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That same article shows another problem with the ACA:lack of awareness. I fully hold Obama accountable for not doing better at marketing and educating people on the law. It is so bad that some on both sides of the aisle, left and right, think we implemented single payer
As you can notice, Texas is roughly the same compared to other states. If tort reform was so great, one would expect their costs to be lower than average, wouldnt it?
The actual numbers covered thanks to the ACA is 11.5 million to 14.7 million. You need to add all the numbers up, adult children allowed to stay on their parents plan, Medicaid, and actual ACA enrollments. The 4.2 million number is also old that was two weeks ago That number is now closer to 5 million. More people have insurance now than had insurance last year.
Boehner also just got four Pinocchio's for his recent claim Obamacare has resulted in a net loss of people with insurance
I cant believe those who have the nerve to say we completely revamped the healthcare system. It was a good tweak, but just a tweak none the less
You turned over the health insurance system to bureaucrats in Washington and got raped like an ape for doing so.
Let me guess, your answer to fixing the actual healthcare system is to turn it over to the bureaucratic machine in Washington so you can see what happens...
Still waiting for the 30, 46, 49 million uninsured people to show their faces. Best guess so far is 1 million have signed up and the worst case is 10% of the 4 million didn't have insurance before the UACA, 400,000.
The health insurance system post ACA is run by the same people who ran in pre-ACA.
The insurance companies.
The previously uninsured are likely to disagree with you.
It does take control. People now owe something to the government. The government is forcing people to purchase something or else they will pay a penalty.
Pre-ACA the IRS had nothing to do with health insurance.
Most of the people insured through the ACA are on Medicaid (not paying for it). It just puts more of a burden on the makers and they are starting to resent the takers just a little bit more (ask the people whose premiums and deductible tripled in order to pay for other people's insurance).
If my husband and I were forced into this program, our insurance would go from 150 a month, to 300, the deductible from 500 a year to 7000. We are lucky we have insurance through work (for now).
The CBO is projecting that 10 years from now we will still have 30 million uninsured Americans and that that number could be higher with immigration.
2.7 Trillion for that?!?! It is a well intentioned, but poorly thought out law.
You need to put it in perspective plus your numbers are wrong. ACA spending is estimated at $1.36 trillion from 2014-2023. Medicare spending will be $7.93 trillion. Medicare will cost almost 6 times as much while covering twice as many people. You could say Medicare is costing 8 trillion dollars while only covering 52 million...government take over of health care, millions still uninsured, etc.
It does take control. People now owe something to the government. The government is forcing people to purchase something or else they will pay a penalty.
No, they won't be paying a penalty. I suggest you catch up on your reading. There are many sources available to educate you.
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You all realize that most of the big insurance companies are public and report totol enrollment in public filings. Analysts are watching the numbers closely.
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