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LouderVol said:
how did you not realize that?

at the very least ACA was making them cover more things. regardless of what the thing is.

and given that we are talking about various medical conditions with long term impact on health, there is no way it was going to be cheap/easy.
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Don't think about it nor have I researched it. That how I didn't realize it.
 
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BernardKingGOAT said:
Don't think about it nor have I researched it. That how I didn't realize it.
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so you were generally supportive of something without understanding the actual impact of it?

its not like this is 2013 and the Dems are telling us we need to vote for it to see whats in it again. its been more than a decade, and if you have health insurance this has directly impacted you.
 
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LSU-SIU said:
A 50 year mortgage is the equivalent of getting a car financed for 15 years.
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Except that most homes appreciate in value. Most cars do not. That being said, I think there should be no auto loans for anything other than commercial. That debt strangles people as bad as credit cards
 
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LouderVol said:
so you were generally supportive of something without understanding the actual impact of it?

its not like this is 2013 and the Dems are telling us we need to vote for it to see whats in it again. its been more than a decade, and if you have health insurance this has directly impacted you.
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I will tell you why I generally supported it. Back in 2006, I changed jobs. I had continuous coverage from 1986 until 2006. My last group plan was a BCBS plan. I took two months off before starting my next job. I went into that job covered by another BCBS plan. A year later I had a 2 day hospital stay at Vanderbilt to get some stents in my heart. BCBS came back afterwards and said they weren't covering it because of preexisting conditions. They had literally covered a previous hospital stay for the same procedure 3 years earlier. The bill was $10,000. Vanderbilt discounted it some when they found out about BCBS's BS. I'm sure there have been others who have had similar situations.
 
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SpaceCoastVol said:
Except that most homes appreciate in value. Most cars do not. That being said, I think there should be no auto loans for anything other than commercial. That debt strangles people as bad as credit cards
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Car loans are ok. I think there should be more restrictions on what you can get. Looking at pretax income is dumb. I was in my 20s and Chrysler offered me 100k loan. I made 55k..

Credit cards and student loans seem to sink most people.
 
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SpaceCoastVol said:
Except that most homes appreciate in value. Most cars do not. That being said, I think there should be no auto loans for anything other than commercial. That debt strangles people as bad as credit cards
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Sure,good idea. That single mom working at the pilot can easily save $45,000 in a month or two. Are that out of touch?
 
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appvol said:
She hasn’t been at the central office long. What you don’t understand is because of how long she has been a teacher and with her masters and doctorate is why she makes good money. If she can do it other teachers also can. It takes teaching for awhile and you can make good money. You are the one who said it BS that you can make almost $90,000
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Now it's almost. And yes it's ******** saying a 4th grade teacher in anderson county can pull down 90G. But that's what you inferred.
 
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BernardKingGOAT said:
I will tell you why I generally supported it. Back in 2006, I changed jobs. I had continuous coverage from 1986 until 2006. My last group plan was a BCBS plan. I took two months off before starting my next job. I went into that job covered by another BCBS plan. A year later I had a 2 day hospital stay at Vanderbilt to get some stents in my heart. BCBS came back afterwards and said they weren't covering it because of preexisting conditions. They had literally covered a previous hospital stay for the same procedure 3 years earlier. The bill was $10,000. Vanderbilt discounted it some when they found out about BCBS's BS. I'm sure there have been others who have had similar situations.
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it closed one loophole, but opened up many others.

before ACA I had insurance that covered testing for something that I have a family history for. if you catch it early, its a simple thyroid thing to fix. My old insurance covered the testing, and the simple fix as preventative care if I needed it. Post ACA that preventative care side of things won't be covered by my far more expensive ACA plans. But, thankfully, when/if that thyroid issue happens ACA will pay for the life saving care I will need if I don't catch it early.

thankfully the testing isn't that expensive and I can pay out of pocket, instead of following the ACA strategy of only addressing it once it becomes a life threatening issue.

in my case ACA is a direct threat to my health compared to what came before.
 
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hog88 said:
Other than the ones that you listed earlier what in your opinion are some "worth-while" career fields? Or what constitutes a "worth-while" career?
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Lol I listed a lot.

A career, IMO, is a field of expertise that lets an individual accomplish goals whether its financial, accomplishment within the profession, helping others through said profession, home-work life balance… it depends on an individual’s desires, but in general “worth-while” careers allow enough flexibility and upward mobility to accomplish any personal goals.
 
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LouderVol said:
spacecoast thinks its not a problem now, and him getting a house on a handshake 40 years ago is comparable to the current situation.
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Luckily I had the VA loan available to me so by 26 I was able to get into a house without a down payment or PMI. Life is all about the choices we make.
 
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OHvol40 said:
Lol I listed a lot.

A career, IMO, is a field of expertise that lets an individual accomplish goals whether its financial, accomplishment within the profession, helping others through said profession, home-work life balance… it depends on an individual’s desires, but in general “worth-while” careers allow enough flexibility and upward mobility to accomplish any personal goals.
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So just about any career can be "worth-while" as long as the individual is satisfied by it? Servicing porta-potties can be a "worth-while" career if it satisfies the persons desires?
 
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