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In reply to the discussion: Health Insurance Rate Shock-California Obamacare Insurance Exchange Announces Premium Rates [View all]hunter
(38,302 posts)Ask any "uninsurable" person who has no health insurance, anyone who has faced a COBRA they can't pay because they are too sick to work, or anyone who has run out a COBRA.
As wretched as this is, it's an improvement.
Sometimes the difference between a "F" and a "D" grade is important.
I give "Obamacare" a "D-" but that's a marked improvement from the "F-" kill it with fire our existing healthcare system deserves.
The most remarkable thing about healthcare in the USA is that even people with excellent insurance and/or wealth can get incredibly inappropriate, expensive, and sometimes deadly health care. Sociopathic doctors who are only motivated by money are going to target the very wealthy; you are much less likely to find them working the local free clinic or middle class HMO.