The reason your COBRA rate was higher was that you were then paying the additional portion that your employer had been paying. So if it actually quadrupled, then your employer was paying 3/4 of it for you.
"We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare..."
Does not guaranteed healthcare promote the "general welfare" of American citizens?
"Promote" does not mean "provide". It means to encourage rather than require. This is an important distinction.
Would someone explain to me why this thoughtful reply is modded a 2 while the original, which is so thoroughly debunked by this reply, is modded a 4? That, in and of itself, matches the header.
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The reason your COBRA rate was higher was that you were then paying the additional portion that your employer had been paying. So if it actually quadrupled, then your employer was paying 3/4 of it for you.
"We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare..."
Does not guaranteed healthcare promote the "general welfare" of American citizens?
"Promote" does not mean "provide". It means to encourage rather than require. This is an important distinction.
How about "It is a planet if Galactus would consume it" ?
Would someone explain to me why this thoughtful reply is modded a 2 while the original, which is so thoroughly debunked by this reply, is modded a 4? That, in and of itself, matches the header.