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As the story points out, this is hitting a lot of self-employed and professionals who make too much to qualify for subsidies but not enough to absorb paying significantly more without feeling real pain. You know, the middle class.
That pretty much sums up dem policies: they pander to the poor, wink at the rich while they belittle them, and in the end screw the middle class.
And the news just isn't getting any better for Obamacare.
I'm glad they highlighted a 50 something DC lawyer for the poor. I'm also glad this probable liberal is paying more to insure the poor. She should feel good about it.
I'm glad they highlighted a 50 something DC lawyer for the poor. I'm also glad this probable liberal is paying more to insure the poor. She should feel good about it.
No one is suggesting she's poor. Most lawyers fall into the middle to upper middle. Paying $5k extra for health insurance for a self-employed lawyer who is not in the fabled 1% hurts.
No one is suggesting she's poor. Most lawyers fall into the middle to upper middle. Paying $5k extra for health insurance for a self-employed lawyer who is not in the fabled 1% hurts.
She was actually a great person to profile. The latest line coming out of the WH is that people just don't understand that Obamacare is better because they're too dumb to understand their current coverage. As a lawyer, I am sure this woman understands the policy she had perfectly well. Additionally, even though she is a lawyer, she works for indigent clients and would not be considered 'rich', another evil group according to the liberals. So, she's really the poster child for how Obamacare is hurting well-informed, middle class Americans.
What specific taxes will impact the middle class to pay for the ACA?
Have you not been paying attention? The 'free' group is being subsidized through the premiums of those who pay. The addition of all of these 'free' policies has caused everyone's policies to increase substantially if you pay. However, the middle class, as usual, is getting the worst of it since they can neither self-insure (like the uber-wealthy) or utilize concierge services (fairly substantial increased cost). So, as those of us who were against Obamacare predicted, this has done nothing but cause costs to increase. Really, how did you expect to offer all of this 'free' insurance without making the middle class pay for it?
Have you not been paying attention? The 'free' group is being subsidized through the premiums of those who pay. The addition of all of these 'free' policies has caused everyone's policies to increase substantially if you pay. However, the middle class, as usual, is getting the worst of it since they can neither self-insure (like the uber-wealthy) or utilize concierge services (fairly substantial increased cost). So, as those of us who were against Obamacare predicted, this has done nothing but cause costs to increase. Really, how did you expect to offer all of this 'free' insurance without making the middle class pay for it?
I think you are not paying attention.
Some policies are less expensive; some more and some the same. You can't make a blanket statement that all plans are more expensive. That's just not true.
There is an additional tax on the wealthy that covers the cost and a tax on "Cadillac plans."
Some policies are less expensive; some more and some the same. You can't make a blanket statement that all plans are more expensive. That's just not true.
There is an additional tax on the wealthy that covers the cost and a tax on "Cadillac plans."
The Kool Aid is strong with this one. Seriously, are you actually trying to claim all of these subsidies are being paid for via taxes on the wealthy and Cadillac plans???
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