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bucolic_frolic

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6. Premium increases were not popular

Reply to SHRED (Original post)

Mon Jan 2, 2017, 03:58 PM

Jan 2017

Cat coverage with high deductibles isn't either

People want a free lunch - everything covered, low rates.

Personally, I don't think we're going to make any headway on
this until we have one payer as well as widespread outpatient
emergency-lite clinics or centers. Hospital ER's are too expensive.

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Repealing Obamacare affects everyone [View all] SHRED Jan 2017 OP

All the more reason why they are going to kill it. Eliot Rosewater Jan 2017 #1

And then what? SHRED Jan 2017 #2

No, but it will be too late then and none of their voters will ever vote for a democrat. Eliot Rosewater Jan 2017 #3

Agree. Unfortunately, there were a lot of Democrats who bashed Obamacare too. Hoyt Jan 2017 #4

Including Bill Clinton LiberalLovinLug Jan 2017 #12

It definitely has problems, but seems to look a whole lot better to Democratic critics now. Hoyt Jan 2017 #15

After the repeal older employees can get fired if they are using too much medical care kimbutgar Jan 2017 #5

I'm in California SHRED Jan 2017 #7

I live in California also. kimbutgar Jan 2017 #9

Yes they are. SHRED Jan 2017 #10

Premium increases were not popular bucolic_frolic Jan 2017 #6

So will insurance companies start dropping sick people on Day 1? NightWatcher Jan 2017 #8

was just reading Repealing Obamacare on twitter Takket Jan 2017 #11

So long as minorities and other "undeserving" get hit hardest, GeoWilliam750 Jan 2017 #13

there is so much good and so much bad in Obamacare - maybe the good stays.... covadcalifornia Jan 2017 #14

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