affordable care act

The previous thread was getting slow and generating duplicates, so here is a continuation. As is usual the split point was arbitrary and participants can copy and paste from the previous thread to address points raised therein. You're kidding, right? Their goal is to reduce taxes. They are...

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-obamacare-idUSKBN15005C The ACA requires you have health insurance. Remember the cries of "SOCIALISM!" Looks like Mr. Trump might be a socialist as well. Trump vows 'insurance for everybody' in replacing Obamacare. "“We’re going to have insurance...

Karen's rate for next year will be going up what appears to be 40%: That's for her Bronze Plan in GA, and includes a bit of a subsidy. Without that subsidy, it would have been $723.56. I'm already on Medicare, so not directly affected. Still, a bit of a hit to our discretionary spending.

http://money.cnn.com/2016/08/15/news/economy/aetna-obamacare/index.html?iid=hp-toplead-dom "Providing affordable, high-quality health care options to consumers is not possible without a balanced risk pool," said Aetna CEO Mark Bertolini. " Yeah that is why you don't use frigging private...

http://us.cnn.com/2015/12/03/politics/gun-control-obamacare-planned-parenthood-senate/index.html Basically senate voted to repeal ACA and defund planned parenthood. Naturally this is beside the point as it will be vetoed by the president. Now imagine a republican president and a republican...

5 years later, ‘Obamacare’ critics can’t believe their lying eyes 10 failed predictions to enjoy. :D

Linky. Also: Linky. It's like performance art. I think the analogy was perfectly cromulent... before he tried to explain it. Maybe a comparison with successful draft numbers would have gone down better. And I don't think certain topics like the Holocaust, apartheid, slavery, 9/11, rape...

http://www.thewire.com/politics/2014/03/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-hobby-lobby-supreme-court-arguments/359539/ Supreme court heard oral arguments on hobby lobby and corporations religious rights. Hobby lobby is a public company - though closely held by a family- with 13000 employees...

http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/sebelius-obamacare-weve-made-changes-way-law-was-written_784924.html That. Is. Awesome.

Well, the number of private enrollments in Obamacare/ACA is now going like gangbusters, with about 1.4 million enrollments as of this posting and enrollment heading towards meeting projections. It seems as if, contrary to all the frantic efforts by the GOP to stall, stop, reverse, or just plain...

There are several different ways of looking at the ACA, but most sources don't. Generally only one or two somewhat shrill points or slogans come to the front and that is about where it stops. But, there's more to it. Many Republicans will look at the insurance exchanges and see that there is no...

Full text here: https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/113/s1642/text Basically it provides that anyone who has a health insurance policy can keep it as long as the insurer offers such policies. On the whole, I support the idea. Although I have a few concerns about the wording. 1. Wouldn't...

I hear a lot in the right wing osphere that doctors will refuse to take Obamacare. How exactly would that work? "I'm sorry but I have a hard time believing someone with your chronic conditions would have this private insurance. I'm afraid I'm gonna have to refuse to be your doctor." :confused:

Well as the other thread failed to tell me why I shouldn't be angry. I thought I would simplify things. Would someone please tell me why I shouldn't be able to purchase health insurance? That is what I want to know. For decades I've been unable to purchase health insurance because of my...

Just sayin'. You know, in case you hadn't heard... https://www.healthcare.gov/ :D

They are trying to shutdown the government so they can try and get rid of a program that will get me health insurance for the first time in a decade. So why should I not be beyond angry with them? Anyone want to talk me off the ledge here about why I shouldn't care they are trying to stop me...

To all those seeking the defunding of the Affordable Care Act and threatening to shut down the government at great detriment to the economy, society, and millions of Americans, What's your plan? What would you like healthcare in America to look like? The ACA means real change and opportunity...

Newsflash! The only thing standing in the way of Obama turning America into the godless Marxist utopia of his dreams are Christians, be he has a plan to eliminate that obstacle. There are sneaky things hidden in the Affordable Care Act and when the DSM-5 comes out it will be used to declare...

On Election Day, Missouri voters passed a state law preventing the Governor from setting up our state's health insurance exchange. Since the deadline to act is this Friday, this measure effectively meant that the federal government will set up our state's health insurance exchange. Originally...

So I'm in a discussion with someone who is under the impression that Obamacare is evil due to the fact that Catholics will have to pay for abortions. I'm assuming it needs to be twisted some way to actually come to that conclusion, but I'd like some more educated information on it. Is that 100%...

I got a letter in the mail this weekend informing me that my application to be covered under a program for people that have been turned down by private insurance companies because of preexisting conditions has been turned down. :boggled: I have ninety days to appeal. Well if the appeal...

I hadn't realized this will be the 33rd time Republicans have tried to repeal--in total or in part--the ACA since it was passed into law. Given that some 3/4 of Americans disapprove of the job Congress is doing right now, do they really think this nonsense will achieve anything? I mean...

For a long time now the Republican Party seemed to just put all its eggs in the basket of getting the Obama led healthcare reform Affordable Care Act struck down. And that didn't work. So will they now step up to the plate and finally offer up an alternative? It would seem to be their best...

I expect we will be hearing this decision shortly, and thought it ought to have its own thread. It may be that decision will be delayed until after the NYSE/NASDAQ close because this ruling could have MAJOR effect on trading stocks.

I noticed that Nancy Pelosi today predicted that the Supreme Court will uphold Obamacare by a 6-3 vote. Now, I wouldn't afford her, or anyone else with a vested interest, any credibility in predicting these things -- of course they're going to make a prediction based either on wishful thinking...

Perhaps someone can explain why they consider Obamacare's mandate clause to be so fundamentally different from car insurance, which everyone who drives a car must purchase by law. Is mandatory car insurance OK Constitution because it is the states and not the federal government imposing the...

I posted this in another thread and someone there suggested I repost it with the inclusion of a poll. Sounded good to me, so here it is. Oral arguments concluded yesterday and the matter is now in the hands of the court. I am very interested to know what people here think is the most likely...

Just thought I'd start a new thread on this since oral argumentation began today. The issues they'll take up are: Monday: the issue of whether the Anti-Injunction Act applies (because if it does, the case can't go further until the mandate goes into effect and people are assessed the tax...

Linky... So with her not actually owning a business to be harmed, she can't really claim to be a victim of the onerous law that was threatening to ruin her business. But the best part of the article? Isn't that precious? She spends her days gardening while taking money from the Evil...