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Single payer would solve all these problems in an instant.
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The “Citizens United” ruling and the Supreme Court permitting southern cracker governors to opt out of medicaid expansion are the two worst decisions in its modern history.
The latter will cause people to die.
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The GOP was 100% against Obamacare. Why would you expect it to be for single payer?
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The Obama Legacy: We Ran Out Of Duct Tape
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“has” caused people to die.
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“Glass Half Empty” post-Halloween click bait.
Where is Sahil when you need him?
I heard on the radio the rise in premiums for some will be around 6%, or lower. A modest increase compered to the double digit inflation we where seeing before the ACA.
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Thanks for running this MSM hit piece. It’s also on every single news outlet. What will TPM parrot next?
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If I weren’t on Medicare now, I’d enroll in ACA again. The costs in my area only went up around 3-5%. That’s nothing compared to the rising costs every year with employer based insurance. Some people I know will face much larger increases, so I understand why they are upset. I had a very good plan under ACA and an insurance carrier with good customer service. I feel for the people in some of the red states that won’t expand Medicaid. They should be lobbying their representatives.
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This is very true. More than 3 million people across the red state South would have Medicaid if SCOTUS had not ruled it optional. Instead the Deep South has the sickest and poorest people
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Associated Press reporting is a hit piece?. Explain that.
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Yes, I think as designed, Obamacare can succeed in many of its goals, but the prices are still very high. The subsidies end at $40,000 a year for a single person, and the price with no subsidy runs to $400. a month in NY state plus a $2,500 deductible. If my union insurance hadn’t kicked in, I was just going to pay the fine. It’s supposed to be affordable, and an extra $400 a month is not on my income.
Again, Single Payer would likely solve that. I am confident we will morph into that in the next 10-15 years, but by then, I will be on Medicare, lol.
it’s actually the admin carefully lowballing expectations.
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Non-news news.
As a metric, enrollment gains trend to zero. The quote reaffirms the initial success of the program.
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I recall Scalia during his confirmation hearing saying, “I have no agenda”.
Anyone feeling he has to say that HAS an agenda.
Lying weasel.
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Enrollment SHOULD slow down as more people sign up. That would mean it’s working as intended, signing up the uninsured for health insurance until (ideally) there is no one left to sign up.
Those who use business-growth language to describe a government program are falling for the false comparison between business and government. The purpose of government is not to grow bigger every year, as it is with corporate profits. The purpose of government is to serve the citizens.
Our government grows because our population grows and sometimes our problems are worse than other times. The growth and spending of government is in no way comparable to how a business operates. Electing a businessman for president would be a devastating mistake.
Of course, almost all the problems with Obamacare (especially premium increases) have to do with the fact that we can’t just do the obvious thing and go to single payer or even a public option, because we have to mollify and prop up the private insurance companies.
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This little bit of forced narrative-pushing stuck in my craw:
The fate of the Affordable Care Act — “Obamacare” to its detractors — is very much in the hands of the next president. A weak sign-up season could embolden opponents who are so far unwilling to relent.
Umm yeah opponents have never needed any emboldening, have they? And the notion that anybody’s going to change the basics of the ACA at this point is ridiculous. The Republicans were freaking out at the prospect that they might actually get to do as the last Supreme Court challenge was nearing. It would throw our whole healthcare system into total chaos. They don’t actually want to catch that car – they just want to issue base-pleasing spew about it ad infinitum. The ACA is going nowhere, and we’re all sick of that storyline, AP.
I know… was just sayin’.