your thoughts, guys? :o
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your thoughts, guys? :o
I don’t have health insurance & I don’t want it. When I go see the doctor I pay cash, which is $50 & I’m done with it. I have an account set up with the hospital to pay my medical bill from having surgery or when I get hurt & yes I make $20 payments. It isn’t hurting anyone & it’s the best health insurance ever. It covers me which is all I can afford to cover.
I used to have health insurance B4 Obama Care came along. Then I got a huge bill in the mail that was 1/2 my paycheck. The letter said if I couldn’t afford to pay that then my insurance would cancel. This Obama Care is a joke
Well, ObamaCare "sucks" because healthcare costs have risen faster than GDP or wages while congress has continued to fail to pass meaningful reform since the 60s. This meant the ACA was left to solve the entire healthcare crisis in one law. That law had to satisfy all parties, and corporations, and be palatable to the public, and maintain a free market.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sixt1947
On top of everything else, there are very few Platinum and Gold plans. When you do find those plans, then you learn real quick that your primary care, specialty, hospitals, etc do not accept the plan either. You have people that have been with their physicians for 15+ years and don't want to leave them.
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Originally Posted by Smileyhappy
After Donald Trump was awarded by the Presidency by the Electoral College, he promised that on his first day in office he would "repeal and replace Obamacare" with a "beautiful" new healthcare plan with better benefits and lower premiums. His boast was just empty talk. He had no healthcare plan in mind. The Republicans in Congress came up with three different healthcare plans. None of them passed. The Congressional Budget Office said each of the plans would have resulted in much higher premiums and over a ten-year period would cause at least 20,000,000 Americans to lose their insurance coverage.
On October 16, Trump said "the Democrats will be blamed for the mess" when Obamacare collapses. He also declared, "Obamacare is finished. It's dead. It's gone. There is no such thing as Obamacare anymore." All those statements are untrue. Eleven million Americans have gained coverage through the Affordable Care Act and many thousands more are signing up. Last week, Trump issued an executive order abruptly canceling subsidies that help insurance companies cover millions of low-income people. He also loosened regulations on association health plans which allow coalitions of businesses (such as restaurants and auto dealers) to obtain low-cost healthcare plans with minimal coverage. These plans attract younger healthier Americans and drive up the cost of healthcare for the sick and the elderly.
Three-fourths of Americans say the government should fix the problems with the Affordable Care Act but Trump continues to insist that eventually he will repeal and replace Obamacare. Last week he tweeted, "People will have great great healthcare. And when I say people, I mean by the millions and millions." Trump still has no plan and no strategy. Kaiser estimates that Trump's cancellation of the insurance subsidies will increase Obamacare premiums nationwide by an average of 19%. Trump continues to undermine the Affordable Care Act and he, not the Democrats, will be blamed when premiums rise and millions of Americans lose their coverage.
The Senate Health Committee is working on a bipartisan deal which would reinstate the federal subsidies to insurers but it is doubtful such a proposal would pass in a Congress dominated by Republicans, many of whom agree wth Trump that Obamacare should be repealed and replaced.
Stay tuned.
Republican Senator Lamar Alexander and Democratic Senator Patty Murray have been negotiating for several weeks on a plan to stabilize America's health insurance markets. The agreement announced yesterday would restore federal subsidies for two years and give more flexibility to the states but many Republicans would prefer to see Obamacare repealed and replaced. They also want an elimination of the mandate that every American has to have health insurance.
Last week Trump ordered an end to the cost-sharing subsidies and now he's encouraging legislation to temporarily restore them. On dozens of issues, he seems to change his mind every few days. Sad.
Well, my comment about Trump frequently changing his mind is borne out once again. Today, one day after saying he supports the Alexander-Murray healthcare bill, Trump now says he's opposed to it.
The President who brags about being a great deal-maker has been unable to make any deals on healthcare and it's doubtful he'll be able to make any deals on tax cuts either. And then there's North Korea, Iran, Russia, NATO, climate change, immigration, gun violence, the opioid crisis.......
Look what gets accomplished when Trump isn't involved!
Chuck Schumer says all 48 Senate Democrats support Alexander-Murray health care deal
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politi...D=ansmsnnews11
14 health care costs set to explode under Trump
CheatSheet.com, Oct 23 2017
It’s not fake news: Your health care might be in serious trouble. An analysis of the American Health Care Act from the Center for American Progress gives us an idea of what to expect, and it isn’t pretty. "We estimate that individuals with even relatively mild pre-existing conditions would pay thousands of dollars above standard rates to obtain coverage," the analysis said. "Coverage could become prohibitively expensive for those in dire need of care." If you have one of the following relatively common health issues, the analysis shows surcharges could explode.
1. Metastatic cancer
2. Lung, brain and other severe cancers
3. Heart attack
4. Colorectal, breast and kidney cancers
5. Rheumatoid arthritis & other autoimmune diseases
6. Drug dependence
7. Congestive heart failure
8. Pregnancy with no or minor complications
9. Stage 4 kidney disease
10. Depression and bipolar disorder
11. Seizure Disorders
12. Diabetes
13. Autism
14. Asthma
If you’re diagnosed with metastatic cancer, you could be looking at an incredible surcharge increase of 3,500%. In sheer dollars and cents, that’s more than $142,000. Next on the list are lung and brain cancers, along with other severe types. These are very costly to treat and are incredibly deadly. And if the American Health Care Act comes to pass, insurers could charge an extra 1,790% for coverage. That’s close to $73,000, all told. A history of heart attacks would be extremely costly under Trumpcare. The analysis said insurers could charge you 1,422% more than before, or almost $58,000.
