"The ACA is going to make things better for millions. Simple as that."

[babylonsister]

http://thedailybanter.com/2013/11/quote-of-the-day-this-is-why-we-suck/

Quote of the Day: This Is Why We Suck

Chez Pazienza on November 14, 2013

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“The shorthand explanation for what’s going on here is that everybody — the insurance companies, members of Congress, and Obama — is bullshitting.”

– Jonathan Chait on the “Democratic freak-out” and the consequent plan by President Obama to adjust one of the main provisions of Obamacare

The president is now asking insurance companies to renew any policies canceled in the wake of the Affordable Care Act for a full year. He’s also apologizing for the issues — over-apologizing, unfortunately, as is his habit. “We fumbled the rollout on this health care law,” he said during a White House press conference today, hoping to calm the fears of the Democrats who’ve now jumped on the “All Is Lost” bandwagon.

We’re such pussies here in America. We really are. We expect everything to go smoothly and be convenient for us at all times and any time it doesn’t — such as, you know, when a brand new, unprecedented, massively comprehensive change in the way we get access to health insurance is introduced — we lose our fucking minds. It’s a little like what the Joker said in The Dark Knight: as long as things go according to plan, even if that plan is horrifying, we’re satisfied and go right along with it. We’re creatures of habit in the worst possible way.

The ACA is going to make things better for millions. Simple as that. But because getting there isn’t as easy as plopping our fat asses down on the couch and ordering a movie by remote on pay-per-view, we whine like babies who got our binkies yanked out of our mouths. Obama never should’ve had to reassure us that nothing was going to change and everyone was going to be happy at all times during this process because if that were the case it wouldn’t have been worth doing in the first place. He only did it because he knows the truth: we suck.

[Decaffeinated]

1. Better for some and worse for some...

Who do you want to vote next time?

[itsrobert]

3. Actually better for most, worse for a few

if you want to be accurate.

[AlinPA]

2. "Buying insurance on a website is not as easy as ordering a song on itunes". I think

I heard the President say that the other day. It brings out your point that people expect "easy" and aren't will willing to accept or handle any complexity.

[FarCenter]

4. Will it be better for 65 million voters?

Which is roughly what you need to win a presidential election.

[itsrobert]

5. Maybe it isn't as simple as that

What if your healthcare remained the same or slightly higher, your sister who has ovarian cancer is now able to get coverage due to the ACA. Will that influence your vote?

[FarCenter]

6. Right now, it is more likely that your sister has received a cancellation letter.

The 3 to 5 million estimated people who have received cancellation letters have a lot of friends and relatives.

[itsrobert]

7. And most will get better coverage on the exchange at about the the same or lower cost

A few will have to pay more for better coverage. Is that not right?

[JaneyVee]

8. I think it's more likely they will find a better deal on the exchange.

And tell their relatives and friends.

[1StrongBlackMan]

9. How do you figure ...

Right now, it is more likely that your sister has received a cancellation letter.

How do you come to that conclusion?

The 3 to 5 million estimated people who have received cancellation letters have a lot of friends and relatives.

True ... And the vast majority of those friends and relatives are/will be unaffected or benefitted by the ACA.

And hopefully, those friends and relatives will tell their friend/relative that got the cancellation notice to look to the exchange and get a better policy, even if it means having to pay more.

[FarCenter]

10. There are in the neighborhood of 20,000 women with ovarian cancer and without insurance.

[1StrongBlackMan]

13. And those 20,000 DID NOT get cancellation notices ...

and if they did ... it was after they had already been dropped by their insurers, as uninsurable, i.e., too expensive and unrelated to the ACA, or after they realized the junk insurance policy was useless.

So I ask again, ...

[DonCoquixote]

11. signature worthy quote

"Obama never should’ve had to reassure us that nothing was going to change and everyone was going to be happy at all times during this process because if that were the case it wouldn’t have been worth doing in the first place. He only did it because he knows the truth: we suck"

Sounds like the whole presidency to me.

[treestar]

12. We should do away with it entirely

because some people claim it has harmed them.