Exchange....so if you make over $35k for a fam of 2 or more you get no further assistance other than the assistance with your premiums, but under $35 k for 2 or more people, the gvt comes in and pays most of the deductibles and out of pocket expenses for the family's plan as well....
This is the Kaiser calculator which does not show what I am talking about with what my state shows but it gives a good idea on how it all works, play around with it....you'll learn a lot.
http://kff.org/interactive/subsidy-calculator/
let me go and see if I can get the link for my state's non profit insurance company on the exchange so you can do some calculating on their site... it may not be your state, but it still can give you an idea of how the ACA and exchange will work for various different ages and incomes....
my state is a very very expensive health insurance state...and is nearly double up here for a health care policy than it would be if I lived in Florida for example, because my state is unpopulated and very spread out, and not enough Doctors want to live here, with a peaceful life but less money, they want the fast lane and bigger money....and the Lord knows they will need the bigger money to pay off their school loans....so we are in a real bind way up here....
basically, the plights for those families earning little money above the poverty level, will be subsidized nearly in full....