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In reply to the discussion: What is ObamaCare? High-Cost Privatized Medicine That Provides Huge Profits To Insurance Industry [View all]ProSense
(116,464 posts)5. Here:
"What is ObamaCare?"
16 million: number of Americans who become eligible for Medicaid under the health care law
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002531684
Affordable Care Acts many benefits By Kathleen Sebelius
When the U.S. Supreme Court takes up the Affordable Care Act later this month, it will not be the first to consider its constitutionality.
Congress carefully weighed its authority in writing the law. And a majority of lower-court judges who have ruled on it, including some of the leading conservatives on the bench, have agreed that its constitutional. In fact, it was Reagan appointee Laurence Silberman who declared last year that challenges to the law have no support in either the text of the Constitution or Supreme Court precedent.
We have every reason to believe the Supreme Court will take the same view. And thats good news because by protecting the law it will also be protecting the care of countless Americans who are already being helped by the laws new benefits, protections and tax breaks.
One group of Americans who can look forward to the law being upheld is young adults and their parents. Historically, young Americans beginning their careers have struggled to afford health coverage, often putting off their dreams in order to take a job with health benefits.
To help these young people, the law allows many Americans under age 26 to stay on their parents health plans. Today, more than 2.5 million young people have already taken advantage of this benefit, giving them and their families peace of mind.
Another group of Americans who are counting on the law are the tens of millions of people now getting preventive care at no additional cost. In the past, far too many Americans went without critical cancer screenings and vaccinations because of unaffordable co-pays and deductibles, often at great risk to their health.
Now, many recommended preventive services are free for those with Medicare and private coverage. Last year, 32.5 million people with Medicare and up to 54 million Americans with private coverage got at least one free preventive service thanks to the law, a huge step forward for Americas health.
Americas small-business owners also have a lot at stake. Before the law, they paid an average of 18 percent more than their larger competitors for health coverage, sometimes forcing them to choose between providing health benefits to the employees they had and hiring new ones.
Under the law, many small-business owners are now getting tax credits to help bring those costs down. As one Montana small-business owner recently wrote: The tax credit cut our costs by over $2,000. For a small business struggling to keep health coverage, that makes all the difference.
The group that may have the most to gain from the health care law is Americas seniors. In addition to providing free preventive care, the law has saved 3.6 million Medicare beneficiaries with the highest prescription drug costs an average of $600 each as part of the gradual phasing out of the so-called donut hole.
And Medicare is stronger for all seniors, thanks to the laws new protections against health care fraud. The results speak for themselves: Since 2009, health care fraud prosecutions are up 27 percent, and recoveries are up 58 percent to more than $4 billion last year.
Even those Americans who havent yet noticed major changes as a result of the law have a lot at stake. Thats because one of the laws most important improvements is one that will benefit every American family: a health insurance market thats no longer rigged in favor of big insurance companies.
Already, the law has strengthened oversight of premium hikes and established a Patients Bill of Rights that bans the worst abuses of the insurance industry, like canceling someones coverage when they get sick just because of a paperwork error.
And even bigger improvements will come in 2014 when new marketplaces will be established in every state for people and small businesses that buy their own health insurance. Plans will no longer be allowed to turn away people with pre-existing conditions. And there will be tax credits available to working families on a sliding scale to help ensure they can afford coverage.
The result will be that, for the first time in our history, all Americans will have access to affordable health coverage, even if they lose their job, change jobs, retire early or start a business.
This is a very different picture from the one conjured up by the laws opponents before it passed. Instead of the economy crashing, more than 3 million new private-sector jobs have been created, with the health care sector leading the way. Instead of Medicare crumbling, many seniors have actually seen their premiums drop, even as they enjoy new benefits. Instead of health care providers rebelling, weve seen a surge of interest in the new opportunities the law gives doctors and nurses for improving care.
Its not surprising that the laws opponents, having lost in Congress and watched their policy case vanish, have taken to the courts to try to undo these new benefits and protections. We saw similar challenges to laws that created Social Security and established civil rights protections. Those challenges ultimately failed, and so will this one. And thats great news for the American people.
http://www.hhs.gov/secretary/about/opeds/aca_benefits_.html
When the U.S. Supreme Court takes up the Affordable Care Act later this month, it will not be the first to consider its constitutionality.
Congress carefully weighed its authority in writing the law. And a majority of lower-court judges who have ruled on it, including some of the leading conservatives on the bench, have agreed that its constitutional. In fact, it was Reagan appointee Laurence Silberman who declared last year that challenges to the law have no support in either the text of the Constitution or Supreme Court precedent.
We have every reason to believe the Supreme Court will take the same view. And thats good news because by protecting the law it will also be protecting the care of countless Americans who are already being helped by the laws new benefits, protections and tax breaks.
One group of Americans who can look forward to the law being upheld is young adults and their parents. Historically, young Americans beginning their careers have struggled to afford health coverage, often putting off their dreams in order to take a job with health benefits.
