Tiffany Bond  🦞 🇺🇸Verified account

A better choice might be to open up MaineCare to businesses/individuals to buy in. That would expand the state's risk pool. #mepolitics

STLDI plans are generally worse than current ACA plans, though they may be less expensive...because they cover less. #mepolitics

So you think "SWEET, insurance I can afford!" They say "it doesn't cover everything but it's cheap"

You think "well, it's for a few months, what could go wrong" Then you have an accident Then you realize you are buying someone a new car

Because the insurance did not, in fact, cover a whole lot of things, but you didn't want to or know how to read the coverage. #mepolitics

This is why the ACA has "essential benefits" because raise your hand if you've ever read everything your insurance does and does not cover.

Ok, now raise your hand if you've read *anything* your insurance covers. No, you in the back, that was the premium sheet. #mepolitics