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In reply to the discussion: It time to put an end to the GOP talking point repeated here on DU again and again. [View all]adam in oregon
(32 posts)I am in a similar situation. I work in a hospital and have insurance now. My hospital lost millions last year and is up for sale. No one knows what the situation will be in 5 months. How does forcing me to buy insurance I can't afford help me? This bill does not give millions access to health care. It gives insurance companies millions of new forced customers. Two very different things. Probably with plans that really doesn't cover much. And if they have to cover everyone, for life, with no denials, cost will go up.
Before I got this job and for a while after I had no insurance(nearly two years) because it was not affordable. My Cobra plan came back at 600 dollars a month. That is not happening if I am unemployed. With underemployment and regular unemployment being around 15-20 percent I don't know how people will afford insurance.
We need to scrap this law and start over. Health insurance is a scam that offers nothing for a patient except to drive up the cost so CEOs can make million dollar bonuses. This country needs single payer, paid by taxes. Not forced subservience to an insurance company as a requirement of being born.