More: https://www.cheatsheet.com/money-car...trumpcare.html
Despite Donald Trump's claims to the contrary, Obamacare is not "collapsing." Enrollment is well ahead of last year's pace.
Obamacare enrollment soars in first four days
http://www.money.cnn.com/2017/11/09/...ent/index.html
What did I say last month? (No, this is not a quiz -- see the above post.) More than nine million Americans have signed up for Obamacare so far this year and enrollment is still going on in 17 states.
Obamacare sign-ups surge, despite Trump's call for repeal
http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-n...221-story.html
Republicans will probably not make another attempt to repeal Obamacare next year but Trump abolished Obama's "have-insurance-or-pay-a-fine" mandate. Millions of young and healthy people will now forgo insurance and that will likely result in higher premiums for healthcare coverage for the sick and the elderly. Here is an Obamacare analysis by NBC/MSNBC political reporter Benjy Sarlin:
Obamacare barely survived 2017. How does 2018 look?
http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/whit...8-look-n832936
When Trump became President and Republicans regained control of Congress, their immediate priority was to try to undo everything Obama had done, from healthcare and banking regulations to environmental protections and fuel efficiency standards. Fortunately, they haven't managed to undo everything. "Trumpcare" would have been a disaster.
Large majorities of Americans want to preserve Obamacare's consumer protections, new poll finds
http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-n...905-story.html
With midterm elections less than four weeks away, Republican candidates are in a quandary -- whatever a "quandary" is. Two years ago they vowed to abolish Obama's 2010 Affordable Care Act. They failed to do so. They also failed to come up with a better healthcare plan. Obamacare's consumer protections are highly popular. Should the Republicans admit defeat.....or should they continue their Obamacare battles? That is the quandary -- whatever a "quandary" is.
Once their rallying cry, Obamacare is suddenly a sticky campaign issue for Republicans
http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-n...821-story.html
No, this is not a six-months-early April Fools joke. Occasionally the cost of insurance really does decrease, albeit never by very much.
Premiums for most popular type of Obamacare plan will drop next year
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/pr...fFHC?ocid=AMZN
"My fellow Republicans, we might lose control of the House after next month's midterm elections. We've gotta find some way to get voters to look upon us more favorably, even if it means we abandon some of our longtime goals and are perceived as wishy-washy. If we get re-elected, we can always reverse our decisions and the voters won't be able to do anything about it."
GOP lawmakers who voted for years to repeal Obamacare are now campaigning to save popular parts of it
http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-n...018-story.html
The word "pre-existing" is superfluous. If you have a condition, obviously it exists. Doy! Anyway, here is the Republicans' latest attempt to weaken the Affordable Care Act by allowing insurance companies to offer cheap coverage that doesn't really cover very much:
Trump administration takes another step to allow health plans that don't cover pre-existing conditions
Los Angeles Times, Oct 22 2018 12:00 PM
The Trump administration today took new steps to broaden the availability of health plans that don’t have to cover patients’ pre-existing medical conditions, signaling that the federal government would support state proposals to promote more sales of these skimpier plans. Administration officials billed the move as a way to give more choice to consumers who are struggling with expensive health insurance, but the proposal comes as President Trump and Republican congressional candidates are intensifying their bid to convince voters that the GOP backs patient protections in the 2010 Affordable Care Act, often called Obamacare. Just last week, Trump claimed on Twitter that "all Republicans support people with pre-existing conditions."
http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-n...022-story.html
The World Health Organization is projecting that people in 59 countries in the year 2040 will have a life expectancy of 80 years or more. The United States is not among them. Life expectancy in the US is dropping for the third consecutive year. We can thank Republicans for weakening the Affordable Care Act, rolling back cost protections, limiting access, limiting Medicaid expansion and allowing states to offer cheap insurance plans that don't cover certain conditions and illnesses.
Republican healthcare policies are pushing America closer to Third World life-expectancy levels
http://www.latimes.com/business/hilt...025-story.html
A judge ruled today that the Affordable Care Act's "buy-insurance-or-pay-a-fine" mandate is unconstitutional and therefore the entire Affordable Care Act is unconstitutional. Naturally, Trump and the Republicans are elated. They don't care about sick people and poor people. Today's decision will be appealed, of course. And whatever became of that "beautiful" new low-cost healthcare plan Trump promised us two years ago?
Federal judge in Texas strikes down Affordable Care Act
https://www-m.cnn.com/2018/12/14/pol...uit/index.html
Obama cares about Obamacare -- and he issued this warning: "Republicans will never stop trying to undo it. If they can't get it done in Congress, they'll keep trying in the courts, even when it puts people's pre-existing conditions coverage at risk. The only way to convince them to stop trying to repeal this law and start working to make health care better is to keep voting, in big numbers, in every election, for people who'll protect and improve our care."
Trump promised to work with Democrats to come up with a "great, great healthcare plan." Yeah, we've heard that before. Chuck Schumer tweeted, "The GOP spent all last year pretending to support people with pre-existing conditions while quietly trying to remove that support in the courts. Next year, we will force votes to expose their lies. They will no longer be able to get away with lying to the American people."
Obama reassures those worried about Obamacare as Democrats bash ruling
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/bar...ruling-n948421