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The ACA is not "free" insurance, it is a series of reforms that require certain things and a degree of fairness from the "for profit" insurance companies-chiefly that they not take your money for years or decades, continually raising one's premiums, only to drop you, refuse many treatments for obscure reasons, and do anything to be sure you get the least from them. Then after you are sick and uninsured, no chance of getting insured again due to pre-existing conditions. I pay over 25k with $2500 deductible this year for my wife and myself. We have been managing, but another huge increase, and I don't know if we can. We are pretty healthy, but like all people our age, not without problems over the years. No way to get anything else, and we are like millions of self-employed, or people that don't get insurance through work, or small businesses. AND WE ARE THE FORTUNATE ONES, because we are debt free and have some resources. We, like so many, just need fairness-to pay a fair price for decent coverage.
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Texas started mailing out rebate checks to customers this week because they did not spend 80% of premiums on actual healthcare-a result of the ACA. Ask one of them if they like the ACA.
Ask the people in Massachusetts how they like their health care coverage-the same basic plan as the ACA.
Ask a real Canadian how they feel about their "socialized" healthcare. My friend from Vancouver Island, BC is visiting and sitting here right now-he pays $69 a month, and likes it just fine and is amazed that there are people that wouldn't want the same. I know a LOT of Canadians, and they think we are out of our minds for what we put up with. The same is true around the world-all the scary talk from the right is just that-scary talk. People should travel a little and see instead of taking the FOX News view of the world. Europe is not scary at all, believe it or not. If some Americans realized how well people live in most parts of the western world, there would be real revolt here, but for different reasons.
This is some ACTUAL, non partisan, information on what the ACA does, and does not do. Some might find it useful.
http-//www.reddit.com/tb/vbkfm.webloc
If I believed the scary voice guys, and the bought and paid for shills that dominate the TV and some of the news, I wouldn't want the ACA either. But I don't believe them and I'm smart enough to put in a lot of time and effort learning the facts.
If you are against this stuff, try this: Call around and try to get insurance, and tell them you are a 55 year old man. Fairly healthy but you used to smoke and you've had some minor high blood pressure. Your wife is good, but did have a benign lump removed from her breast last year. Tell us how that goes.
And when they are done "cherry picking" how far above 37th do we rise? To 25th? 20th? 10th? Why should we be best in very category of life all the time? The US has the most resources, by far the most wealth, and certainly many of the best and brightest minds. Why should we even be arguing over this stuff?
John
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Texas started mailing out rebate checks to customers this week because they did not spend 80% of premiums on actual healthcare-a result of the ACA. Ask one of them if they like the ACA.
Ask the people in Massachusetts how they like their health care coverage-the same basic plan as the ACA.
Ask a real Canadian how they feel about their "socialized" healthcare. My friend from Vancouver Island, BC is visiting and sitting here right now-he pays $69 a month, and likes it just fine and is amazed that there are people that wouldn't want the same. I know a LOT of Canadians, and they think we are out of our minds for what we put up with. The same is true around the world-all the scary talk from the right is just that-scary talk. People should travel a little and see instead of taking the FOX News view of the world. Europe is not scary at all, believe it or not. If some Americans realized how well people live in most parts of the western world, there would be real revolt here, but for different reasons.
This is some ACTUAL, non partisan, information on what the ACA does, and does not do. Some might find it useful.
http-//www.reddit.com/tb/vbkfm.webloc
If I believed the scary voice guys, and the bought and paid for shills that dominate the TV and some of the news, I wouldn't want the ACA either. But I don't believe them and I'm smart enough to put in a lot of time and effort learning the facts.
If you are against this stuff, try this: Call around and try to get insurance, and tell them you are a 55 year old man. Fairly healthy but you used to smoke and you've had some minor high blood pressure. Your wife is good, but did have a benign lump removed from her breast last year. Tell us how that goes.
And when they are done "cherry picking" how far above 37th do we rise? To 25th? 20th? 10th? Why should we be best in very category of life all the time? The US has the most resources, by far the most wealth, and certainly many of the best and brightest minds. Why should we even be arguing over this stuff?
John
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