FINALLY!!! Someone with clout said it (The Wall Street Journal Editorial Board):
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/obamacares-tax-on-the-poor-1506118414-lMyQjAxMTE3MjIzMzgyNTM2Wj/
Even the Enterprise wrote a story in the not-too-distant-past interviewing local people about the impact of ObamaCare on them. My favorite quote was the man saying that premiums were too high and even if he did buy it, there were high deductibles to meet on top of that ($6,000/year).
To listen to that sociopath Steny Hoyer, everyone has great coverage now and doing away with ObamaCare would result in MILLIONS losing their coverage or face higher premiums. HELLO, MORON!
Their next step, of course, is to push for "single-payer" where the government is the single insurer and you pay what they say or face tax evasion charges. Eliz Warren and Bernie Sanders are already on the move. The federal government is so corrupt now that they won't even negotiate for low drug prices for the Medicare program because they're all bought and paid for by the big pharma industry. Then there's the infamous "donut hole."
I know a lot of people have a "who cares" attitude because they think this does not impact them directly. Well, I have news for them. It does. Every dollar their employer has to spend providing over-priced health care, is one less dollar they are going to use to hire more people or give you a raise or bonus. Then when it does go full-commie, it'll come right off the top in your withholding and then you'll see it on your pay stub every week. The total number will no longer hidden in the company's overhead costs where you don't see it -- although I imagine they'll bundle it like they do with the current SSN/Medicare tax; you pay 7.5% and the company pay the other 7.5% -- which is why self-employed people pay 15%.
Unfortunately, the Republicans have done little to nothing to repeal it, opting instead to put forward some bizarre mods which I can only assume benefits a few of the special interests.
What I can't figure out --- and no one seems to be reporting on in a factual way --- is where all of this extra money is going? Premiums have doubled and tripled and the government feeds the insurers BILLIONS OF DOLLARS in the background on top of this. Are you actually trying to say that there were so many then-uninsured people with pre-existing conditions to justify all of this money?
Finally, I have a lot of sympathy for my fellow man in regards to this issue. However, I also wonder how many people who were uninsurable due to pre-existing conditions were people who could have afforded a policy buy decided instead to roll the dice and lost? Years ago, when I was evaluating my options before all this nonsense started, I considered rolling the dice but decided it was not worth the risk.
https://www.wsj.com/article_email/obamacares-tax-on-the-poor-1506118414-lMyQjAxMTE3MjIzMzgyNTM2Wj/
Even the Enterprise wrote a story in the not-too-distant-past interviewing local people about the impact of ObamaCare on them. My favorite quote was the man saying that premiums were too high and even if he did buy it, there were high deductibles to meet on top of that ($6,000/year).
To listen to that sociopath Steny Hoyer, everyone has great coverage now and doing away with ObamaCare would result in MILLIONS losing their coverage or face higher premiums. HELLO, MORON!
Their next step, of course, is to push for "single-payer" where the government is the single insurer and you pay what they say or face tax evasion charges. Eliz Warren and Bernie Sanders are already on the move. The federal government is so corrupt now that they won't even negotiate for low drug prices for the Medicare program because they're all bought and paid for by the big pharma industry. Then there's the infamous "donut hole."
I know a lot of people have a "who cares" attitude because they think this does not impact them directly. Well, I have news for them. It does. Every dollar their employer has to spend providing over-priced health care, is one less dollar they are going to use to hire more people or give you a raise or bonus. Then when it does go full-commie, it'll come right off the top in your withholding and then you'll see it on your pay stub every week. The total number will no longer hidden in the company's overhead costs where you don't see it -- although I imagine they'll bundle it like they do with the current SSN/Medicare tax; you pay 7.5% and the company pay the other 7.5% -- which is why self-employed people pay 15%.
Unfortunately, the Republicans have done little to nothing to repeal it, opting instead to put forward some bizarre mods which I can only assume benefits a few of the special interests.
What I can't figure out --- and no one seems to be reporting on in a factual way --- is where all of this extra money is going? Premiums have doubled and tripled and the government feeds the insurers BILLIONS OF DOLLARS in the background on top of this. Are you actually trying to say that there were so many then-uninsured people with pre-existing conditions to justify all of this money?
Finally, I have a lot of sympathy for my fellow man in regards to this issue. However, I also wonder how many people who were uninsurable due to pre-existing conditions were people who could have afforded a policy buy decided instead to roll the dice and lost? Years ago, when I was evaluating my options before all this nonsense started, I considered rolling the dice but decided it was not worth the risk.
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