Former football player Steve McMichael has ALS. He needs help paying his medical bills.
Why? ALS is somewhat common, and everyone has to have health insurance, right? I thought the ACA required it. Or am I wrong?
Former football player Steve McMichael has ALS. He needs help paying his medical bills.
Why? ALS is somewhat common, and everyone has to have health insurance, right? I thought the ACA required it. Or am I wrong?
I am a generally a useless source of inaccurate information.
Yes, it's required, but it's possible he let it lapse and didn't get insurance.Originally Posted by Sludge
Most people with "medical bankruptcies" these days have that exact story, including two people I know personally.
Thanks, Dan and David.
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Mongo McMichael?
Holy shit, that isn't a name I've really heard in about 20+ years, but it certainly brings back some cool memories meeting the guy
Im not kidding. Its a Saturday Night and im chilling outside of a nightclub in my city with a bunch of my friends...we were trying to decide what bar to hit up next. Im guestimating it was around 98' - 99'...somewhere around that time period. Now to put it in perspective, this isnt a place where you normally have random celebrities show up out of the blue.
Then a limo rolls up and out comes a bunch of body guards and then McMichael himself. I cant remember why he was even in town, but we were in the right place at the right time and ended up having a few rounds with the guy and his entourage.
While we were saying our goodbyes, one of my friends decided to ask him a question about wrestling and what was was real or wasnt. (I mean, remember, this particuar time period was one of the hights of interest/viewership of WWF and wrestling was all the rage)
McMichael just says in an authoritative tone "the moves are fixed, but the pain is REAL"
It was a good time and ill never forget it.
I hope he is going to be ok
So called required but Trump removed the financial penalty for not having it.
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So, as other posters have correctly pointed out, the INDIVIDUAL MANDATE was removed years ago. So, there is no penalty for not having insurance. Biden reopened the enrollment periods through and including August 15, 2021, so Mongo can sign up today and have coverage effective 05/01/2021. There are no health questions and pre-existing conditions are covered from day one without any waiting periods. This however, will not help with past medical bills that he incurred.
Also, note that many people purchase catastrophic plans that have high deductibles and high out of pocket maximums.
But, I'm curious in that I thought the NFLPA provided coverage to it's former players.
So, as other posters have correctly pointed out, the INDIVIDUAL MANDATE was removed years ago. So, there is no penalty for not having insurance. Biden reopened the enrollment periods through and including August 15, 2021, so Mongo can sign up today and have coverage effective 05/01/2021. There are no health questions and pre-existing conditions are covered from day one without any waiting periods. This however, will not help with past medical bills that he incurred.
Also, note that many people purchase catastrophic plans that have high deductibles and high out of pocket maximums.
But, I'm curious in that I thought the NFLPA provided coverage to it's former players.
I think the NFL health coverage ends 5 years after retirement.
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