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cilla4progress

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61. YES!

Tue Oct 29, 2013, 02:26 PM

Oct 2013

So much so I initially volunteered to be an In Person Assister to help launch the program.

I guess I'm just a dummy in your world!

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The President said: "You can keep your current insurance policy." [View all] ChisolmTrailDem Oct 2013 OP

Your employer and your insurance company have always been able to take away JoePhilly Oct 2013 #1

Exactly. For the next 2 years, EVERY HC related issue will be blamed on "Obamacare" BlueStreak Oct 2013 #2

The good news will be that the ACA has basically broken up much of the State level monopolies JoePhilly Oct 2013 #5

Not all of them, but progress nonetheless BlueStreak Oct 2013 #45

problem is the speeches the President was making didn't detail it. What he said was you can keep lostincalifornia Oct 2013 #7

So true. cilla4progress Oct 2013 #12

They really have to fix these oversights ASAP lostincalifornia Oct 2013 #15

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my replacement policy PasadenaTrudy Oct 2013 #6

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No, some just discovered they had no insurance. They had been sold a bill of goods. Mass Oct 2013 #9

Or, they had a "catastrophic" insurance policy which really isn't "health insurance." CTyankee Oct 2013 #19

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Or, they find it quite adequate until something actually happens. haele Oct 2013 #69

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many people see the following as a bit more than "implied" solarhydrocan Oct 2013 #18

"Implied" is not a synonym for "stated" cthulu2016 Oct 2013 #26

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Oh, you again Pretzel_Warrior Oct 2013 #36

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That is still nothing different from what the insurers were already doing. JoePhilly Oct 2013 #44

That's a good question. Joe Scar had a field day with it on MJ today... CTyankee Oct 2013 #4

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Ya think? eom cilla4progress Oct 2013 #13

Isn't part of it too that the better substitute can be a lot more expensive? I can't imagine Laura PourMeADrink Oct 2013 #46

that seems to be the problem, altho some people would say they don't want the enhancements. CTyankee Oct 2013 #66

This implies you had insurance. Some of these contracts were insurance in name only. Mass Oct 2013 #10

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Suing for the old contracts not being what they thought they were buying. Mass Oct 2013 #17

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I don't know..mine was through the state, and it worked well for me. cilla4progress Oct 2013 #16

You were lucky not to have been seriously ill. I had breast cancer a few years ago and I was happy Mass Oct 2013 #20

I suppose one of the challenges cilla4progress Oct 2013 #22

Welp, TBH, he shouldn't have said that. Adrahil Oct 2013 #21

But his advisers could very well have said that saying" qualified plans" would look like a CTyankee Oct 2013 #23

Maybe he could have been clearer, but ecstatic Oct 2013 #24

Then my dream would be that Prez Obama would say, "OK, folks. Let's try another approach... CTyankee Oct 2013 #25

As a public option? Yes, that would have been great ecstatic Oct 2013 #27

well, I'll bet that you are right that PBO regrets trying to compromise as it was a doomed CTyankee Oct 2013 #30

Employers changed policies or dropped coverage altogether by decreasing blm Oct 2013 #28

we just got our new insurance at work. littlewolf Oct 2013 #29

HHS seems to be stepping into pile of shit. That agency wrote the REG on bluestate10 Oct 2013 #31

This is very interesting. cilla4progress Oct 2013 #53

As in all things, people hear what they want to hear matt819 Oct 2013 #32

No, people heard what they actually heard cthulu2016 Oct 2013 #33

Disagree matt819 Oct 2013 #47

"If you like your health care plan, you will be able to keep... leftstreet Oct 2013 #34

Um... we HAVE SoCalDem Oct 2013 #38

there are definitely certain issues that need to be addressed cynannmarie Oct 2013 #39

Folks like you cilla4progress Oct 2013 #57

This is taking 'parsing' to an entirely new level. randome Oct 2013 #41

^^^^^THIS IS....^^^^^^ Pretzel_Warrior Oct 2013 #42

Exactly. It depends on what the meaning of 'is' is cthulu2016 Oct 2013 #43

As far as I know mine hasn't EVEN cilla4progress Oct 2013 #60

Every person in this country knew he was full of shit when he said that. NCTraveler Oct 2013 #48

Wha? cthulu2016 Oct 2013 #49

Yes, everyone paying attention knew it was a lie. NCTraveler Oct 2013 #54

Don't pull the concern troll attitude with me. I support ACA and I don't ChisolmTrailDem Oct 2013 #50

No high horse here. NCTraveler Oct 2013 #51

And I by mine. n/t ChisolmTrailDem Oct 2013 #52

Just to clarify. You paid attention to the ACA debate and thought it was an honest comment? nt NCTraveler Oct 2013 #55

No, I was pointing out that we weren't talking about it, thereby ChisolmTrailDem Oct 2013 #58

YES! cilla4progress Oct 2013 #61

You believed that, but didn't believe other staments by him that contradicted it? nt. NCTraveler Oct 2013 #65

Such as? eom cilla4progress Oct 2013 #67

I for one heard PBO make that statement about keeping your insurance several times and I did not CTyankee Oct 2013 #68

Fair enough. NCTraveler Oct 2013 #70

I must confess that I was not a prescient as you were about this. However, I do wonder if my guess CTyankee Oct 2013 #71

Think Progress debunked NBC's report on insurance cancellations, and there is more ProSense Oct 2013 #56

He was wrong? Is it possible for the POTUS to be incorrect? Rex Oct 2013 #59

Unfortunately � 1StrongBlackMan Oct 2013 #72