Because of the ACA, we can now remove the quotations from health "insurance".. [View all]
Thinking back about my blogging on various political forums over the years, I always used to refer to American health "insurance" as just that. The word "insurance" in quotations. Implying what insurers call insurance. Implying that it is fake.
Because when people made a health insurance claim, their policies often got canceled, or they'd quickly reach a benefit cap, or they couldn't get insured in the first place due to pre-existing conditions.
The ACA has changed all of that. Health insurance is now real coverage, real insurance.
No more fake policies that cancel when people need it the most.
When people tell me they don't support the ACA I tell them that insurance is now real and must pay out when a medical claim is made, no more benefit caps, no more cancellations.
I tell them that the former fake policies basically throw their policyholders to the lions once a medical claim is made for an illness.
I ask them, "Do you prefer being thrown to the lions or do you want real health insurance coverage, when YOU need it most? Are you still opposed to the ACA?"
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In closing, it's nice to actually be able to refer to the subject now as just health insurance. No more quotes.
Made possible by the ACA.
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