Originally Posted by
sp00ki
If you're employed, your job (in most cases) also subsidizes your insurance. If you're unemployed, you get medicare. I don't really get how people can go about not having health insurance in the us. Working at a supermarket gets you health benefits for christ's sake...
Actually, due to the current economy a lot of places like supermarkets, hardware stores, and large corporate retailers in general are cutting hours back to sub 30 hours a week so they don't have to pay for healthcare. My best friend owes the local hospital thousands because his hours were cut and he lost his insurance a week before he got f'ed up in a crash. I get healthcare through the college system though, I thank god for that.