To help these young people, the law allows many Americans under age 26 to stay on their parents health plans. Today, more than 2.5 million young people have already taken advantage of this benefit, giving them and their families peace of mind.
Another group of Americans who are counting on the law are the tens of millions of people now getting preventive care at no additional cost. In the past, far too many Americans went without critical cancer screenings and vaccinations because of unaffordable co-pays and deductibles, often at great risk to their health.
Now, many recommended preventive services are free for those with Medicare and private coverage. Last year, 32.5 million people with Medicare and up to 54 million Americans with private coverage got at least one free preventive service thanks to the law, a huge step forward for Americas health.
Americas small-business owners also have a lot at stake. Before the law, they paid an average of 18 percent more than their larger competitors for health coverage, sometimes forcing them to choose between providing health benefits to the employees they had and hiring new ones.
Under the law, many small-business owners are now getting tax credits to help bring those costs down. As one Montana small-business owner recently wrote: The tax credit cut our costs by over $2,000. For a small business struggling to keep health coverage, that makes all the difference.
The group that may have the most to gain from the health care law is Americas seniors. In addition to providing free preventive care, the law has saved 3.6 million Medicare beneficiaries with the highest prescription drug costs an average of $600 each as part of the gradual phasing out of the so-called donut hole.
And Medicare is stronger for all seniors, thanks to the laws new protections against health care fraud. The results speak for themselves: Since 2009, health care fraud prosecutions are up 27 percent, and recoveries are up 58 percent to more than $4 billion last year.
Even those Americans who havent yet noticed major changes as a result of the law have a lot at stake. Thats because one of the laws most important improvements is one that will benefit every American family: a health insurance market thats no longer rigged in favor of big insurance companies.
Already, the law has strengthened oversight of premium hikes and established a Patients Bill of Rights that bans the worst abuses of the insurance industry, like canceling someones coverage when they get sick just because of a paperwork error.
And even bigger improvements will come in 2014 when new marketplaces will be established in every state for people and small businesses that buy their own health insurance. Plans will no longer be allowed to turn away people with pre-existing conditions. And there will be tax credits available to working families on a sliding scale to help ensure they can afford coverage.
The result will be that, for the first time in our history, all Americans will have access to affordable health coverage, even if they lose their job, change jobs, retire early or start a business.
This is a very different picture from the one conjured up by the laws opponents before it passed. Instead of the economy crashing, more than 3 million new private-sector jobs have been created, with the health care sector leading the way. Instead of Medicare crumbling, many seniors have actually seen their premiums drop, even as they enjoy new benefits. Instead of health care providers rebelling, weve seen a surge of interest in the new opportunities the law gives doctors and nurses for improving care.
Its not surprising that the laws opponents, having lost in Congress and watched their policy case vanish, have taken to the courts to try to undo these new benefits and protections. We saw similar challenges to laws that created Social Security and established civil rights protections. Those challenges ultimately failed, and so will this one. And thats great news for the American people.
http://www.hhs.gov/secretary/about/opeds/aca_benefits_.html
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Better Believe It
Apr 2012
OP
If you did anything other than post propaganda, you would know those things ARE clear.
TheWraith
Apr 2012
#1
Because if the facts are as I believe them to be, it makes no difference who wrote column, the title
Uncle Joe
Apr 2012
#25
If he's racist, he should be condemned for his racism and perhaps he may change but if he's correct
Uncle Joe
Apr 2012
#46
Your problem is in not being able to separate the messenger from the message.
Uncle Joe
Apr 2012
#56
1. The answer is obvious from my post because I don't agree with Duke's message.
Uncle Joe
Apr 2012
#111
I agree, Marr it is misdirection having nothing to do with the issue of the OP that being the ACA.
Uncle Joe
Apr 2012
#135
But, the point of ad hominem attacks is that you ignore the veracity of the message
Quantess
Apr 2012
#114
Not only do you post Sullivan and rec Sullivan threads, you totally defended him.
girl gone mad
Apr 2012
#94
In 2008, Prosense linked to a Sullivan article saying McCain wasn't tortured by Bush's definition.
Bolo Boffin
Apr 2012
#166
Does Prosense make it a habit to post commentary by racists attacking Obama over and over again? n/t
Bolo Boffin
Apr 2012
#169
Is it OK to say two articles and a recommend is "regularly posting Sullivan"? n/t
Bolo Boffin
Apr 2012
#174
One is the same article I referred to. Another is from 2007. The last is a recommend
Bolo Boffin
Apr 2012
#172
Constantly scouring the intenet for negative Obama opinion pieces and they will be found.
Swede
Apr 2012
#47
When it comes to dumpster-diving for something, anything to dog this president
AtomicKitten
Apr 2012
#173
Oh yeah. Thanks for calling me 'Dude.' Hadn't thought about that fellah for a while.
