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In reply to the discussion: My wife and I were triply-screwed by health care insurance . . . [View all]bvar22
(39,909 posts)61. Bill MOyers is spreading falsehoods too, according to some here.
"So we should be clear on this, Obamacare, as its known, is deeply flawed. Big subsidies to the health insurance industry. A bonanza for lobbyists. No public option. And as The New York Times reported this week, Millions of Poor Are Left Uncovered by Health Law. Largely because states controlled by Republicans refuse to expand Medicaid."
---Bill Moyers
http://billmoyers.com/segment/bill-moyers-essay-shutdown-showdown/
---Bill Moyers
http://billmoyers.com/segment/bill-moyers-essay-shutdown-showdown/
It serves NO ONE when the TRUTH is suppressed.
Yes, the ACA will lower the up front price of Premiums for many people,
and the Medicaid Expansion is a good thing,
but there are serious foundational problems with the ACA.
The MANDATE to purchase products from for profit Corporations is just the first.
I will never understand those who insist we should overlook the serious flaws in the new law.
I CAN understand why moderate Republicans (Reagan Democrats) and Chamber of Commerce Conservative rd Way Democrats LIKE this plan that channels $BILLIONS$ of Public Dollars into the private pockets of Corporations.
Why can't they understand that old tyme Democrats dislike the ACA based upon the Democratic Party Values we were raised with and fought for many years?
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It's a question I've asked myself 2-1/2 times over each month for the past 20 years. . .
Journeyman
Dec 2013
#8
Which is why Obamacare provides massive tax-credits for the working poor...
ConservativeDemocrat
Dec 2013
#30
Can you support your claim that Health Insurance is not making as much as they used to?
bvar22
Dec 2013
#60
Your message is "the ACA helps the insurance companies and not the rest of us".
riqster
Dec 2013
#54
I won't even start to say what the infernal 'free market' health insurance con did to my family...
freshwest
Dec 2013
#11
older people making over 400% FPL really get nailed. I've mentioned this numerous times.
antigop
Dec 2013
#15
I got beaten up over this a few weeks ago. My wife and I make a hair over the $72K cutoff
Flatulo
Dec 2013
#49
Should sign the "waiting list" to get on fox-nonsense to share your horror story...
Hulk
Dec 2013
#16
Makes me wish like hell our Dems would start pushing memes and framings about the GOP - like
calimary
Dec 2013
#22
I am glad for you, but the ACA is not an incremental step forward toward health care
Doctor_J
Dec 2013
#23
1200 a month is still a grand theft. It's better than before but that doesn't mean it's good.
Gravitycollapse
Dec 2013
#24
As I pointed out upthread, I'm just some schlub from the Southland, trying to get by . . .
Journeyman
Dec 2013
#25