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Health insurance options?

Tags: COBRA health insurance ObamaCare

Long Lost Friend February 12, 2016 at 12:53 pm

I recently left the world of full-time employment and am seeking out more liberty-oriented sources of income. Of course, I can do COBRA for the next 18 months, but I’m looking for the best options out there for self-employed individuals/freelancers without heading for Obamacare.

Note: it is a requirement that I have insurance, not only to avoid that IRS penalty, but it is a condition of my divorce decree that my children are covered. So, the question isn’t if I should get insurance, but rather what has worked for you if you are employer-less and insured.

Thanks!

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Frank Maruschak February 12, 2016 at 5:26 pm

If you don’t care for the overpriced corrupt Insurance Industry take a look at Medi-share.

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  Long Lost Friend February 12, 2016 at 5:32 pm
  
  I am all for mutual aid societies, but, as a divorced dad, the state intrudes into my parenting decisions through the family court system. Not having recognized health insurance is not an option as far as my children are concerned.
  
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Frank Maruschak February 12, 2016 at 6:05 pm

It is too bad that so many of us have ended up as servants of a state whose only duty is OUR protection. What sweat equity does the state have in you or your children? When, where, why, and how did you knowingly, willing and voluntarily surrender your right for the determination of the self?

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Anonymous February 14, 2016 at 7:33 pm

I’m trying to find the same thing. I haven’t found anything liberty minded except for the mutual aid stuff. The best I’ve found is getting insurance from the Marketplace, just not applying for any subsidies or breaks. That’s as liberty-ish as I’ve been able to figure out. Since I’m single and under 30, I’m going to go for catastrophic. Unfortunately, healthcare.gov is the most helpful site I’ve found.

Best of luck to you!

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  Rick Rule February 14, 2016 at 9:27 pm
  
  Anna
  
  You and the rest of the thread will hate me for saying this; TAKE THE SUBSIDY. There are a bunch of us old , fat, lazy, rich libertarians who are too programmed and too stupid to stop earning. They are gonna steal it and redistribute it, if some of it spills back to a few of our people, I can crack a quarter of a smile.
  
  Bleed the beast young lady, please.
  
  In two short years, they will offer me social security, and I’m gonna take it. Not because I need it, or because I deserve it ( although I’ve put in way more than I’ll take out, even if I out lived Methuselah), but rather because every month I’m going to endorse that check over to a deserving anti government organization, which will amuse me immensely, and leave a smidgen less for some poor, aging statist schmuck.
  
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    Craig Spencer February 14, 2016 at 9:48 pm
    
    “… and leave a smidgen less for some poor, aging statist schmuck.”
    
    If you really believe that then you will believe that voting matters. Say, would you like to buy a bridge in Brooklyn? 🙂
    
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    - Rick Rule February 14, 2016 at 9:52 pm
      
      I’m not sure I do believe it Craig. But they are gonna take it, and I want mine to have it.
      
      If Anna chooses not to take it, I guess I’ll be proud of her, but I still hope she grabs the cash.
      
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    - Craig Spencer February 14, 2016 at 10:03 pm
      
      I would not want to tell her what to do. However, you might consider the consequences to her of becoming a dependent of the State. Taking is not without consequences, especially for people young enough that they still have options for how they will live their lives.
      
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    - Rick Rule February 14, 2016 at 10:12 pm
      
      You make a great point Craig, one that I must consider. Look at me, I’ve made a habit of paying taxes, which I concede have done untold harm
      
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    Anonymous February 14, 2016 at 9:52 pm
    
    Ha! Beautiful.
    
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