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If they pay their premiums, which many are not.
Only not cancelled because Obama illegally changed the law.
Until they realize their deductible is sky high.
Even though they were happy before, all of this upheaval.
You bet Democrats, it's time to campaign on Obamacare!!!
Tell you what, Moddy; we'll campaign on Obamacare, and you guys can campaign on what the GOP has accomplished, which is……
uh……
hmmmmm….
We have slowed the destruction of America by liberals and Obama. That should be enough to take the Senate this year.
How'd you do, that, exactly? I want to see that on some campaign literature.
While he's working on that I'd like some winger to tell us all about an ongoing program, conceived out of conservative principles( whatever those are) introduced,carried,and mostly passed by conservatives that beneits a majority of citizens of thisnation.I've asked this question several times and have yet to have a winger make an attempt at answering it.I'm betting Moddy won't try either.
…but alas, not able to stop the cranial dysentery it would appear.
Yep, forcing a debt ceiling stand off which lowered our credit rating, a government shutdown that cost billions in economic opportunity, and 50 votes to deny millions of Americans health insurence coverage sure does show the American people it's the liberals who are destorying America.
If my eyes could roll any more then they are, they would fall out of my head.
…and STILL no jobs bill.
Can we bill you Republicans for the $24 billion lost in taxpayer dollars from last November's shutdown. I haven't forgotten that.
The Senate will remain Democratic and the House will be surprisingly Democratic when the dust settles because the voters are hating the Republicans for obstruction.
Got any hard evidence? A link to studies? Graphs? Charts?
crickets
What about JOBS JOBS JOBS? Where were those bills? Oh wait, they spent all their time voting to repeal Obamacare and then to sue the President.
Any of us doing such a piss-poor job would have been fired long ago.
Trying to prove something didn't happen because your team did nothing is going to be a tough argument, but good try. BTW jobs, the economy and the stock market are all WAY up no thanks to Congress and the previous President.
Dear Koch Sucker,
The Administration did not "illegally" change the law, no matter how often you proclaim it.
As long as your idiots are campaigning on the GOP alternative . . . faith healing . . . , why not?
You mean the exact same kind of "illegal" change Bush made when he rolled out the medicare prescription benefit?
crickets
Know anybody who had to pay a higher deductible for higher cost and less coverage than what they had with insurance they bought on the private market? I mean someone who hasn't been debunked. I don't. Private insurance for the self employed sucked before ACA and sucks less now. Mine has the same high deductible but the cost is about half as much so I can, once again, afford to at least know that one hospitalization won't bankrupt me. Still not a civilized 21st century system like all the other modern industrialized countries have but better than it was. It's only because of you troglodytes that we can't all have quality health care coverag for half the per capita cost of our backwards system. But then nobody running for President or seeking to be Prime Minister in Europe is forced to swear they don't accept any post mid 19th century science, either. They're allowed to run as intelligent, educated grown ups.
crickets
Well, BC, I can personally attest to the fact that thr institution of Obamacare has resulted in higher cost, , quality health insurance for my employees and my family. This change was not mandated by the ACA, but was the result of a shift in policy that encouraged insurance companies to only offer junk insurance.
Our existing plan – which ends September first – had the following terms:
The new plan that we are being offered has the following terms:
And, the kicker is that the new policy is more expensive than our existing policy!
Now, don't confuse me with Mod or AC. I am an advocate for a national health system like the have in Britain. For me, single payer is a compromise.
The first sentence should read, "higher cost, lower quality health insurance".
hank you for the factual data. And I totally agree about national health.
Thank, that is
Thanks for chiming in. But when I bought health insurance for my company premiums were always going up and benefits often shrank. Five years ago when my employee demographics changed I moved to insurance with my hisband's employer but my experience regarding rates and benefits was the same. So the fact this is still happening on the private market is not surprising. As you noted, it it not a product of Obamacare and BC still has no one who has been forced by the ACA to pay more for less.
I am curious, what leads you to conclude the policy is shifting to junk insurance?
Prior to the adoption of the ACA, the "standard in the industry" for employer plans was to basically match the benefits provided by Medicare. If your employer provided a plan with better benefits (usually a union plan), you were in great shape. On the other hand, if your employer's plan was worse than Medicare, it was time to look for a new job. This was the plan that I provided for my employees and their families.
President Obama and his Chicago school*, neo-liberal cohort somehow decided that the average American family can afford to pay $6,350 per individual and $12,700 per family per year for medical expenses after paying insurance premiums. Given that the median household pretax income in the US is approximately $50,000 per year, I humbly suggest that these out of pocket maximums create junk insurance because any significant medical problem will drive the median family into insolvency and, possibly, bankruptcy.
A policy that
encouragesrewards insuance companies and employers to cancel decent health insurance plans and replace them with junk insurance is as damaging as a law the requires it.The ACA is a neo-liberal, Rube Goldbergian nightmare that a little to do with providing average Americans with decent healthcare and everything to do with bailing out the insurance industry.
If you are really interested in a detailed analysis of the ACA, I would recommend the following website -http://www.correntewire.com/obamacare_clusterfuck
*BTW – I am an alum of the University of Chicago.
Should read: "The ACA is a neo-liberal, Rube Goldbergian nightmare that has little to do with providing average Americans with decent healthcare and everything to do with bailing out the insurance industry."
Sorry about the bad hyperlink:
http://www.correntewire.com/obamacare_clusterfuck
My old plan: deductible went from $3,500 to $35,000 a year when that carrier illegally changed me from an HMO to a Health Savings Account. When I called to complain the customer service rep (that's a joke) said, you gonna call the insurance commissioner? They're here every day investigating us. You think they care? If they cared, they'd have shut us down.
Obamacare has helped me a lot. Guess what–my deductible is back to $3,500 because I bought a Gold plan and my premiums are less.
moderatus,
http://hotair.com/archives/2014/01/23/coming-in-2016-another-filibuster-proof-democratic-majority-in-the-senate/
http://www.politifact.com/punditfact/statements/2013/nov/10/george-will/george-will-paints-dire-electoral-picture-gop-says/
"After totaling the electoral votes in all the solid blue states, it becomes apparent that even a below average Democrat presidential candidate could begin the race with a whopping 246 advantage," the author said. "No wonder President (Barack) Obama was so confident of victory in 2012 for he knew the game was practically over before it began."
University of Virginia political scientist Larry Sabato said the hurdle for Republicans doesn't look any better if you count the underlying votes by citizens, not just the electoral results.
"Democrats have also won the popular vote in five of the last six presidential contests," Sabato said. "The demographic shifts heading to mid century are all pro-Democratic."
So basically you have no facts, just your bullshit talking points.Why is that most republicans have pulled their anti-Obamacare ads? Maybe Gessler should campaign against Obamacare – he would be sure to win the governorship.