Octafish
Apr 2012
#157
Which just means that you know you lost this round and are tucking tail and running
brentspeak
Apr 2012
#107
There's a group here that wants to read Obama hit pieces from right wing 9/11 Truthers?
Bolo Boffin
Apr 2012
#10
Can you prove that the average medical/loss ratio was lower before the insurance law was passed?
Better Believe It
Apr 2012
#26
I can't answer your question about this - but two things I do know abt the ACA
truedelphi
Apr 2012
#39
Hey, more misleading bullshit about the ACA! And this one straight from the Romney camp!
Bolo Boffin
Apr 2012
#48
And seven states have been granted federal waivers from the medical/loss ratio requirments!
Better Believe It
Apr 2012
#54
One that I've found so far is three years, and the third is contingent on demonstration of need.
Bolo Boffin
Apr 2012
#145
oh fuck. Now you're quoting the creator of Reaganomics? Is there anything you won't
cali
Apr 2012
#8
Republicans and a right-wing think tank were the original creators of the insurance industry law.
Better Believe It
Apr 2012
#32
Yes, I would defend him against the accusation that he supports Reaganomics.
girl gone mad
Apr 2012
#108
OK, good to know that you'll go to the mat for a racist piece of shit like PCR...nt
SidDithers
Apr 2012
#124
Say what? So just because it was proposed by right-wing Republicans doesn't make it bad???!!!
Better Believe It
Apr 2012
#116
Do you have an opinion on the points made in the post or would you rather engage in personal attacks
Better Believe It
Apr 2012
#35
It is the opinion of many that the ACA is "Republicare" largely because it's a 20 year old GOP idea
Dragonfli
Apr 2012
#66
Under "Obamacare" 27% to 32% of insurance premiums will go for profits and administrative costs ...
Better Believe It
Apr 2012
#52
I don't call the law that. I call it the "Insurance Industry and Big Pharma Protection Act"
Better Believe It
Apr 2012
#61
A 65% medical/loss ratio for three full years!!!! You gotta be kidding! Wow! What a handout!
Better Believe It
Apr 2012
#130
65% for two years, BBI. With the third year contingent on showing the need.
Bolo Boffin
Apr 2012
#134
Only two years. I stand corrected. What a relief! Think the insurance crooks will show a need?
Better Believe It
Apr 2012
#140
If they do, they might get the third year. Other states are finding their waivers denied.
Bolo Boffin
Apr 2012
#175
Nevada waiver: one year. New Hampshire waiver: two years. Both higher MLRs than requested.
Bolo Boffin
Apr 2012
#71
Not getting into this clusterfuck, but I can tell that if you get sick in NV
Egalitarian Thug
Apr 2012
#99
Well, as far as the MLR situation is concerned, they've got one year to get that part in order. n/t
Bolo Boffin
Apr 2012
#101
Insurance for those who could not get it before due to pre-existing conditions is going to increase
treestar
Apr 2012
#235
And what if you can't afford the new and higher premiums charged to cover pre-existing conditions?
Better Believe It
Apr 2012
#241
Are you aware that some insurance comapnies have raised their rates over 45% in
truedelphi
Apr 2012
#242
"The time you could actually have made a difference in the Democratic Party."
great white snark
Apr 2012
#179
Do they also give space to Paul Craig Roberts for his racist, anti-immigrant writings...
SidDithers
Apr 2012
#68
Same ones that rec'd that other thread diminishing racism in favor of a class analysis.
joshcryer
Apr 2012
#138
Arguments in defense of the health insurance industry and big pharma.
Better Believe It
Apr 2012
#120
Please stop posting lying articles about Obama from racist rightwing 9/11 Truthers. n/t
Bolo Boffin
Apr 2012
#146
If you didn't post lying articles about Obama from racist rightwing 9/11 Truthers, I wouldn't ask
Bolo Boffin
Apr 2012
#156
To me it is ALOT more. I have a child graduating college with a pre-existing condition.
jillan
Apr 2012
#182
Reccing regardless of the writer due to lack of substantive responses identifying misinformation.
TheKentuckian
Apr 2012
#189
Posting lying articles from rightwing 9/11 Truthers is no way to go about your stated goal. n/t
Bolo Boffin
Apr 2012
#228
nor were people allowed to openly campaign against democrats... now it's A-OK.
dionysus
Apr 2012
#203
that's a statement of fact. i don't post 6 threads a day trying to convince DUers to vote against
dionysus
Apr 2012
#233
if hitler had any anti obama quotes they'd be posting them as well.. oblivious to reality...
dionysus
Apr 2012
#243
I don't know much about the author either but I think he made some good and valid points.
Better Believe It
Apr 2012
#206
i know, you never know what you're going to get next when you scour the net to find articles
dionysus
Apr 2012
#219
"...nothing at all on what she posts, just a fucking shitload of personal attacks..."
woo me with science
Apr 2012
#227