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grahamhgreen

(15,741 posts) Mon Nov 18, 2013, 01:20 PM Nov 2013

Let me get this straight, if we follow the Presidents latest HCR plan, [View all]

Americans will be forced to buy for-profit insurance, and some of those plans will actually cover little or nothing.

"Insurers can extend current plans that otherwise would be canceled into 2014 and Americans whose plans have been canceled can choose to re-enroll in the same kind of plan," Obama said. "This fix won't solve every problem for every person, but it's going to help a lot of people. Doing more would require work with Congress."

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Let me get this straight, if we follow the Presidents latest HCR plan, [View all] grahamhgreen Nov 2013 OP

Well how can he get a break? upaloopa Nov 2013 #1

Well, he failed to close gitmo, does that make him a liar? grahamhgreen Nov 2013 #2

I think ... 1StrongBlackMan Nov 2013 #4

Um, he also promised us a public option! We don't want him lying about that too:) but grahamhgreen Nov 2013 #6

Or another (fact-based) way to look at it … 1StrongBlackMan Nov 2013 #3

Or maybe the "junk insurance" is just a talking point. A dramtocally failed talking point. Nuclear Unicorn Nov 2013 #5

The examples I've seen are junk - coverage at $800/year with a $2,000 max payout. Consumer grahamhgreen Nov 2013 #7

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