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tularetom

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32. The "affordable" care act has done nothing to make care more affordable
Thu Apr 14, 2016, 01:05 PM
Apr 2016

But it it has made it less affordable for a larger number of people.

People who could not even get insurance can now get it but at a cost beyond their ability to pay.

As the subsidies disappear, more and more Americans will simply walk away from Obamacare and the health care funding situation will simply revert to the status quo ante.

In five years, maybe a couple more, it will be like Obamacare never happened. And the country will have pissed away ten years on a failed half assed solution to the health care crisis.

oh, c'mon. the ACA is the mostest wonderfullest progressive thing ever! KG Apr 2016 #1
Or ... the ACA is the mostest worstest disasterousest thing ever! because, Obama. pampango Apr 2016 #2
Avoid binary thinking. cf. Posts #1 and #2 Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2016 #3
The uninsured rate matters little if you still can't afford healthcare Android3.14 Apr 2016 #6
Add a public option. Adrahil Apr 2016 #9
Unless we get the landscape of Congress changed I don't see either happening. Amimnoch Apr 2016 #14
Incrementalism is the answer, says Hillary... Human101948 Apr 2016 #15
Perhaps you can provide a theoretical roll call vote? Amimnoch Apr 2016 #18
I just donated to Tim Canova... Human101948 Apr 2016 #24
Some it's just $1 to help their numbers. Amimnoch Apr 2016 #29
Okay, so we're on the same page... Human101948 Apr 2016 #31
That thinking... scscholar Apr 2016 #26
EXACTLY! SammyWinstonJack Apr 2016 #10
My daughter has it Demsrule86 Apr 2016 #23
100% EdwardBernays Apr 2016 #28
After the Cadillac tax, we'll... scscholar Apr 2016 #33
This year I'll pay 600 in premium Skink Apr 2016 #34
Insurance is not Healthcare magical thyme Apr 2016 #11
The sun rises in the East. Gravity sucks. Water is wet. . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2016 #13
A vacuum sucks. Gravity just is. nt magical thyme Apr 2016 #20
A vacuum doesn't suck; the air behind pushes. Gravity is not "just is"; it requires presence of mass Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2016 #21
You have the wrong longhair as your avatar... Human101948 Apr 2016 #25
my vacuum sucks dirt into it. nt magical thyme Apr 2016 #37
The false zero is a deadly sin of data presentation. N.T. Donald Ian Rankin Apr 2016 #44
Market solutions will never be satisfactory except to the profit takers. Enthusiast Apr 2016 #4
absolutely, Mbrow Apr 2016 #8
Hell, people just above the expanded medicaid cutoff will get squeezed, too. strategery blunder Apr 2016 #5
And in just a couple of years, the subsidies start getting cut. Yo_Mama Apr 2016 #22
Medicare for All, including dental, optical, hearing aids and mental health services. Scuba Apr 2016 #7
This, and do it before I go stage 4 Umbral18 Apr 2016 #16
Then stop at my garage sale. i may have something that'll fit. Scuba Apr 2016 #17
You are correct yourpaljoey Apr 2016 #27
Perhaps we should consider a national public insurance system funded through taxes Warren Stupidity Apr 2016 #12
The affordable care act also included provisions that have led to tests for other models for paying karynnj Apr 2016 #19
All it is is mandatory health insurance WDIM Apr 2016 #30
The "affordable" care act has done nothing to make care more affordable tularetom Apr 2016 #32
This has already happened to us & will indeed be the demise of the whole house of cards that is ACA Kip Humphrey Apr 2016 #35
why do you think the subsidies will disappear? hfojvt Apr 2016 #41
I could be wrong but I thought it was written into the law tularetom Apr 2016 #42
I don't find that in a search hfojvt Apr 2016 #43
The Democrats passed an ACA that does nothing for the working poor Dems to Win Apr 2016 #36
oh he can too afford to goto a doctor hfojvt Apr 2016 #39
No, you don't understand the concept of a deductible Dems to Win Apr 2016 #45
"Every time I write a story ..." hfojvt Apr 2016 #38
Don't get expensively sick n/t eridani Apr 2016 #46
It's a cluster $%^%. According to every healthcare provider I have talked to. nt clarice Apr 2016 #40
Single Payer NOW! Dont call me Shirley Apr 2016 #47
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