SKINNER: DU Group to discuss provisions of ACA??

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1. I absolutely agree.

I would suggest that the Democratic Party Get-Out-in-Front of 2014 with:

* National, Regional, and Local Information and Education campaigns,

*fully funded and staffed regional and local offices to assist confused citizens

*Trained Crisis Management and Emergency Response teams

*national TV and Media campaigns to explain all the details and options.

The best estimates predict that between 40 MILLION and 70 MILLION Americans will be uninsured by 2014.

As an uninsured American that will be directly affected, I have sought detailed information,
and it is not easy to find.

I currently "self-pay" for my Health "Care" are a Community Health Center,
and NOBODY there has any of the details concerning the implementation ACA, especially the eligibility and application processes,
and VERY few are familiar with even the Broadest Outlines of the ACA.

I have met NOBODY On-the-Street that has even the vaguest understanding of The Mandate, The Exchange, the Levels of Insurance/Coverage offered on the Exchange,The Option to Refuse and the Penalties, or the now "Optional" Medicaid Expansion, Who is covered and who isn't.
NOBODY!

Last week, I was talking to an informed Democrat, active in our local Democratic Party,
who was under the delusion the the ACA contained a Government Administered Federal Public Option available to everybody!!!


If this turns into a chaotic nightmare in 2014,
there WILL be 40 Million - 70 Million Americans who will blame the Democratic Party.


The only problem I foresee with this group at DU is that it will be chaotic, partisan,
and deluged with vague and conflicting information.