6 other Obamacare promises - and these are very much coming true
http://money.cnn.com/2013/11/04/news/economy/obamacare-kept-promises/
Republicans recently pounced on the fact that, yes, some Americans will lose their current crummy insurance plans that don't meet the new standards set by the Affordable Care Act.
These Republicans are accusing President Obama of having misled the American public -- or worse, having lied.
I think that's a ridiculous claim. If you like your crummy plan, you can't keep your crummy plan under Obamacare, but odds are you will find a better plan that is also more affordable, with subsidies available to more than half of Americans.
Aside from parsing this promise that you could keep your plan, it is wrong to say that this alone was how Obamacare was sold to the public.
There were many promises -- and they are coming true with great benefits for millions of Americans.
You wouldn't know this from listening to Republicans and other critics.
So here, for the record, are a few of the Affordable Care kept promises:
1. Millions of young Americans will get access to health care by staying on their parents' plans
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2. You will no longer be denied insurance because of a pre-existing condition
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3. Your insurance will no longer be cut off due to spending caps.
Every American with insurance is now benefiting from the end of annual and lifetime spending caps, through which insurance companies would cut off payments in medical emergencies, thrusting millions of families into medical bankruptcy.
4. You will now be guaranteed much more comprehensive coverage.
All insurance plans are required to cover
10 essential benefits, including mental health services, laboratory work and hospitalization. Preventative care is now free to every insured American.
http://www.naic.org/documents/committees_b_Exchanges.pdf
5. The Affordable Care Act will cover millions of Americans who have lacked insurance.
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6. The Affordable Care Act is projected to lower the deficit.
According to Congressional Budget Office estimates, Obamacare will actually lower the deficit by $109 billion over the next decade. That's through a combination of cuts in Medicare reimbursement rates (which were not in line with other reimbursement rates) and new taxes.
The point of this exercise: We have to compare all the developing evidence of Obamacare's successes, and challenges, to the reality of what existed before -- which stank.
http://money.cnn.com/2013/11/04/news/economy/obamacare-kept-promises/
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