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October 29, 2013 08:32 AM UTC
22 Comments
Ah, yes, the "deflection" tactic. Perhaps Sebilius can in turn ask him for his proof on the claims he made regarding the costs of his family health plan under ACA. Nothing but a lot of crickets since he launched that campaign. There are legitimate things he could bring up about ACA – but the relative success of the Colorado roll-out isn't one of them.
shiny object for Cory
Shut Up, Little Man!
Cory is right – all of our priorities are all fucked up. What we really need to be doing is to drop everything, including fixing healthcare.gov website failures, addressing NSA snooping on our allies, and fixate on an ad with someone doing a keg stand.
Gardner is a fucking manchild.
It's relevant in that the Colorado Consumer Health Initiative received an ACA grant (federal money) to "ensure Colorado's online health insurance marketplace is working for Colorado consumers" (source: CCHI website).
So, while Secretary Sebelius didn't design the ad, the federal government paid for it.
Really? That doesn't quite prove the feds paid for this, but it's very interesting.
Interesting, but not accurate. The assumption was the "ACA" grant was from federal funding. It was *for* work on ACA implementation from private foundations. No federal money involved.
Actually that is not accurate. The "ACA Grant" is not FROM the ACA but FOR ACA work. The ACA funding comes from private foundations, not the federal government.
That ad is really good. I want to commend Gardner for drawing people's attention to this success in the ACA rollout.
It's certainly one of those ads that results in lots of free publicity. So, in that sense, it was an effective use of the spending — the bang for the buck factor. Which you'd think a conservative ought to be able to comprehend. I don't particularly like the ad, but that's neither here nor there.
Are you kidding? Cory probably came up with Creepy Uncle Sam. And he probably calls people "bro."
Secretary Sebelius is not responsible for how grants are used. However, I am not a fan of this particular ad. From a targeting point of view, I can think of several other ways to go. Although, I guess it was effective in that it got attention. Though I wonder if it got any "bros" attention.
I support the ACA but I am concerned about the roll out. I hope that the website issues are quickly resolved and serious effort is put toward making the sign up process as streamlined as possible.
And because of the essential benefits mandate, I think there are many who knew that that some policies would no longer be available and there would be inevitable cancellations. Now, I believe the essential benefits is a necessary component of the ACA but I wish there had been more honesty around this from the ACA architects.
Edna, I'm with you on the "brosurance" ad. I think it reinforces all of the stereotypes about young males: that they're immature, party too much, take too many risks, and have contempt for proper English. I've asked the young males in my life (i.e., my son and nephews) whether they think that these are actually selling points that will motivate them to shop for health insurance. The CCHI website has several other ads that I like better.
Of course, Gardner's just feeding the far right base. I doubt if he actually has any real convictions of his own. It's also clear that the Republican House members would like to remove Sebelius from her job, thus further stalling and blocking ACA implementation. I still maintain that this isn't merely a software design problem, but an interface with the states that refused to set up exchanges.
I'm also with you on the "more honesty from ACA promoters would have been better". Not just on that some people have such crappy insurance that it doesn't meet standards and will need to be upgraded or cancelled.
Here in Colorado, I would have liked to have known that I would have to apply for and get a decision from Medicaid before I would be able to shop for insurance on the exchange. It's been 3 weeks now, stil waiting to hear. 18,000 some people who tried to enroll on connectforhealthco were suddenly dumped into the Colorado social services system, so who knows how long it will all take. This seems to be a trend across the country in states which opted to expand Medicaid.
All of which reinforces the argument that we should have been looking at a single payer system and beefing up the Colorado medicaid resources to meet the demand. healthcareforallcolorado.com has been working on this for awhile.
So Gardner will keep on talking those points and trying to get press against the ACA, continuing to ignore the needs of people in his district. I don't know how he keeps getting re-elected. Bajillions in industry campaign finance helps.
I sure would like to see single payer happen, it is certainly the best option to positively affect patient outcomes and the most affordable by far. However, reason doesn't rule here.
We can actually track some pretty interesting "bro" response – both on campus and in diverse places such as online body building forums; not to mention trivia nivht at the Irish Snug.
So are the "bros" going for the health exchange?
Thankyou, thankyou, thankyou Representative Gardner . . .
Now, could you please do something about all those awful "Flo" ads ??!!??
I went to the doctor this morning for a checkup to manage a chonic condition, no co-payment. Of course my insurance is through my wife's employer but we are already seing the benefitsof the ACA.
Someone is paying for that "free" appointment. Don't be fooled.
Somebody is paying for all healthcare. That somebody probably includes you. That's kind of the point. We here in the US are just paying more for less than in any other modern industrialized country on earth because folks like you think getting what everybody else has, universal quality health care for half what we spend in the US, is a socialist plot. Sure, it may cost less and make other countries industrial sectors more competitive but apparently there's something patriotic about not just paying but over paying for other people's healthcare through our stupid universal healthcare via ER system and also being the only people in the modern world at risk of going bankrupt over a health crisis. Who wouldn't want to fight tooth and nail for all that top dollar, high risk health care freedom?
Absolutely, Moddy!
It's being paid for by their PREMIUMS, you stupid git!
Oops, "chronic". cranky old keyboard.