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We lost our plan due to the implementation of the ACA. A new, similar plan would have cost us nearly triple what we were currently paying which is just not affordable. Even with subsidies we would pay more then what we had been paying. I cannot imagine that we are alone. People have tended to not believe me when I have told them this. They just cannot fathom that this whole things could go so wrong. It most certainly has for many, including myself and I have a feeling that this is just the tip of the iceberg, the worst is yet to come. People need to get out of denial and get real. This thing is a mess!
Sad tale, good luck to you. I believe you: the reflexive supporters of this hash will say anything to run you down and they will defend even the indefensible aspects of Obamacare.
Here's an article about a self-described "cheerleader" for Obamacare, who finds out she cannot afford to buy it. She does not know what she is going to do.
"Opponents of the Affordable Care Act claim that four to five million people will lose their health insurance coverage next year because of the law. They cite as evidence a report by the Associated Press that estimated that 4.7 million Americans have received or will receive notices cancelling their 2013 health insurance plans. The extrapolation from that report to the claim that millions will lack coverage next year rests on multiple erroneous premises:
• It ignores the efforts of insurance companies to re-sign individuals who received cancellation notices. Major insurance companies have indicated that they expect that the vast majority of the individuals to whom they sent notices will renew their 2013 coverage, be automatically enrolled in new coverage, or sign up for plans through the exchanges. As a result of Administration actions to allow additional 2013 policy renewals, half of the reported 4.7 million individuals who received cancellation notices have the option to renew their prior coverage.
• It assumes that no individuals who had private insurance will sign up for insurance through the new health exchanges or Medicaid. The Kaiser Family Foundation estimates that half of individuals with current individual market coverage are eligible for tax credits through the new marketplaces and that an additional one million are eligible for Medicaid. These individuals will receive better coverage at lower cost by enrolling through the exchanges or signing up for Medicaid, and many have done so.
• It overlooks the availability of low-cost catastrophic coverage. Individuals who received cancellation notices are eligible to apply for a hardship exemption and purchase catastrophic health plans typically offered only to individuals under thirty. These plans are widely available throughout the United States.
When these factors are taken into account, a much different picture emerges."[/i]
You'll fall for anything. The only good news in that info is that Obama changed the law to do away with a little of the damage Ocare caused.
Even if half of the 4.7 million [the 4.7 million is a low estimate because some states don't report the info and small business cancellations aren't included] eventually continued their prior policies, that leaves 2.35 million who didn't. More than the # who've signed up for Ocare so far.
And they need to get these people on Obamacare to fund their pet project.
Even more will become uninsured as the years go by.
They projected this back in 2010 and published it in the Federal Register.
Reading is fundamental. The very line you bold says that at least half of them have the option to renew their prior coverage. Renewing your insurance is not losing your insurance.
...and "at least half" is still 2.3 million people.
Sad tale, good luck to you. I believe you: the reflexive supporters of this hash will say anything to run you down and they will defend even the indefensible aspects of Obamacare.
Here's an article about a self-described "cheerleader" for Obamacare, who finds out she cannot afford to buy it. She does not know what she is going to do.
Thanks. I think your use of the word cheerleader is very appropriate here. I feel like people treat Obama as if he was their favorite QB for their favorite Football team. He can do no wrong in their eyes. Even when a friend or family member tells them how Obamacare has negatively impacted them, they cannot hear it. It's bizarre.
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