I Believe Few Understand Obamacare

The CBO or the Congressional Budget Office just released their bipartisan report on the first year effects of repealing Obamacare.

To start 18 million people will lose their insurance. Here is the one that few Obamacare haters ever talked about. The CBO said to expect 20 to 30% rise in premiums and that's just the first year.

In the end the CBO concludes the number of Americans losing their insurance will cap out at 32 million and premiums will rise 20 percent higher.

Update: This is a worst case scenario and if there is a replacement the numbers will fall. I just have never believed the Republicans will ever get around to replacing Obamacare.

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bijouxbroussard · F

Yep. These people have pretty much screwed us all, and they don't even realize that but for the obstructionists who didn't want everyone to have affordable healthcare if President Obama was the person given credit (no other reason) and sabotaged it and its components at every single turn, it would probably have run smoothly. In the states with government who cooperated with the president (like mine), people were mostly happy with the results. And more people had coverage and healthcare than ever before.

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bijouxbroussard · F

@BatRinseRepeat: That's right, my friend. And for all the waffling and the "I don't care about his race" bs, they felt they had to "atone" by replacing him with a Klansmen, the worst possible alternative, to indicate a real slap in the face. If I had any doubts about their racism towards Barack Obama, with their choice of Donald Trump I no longer do. I feel vindicated.

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bijouxbroussard · F

@SarahD: Exactly.

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SW-User

I can understand that you do not like paying for others' heath insurance, but you must understand that universal health care affects everyone and is definitely a step in the right direction. I don't know the exact details on ACA but I know one day it will ideally model MassHeath, the universal health care we have in Massachusetts.

What would happen is some people would not be able to afford insurance, especially people with pre-existing conditions. Other people just thought they plainly did not need insurance. But if someone without insurance ended up getting emergency treatment in the hospital for something like a car accident, hospitals would price gauge demanding severely high prices out of pocket. With MassHealth added into the equation, people could literally sign up in the hospital and receive health care so that they would be spared from paying insanely high prices.

Universal health care is literally a life-saver.

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krf336 · M

I don't think they should replace it. Although I am sure they will because governments do not give up power once they have it.

First, yes people will likely lose coverage. But can anyone provide the number of people who lost coverage because "they couldn't keep their doctor, or the insurance plan they liked" in addition to the ones that now cannot afford it because the costs skyrocketed.
Second,
No where in our constitution does it say that the government is responsible for providing or able to force a program like this on the american people.

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krf336 · M

As I said, I am not impressed by your education thus far, telling me your attending some big name college isnt going to do it.

And yes I do work, but If you like i could tell you the status of my education, it might explain why I can rattle of an educated and coherent response so quickly.

Yes I said educated.

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krf336 · M

Sending an inbox (still with no evidence) and then blocking me so you can have the last word doesn't win anything.

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JP1119 · 36-40, M

Do you think they'll repeal it without a replacement?

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