And your move to a new state qualifies you for a Special Enrollment Period. You can sign up for an Obamacare policy of your choice once you take up residence in Florida. That is contingent, of course, on income levels.
Florida did not expand Medicaid under the PPACA. But if you project income of at least 133% of the federal poverty level, and no more than 400%, then you would qualify for a subsidy on the exchange and not drop into the Medicaid black hole.
If you project, for example, 140% of the FPL and your income for the year turns out to be lower and would have actually qualified you for Medicaid then for people like you the IRS has not been clawing back the subsidy.
Depending on my job situation down there in the next…oh…6 months or so, my honest-to-goodness fallback is probably just going to the courthouse with Ms. Cups, getting married, and getting on her insurance.
Most of the reason we aren’t already engaged/married is the whole upheaval of moving and lack of money, so it’s not like we aren’t getting married eventually.
The other day I was considering finding a doctor myself and came across a website called Need Help Paying Bills. It seems to be a very comprehensive database for all sorts of services someone with limited amounts of money, whether temporarily or long term, may need. I’ve found a couple of clinics nearby I’m going to check out.
I see from your public profile that you are on the east coast. It looks like the easiest way to find clinics and other medical places in your area is to type your city, state and the word medical in the search box. It’s worth it to explore the website further, though.
Good luck to you, Sir T-Cups. Hope you feel better soon.
I’m not sure he’s actually met her yet. You know this Internet Age… it’s all texting texting texting.
Seriously STC, I had similar problems with heart palpitations when I used to drink Mountain Dew and Mello Yello by the bucketload. Cut back on the caffeine, bro.
Nor did our state. A friend was in the interesting position of having no income for a while. That made him worse off than being low-income - because with low income, he got subsidies for the insurance. With no income, he didn’t even have the cash flow to pay the subsidized rates.
You’ll feel so much better overall and I’ll bet these symptoms go away.