Good news Obamacare gets even better!

[peggy]

http://thinkprogress.org/health/2014...acare-cheaper/

It just gets better and better. Obamacare (ACA) is working. It is a success. And yes, even for you Rob, it works.
So many successful stories out there, I'll give you just one. My daughter, student, part time worker, young woman with 2 autoimmune diseases (which are very easily controlled by inexpensive drugs and diet) i.e. pre-existing conditions, now has good coverage.
It was easy for her to navigate the website. She simply found the plans her doctor accepts, then picked one. And with the subsidies she can pay for it herself on her part time pay.
And her story isn't unusual. It is the story of the ACA. Friends, neighbors and community are being covered. And those who were already covered are often getting better coverage. And those who thought they were covered, but in fact were sold junk insurance, are now getting real coverage, cause, it's really no savings when you pay and pay for years, then get a heart attack or cancer only to discover it's not covered.

But still the right tries to hamper it. They try to destroy what we have gained. They seem to spend every waking minute and breath plotting ways to make it, and our President, fail. But they only reveal their true colors in their nasty attempts.

http://www.addictinginfo.org/2014/04...esnt-care-die/
http://kff.org/health-reform/issue-b...pand-medicaid/

George Bush once famously said, "Either you are with us or you are against us."
Which side do you think the right falls on?

[Alan]

Which side do you think the right falls on?

Liberty.

[gadder]

From outside, i am continually baffled that even this pale shadow of a comprehensive medical coverage system for the less-well-off is so derided and opposed by significant forces down there. Slogans do not pay medical bills (and from what I have read, medical bills are way near the top reason for personal bankruptcies).

Keep up the good fight Peggy!

[awakenedsoul]

I'm glad to hear your daughter can afford to pay for her health insurance now. When I was young, if my job didn't provide health insurance, I just didn't buy it. It wasn't responsible, but I had always been healthy, and I took my chances. Once I bought my house, I purchased a catastrophic policy. At the time it was $35.00 a month. I now have the silver plan, and it is slightly less than I paid for my catastrophic policy last year. I have a lot more coverage, though.

I think there were a lot of low income, uninsured people in the US. The article was interesting. Thanks.

[Gardenarian]

My family of three spent over $22,000 on health insurance last year. This year, it will be under $10,000 - and we are not receiving any subsidies.
The Affordable Care Act is working for us!

[CeciliaW]

I was beyond thrilled when I signed up last December. I am seeing a doctor and getting my prescriptions for about half of what it was the year before. I can breathe again.

[Lainey]

Liberty.

Tom Tomorrow nails it again with Health Care Reformaggeddon:
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_--YjWiyF8e...00/story-1.jpg

[Alan]

Tom Tomorrow nails it again with Health Care Reformaggeddon:
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_--YjWiyF8e...00/story-1.jpg

LOL, that's funny.

Humor aside, I'm always surprised that so many people fail to understand the concept of liberty, preferring to stereotype those who do, as your Tom Tomorrow comic illustrates. If you take the emotional pull of healthcare out of the equation, what is the ACA other than governmental coercion?

The history of the United States is one of people escaping coercive rulers and achieving liberty. I think many of us have forgotten, or simply never known, what our predecessors found most important. Our perspective is skewed. But, we do get others to pay portions, if not all of our healthcare expenses.

[awakenedsoul]

Before Obamacare, if I needed to see a doctor I just went to Urgent Care and paid cash. It was much cheaper, and I had my catastrophic policy for something major. I've only been to the doctor twice in the past 16 years. I've never filed a claim with Blue Shield. I liked having that choice. Now, you can only buy catastrophic policies in my state if you are under 30 yrs. of age. I've said before, I wish they gave rates to very healthy people who don't use the Western system, and don't file claims. But, it doesn't work that way.

[Gardenarian]

Alan, I don't quite see how this is an issue of liberty?
We all pay taxes to things we rather not support...is the Affordable Care Act in some way different?
For example, I don't support government subsidies for factory farming and CAFOs, or the subsidies that keep oil/gasoline cheap.