Yay, ObamaRomneyCare! 23% rate increase!

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101. This is the main problem:

"The inconsistencies, higher rates and general confusion -- while Big Insurance continues to reap the profits from our suffering -- wss not an inevitable byproduct of health reform."

We did not get health care reform.
The insurance companies got the "reform." They now have millions of new customers by mandate. I am sure that some people benefitted (my "out of pocket" expenses doubled) but the states who refused to expand their Medicaid rolls still ensure that many impoverished people will not get health care. The (non-profit) hospitals are required to "stabilize" the poor but they do not fix their problems.
Here, in Tn., I know a 50 year old, healthy fellow. He fell and tore his ACL. The hospital wrapped his knee and prescribed a brace and crutches. He was employed as a siding installer and a bar-back.
After 3-4 months he has been able to return to his jobs, part-time. Of course this painful injury will always hurt, slow him down and prevent him doing many activities, unless it is surgically repaired. Even if he could get a Dr. to repair this, he has no money to survive while he heals. We had 2 benefits for Ronnie that helped him survive until he could return to these very low paying jobs.

John Mellencamp- Ain't that America...