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bigdaveyl
LDragonFire
reply to post by irishchic
I thought ObamaCare was supposed to give us choice in the market place at a cheaper cost for everyone because there would now be competition?
That was one of the big lies that has been surrounding ACA since the president was selling it to the people, actually the ACA will make possible for the big insurance companies to buy out the small ones eliminating competition, controlling the markets and prices and on top of that they will be bigger than the banks when the ACA scam fails, tax payers will be forced to bail them out.
irishchic
www.abovetopsecret.com...
It sure looks like the only "subsidies" that will be forthcoming will be the ones paid to state-governments and insurance companies as part of a "bail out" after they claim they are "broke" just trying to comply with Obamacare BS.
Do you honestly believe anyone who owns property, pays taxes, has earned wealth, has retirement assets in place,and is pro active about their health will qualify for anything but getting screwed over in this fiasco?
It's easier for me to believe in Santa right now
Puerto Ricans, who are born U.S. citizens, do not enroll on the healthcare.gov because their government decided not to offer health-insurance exchanges, which offers private plans.
Puerto Ricans, who are born U.S. citizens, do not enroll on the healthcare.gov because their government decided not to offer health-insurance exchanges, which offers private plans.
Instead, the Affordable Care Act, commonly dubbed Obamacare, has mostly arrived on the island in the form of a $6.3 billion social welfare check allocated to the government to continue to pay for its Medicaid and for its separate, free state-run insurance program called "Mi Salud," between 2014 and 2019.
Roughly 1.7 million Puerto Ricans already depend on free health insurance in the island and local doctors are concerned that the additional financial infusion to the program will make the territory even more dependent on welfare.
Another major concern for doctors like Alvarez and Tirada is that the Puerto Rican government has hired a third party private insurance company, Triple S, to handle claims, billing, and the ins and outs of the government’s public insurance program.
Tirada said putting Obamacare money in the hands of just one private insurance company is going to put profits ahead of patients and physicians.
"The more claims that get denied, the more money the government will save and the more money the private insurer will make," Alvarez said.
macman
Where did all the 0bama and 0bamacare backers go???
jimmyx, what gives?? If it is so great, why can't you defend it?
LDragonFire, your all on your own I guess.
LDragonFire
As of today over 365k people have signed up and have purchased a plan.
Over 800k are now eligible for medicaid.
1.9 million have signed up but haven't chosen a plan yet.
These numbers are lower than expected, but as they continue to make improvements to the website this number will skyrocket.
Obamacare stats
Tomorrow's December 23rd deadline, which was extended an extra week due to the HealthCare.gov debacle, marks the near midpoint of Obamacare's six-month enrollment period. The Obama administration says it needs to sign up 7,000,000 people to Obamacare by the March 31 deadline. Individuals wishing for health coverage to begin January 1 must be enrolled by tomorrow's deadline; those wishing to avoid the government's fine of $95 or 1% of their income must get health coverage by March 31.
According to the RealClearPolitics average of polls, just 38% of Americans now support Obamacare; a Harvard University poll finds that 57% of young people disapprove of Obamacare.
Moreover, reports on the number of enrollees the White House releases and the media slavishly repeats are inaccurate. You have to pay your first month's policy in order to be enrolled and insured. Both the White House and the media are reporting those who have only put a health plan in their shopping cart as "enrolled."
Studies show that the online abandonment rate of items placed in a shopping cart is as high as 65%.
Currently, the media have shown little interest in digging up or demanding the real ObamaCare enrollment numbers.
Fury1984
My insurance premiums rose 10% and co-insurance increased 10% in 2012 over 2011. My insurance premiums rose 45% in 2013. I'm not sure if I will have insurance in 2015 when the 40% "Cadillac" plan tax is added to employer-provided insurance plans. I guess we'll have to see.
I do wish the right would try in a bipartisan effort to fix the aca.
Washington (CNN) -- More than 2 million people have signed up so far for health coverage under Obamacare, officials said Tuesday in trying to put the best face forward before the controversial health care reforms fully kick in with the start of 2014.
The enrollment figure represented a big increase after the botched launch of the system in October, but Health Secretary Kathleen Sebelius was unable to say how many of the 2.1 million who enrolled have paid their first premium to ensure their policies take effect on Wednesday.
LDragonFire
More than 2 million enrolled under Obamacare
Washington (CNN) -- More than 2 million people have signed up so far for health coverage under Obamacare, officials said Tuesday in trying to put the best face forward before the controversial health care reforms fully kick in with the start of 2014.
The enrollment figure represented a big increase after the botched launch of the system in October, but Health Secretary Kathleen Sebelius was unable to say how many of the 2.1 million who enrolled have paid their first premium to ensure their policies take effect on Wednesday.
cnn politics
900,000 short of there 3 million goal, not a success, but not total failure either.
LDragonFire
As of today over 365k people have signed up and have purchased a plan.
Over 800k are now eligible for medicaid.
1.9 million have signed up but haven't chosen a plan yet.
These numbers are lower than expected, but as they continue to make improvements to the website this number will skyrocket.
Obamacare stats [/quote
Seems to me your the biggest parrot here. People adding in good material, you should have counters to the claims instead of labeling. Unfortunately it appears quite black and white here, there is no point in trying to sugar coat
things.
It only seems like this place is Right wing heavy because the waves of campaign workers aren't getting paid anymore.
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LDragonFire
More than 2 million enrolled under Obamacare
Washington (CNN) -- More than 2 million people have signed up so far for health coverage under Obamacare, officials said Tuesday in trying to put the best face forward before the controversial health care reforms fully kick in with the start of 2014.
The enrollment figure represented a big increase after the botched launch of the system in October, but Health Secretary Kathleen Sebelius was unable to say how many of the 2.1 million who enrolled have paid their first premium to ensure their policies take effect on Wednesday.
cnn politics
900,000 short of there 3 million goal, not a success, but not total failure either.
LDragonFire
reply to post by jimmyx
They are hopelessly ideologically driven, they are parroting what they hear everyday day in and out. Notice how they are labeling those not on there side? obamabot, liberal, progressive, komrad. Whats really rich is how they claim its a failure when it doesn't even start till Jan 1st.
ATS is over run by the extreme right wing, that's why so many political threads are so one sided.
This thread is showing progress with Obamacare, and this alone will infuriate the right even more.edit on 11-12-2013 by LDragonFire because: (no reason given)
LDragonFire
I do wish the right would try in a bipartisan effort to fix the aca.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration says about 1 million people signed up for private insurance under the health care law in January.
That extends a turnaround from early days when a dysfunctional website frustrated consumers.
Numbers released Wednesday show nearly 3.3 million people signed up from Oct. 1 through Feb. 1.
Enrollment is gaining ground, but the government's initial target of 7 million by the end of March still seems like a stretch.
The Weekly Standard reports:
On Wednesday, the Department of Health and Human Services announced that enrollment in the Obamacare private exchanges increased by 1,146,071 in January. In December, HHS reported 1,788,000 enrollees in the month of December. That suggests a drop-off of approximately 500,000, or 29 percent.
Yet this underestimates the true extent of enrollment dropoffs. The HHS reporting period for December was four weeks, beginning on 12/1 and ending on 12/28. The reporting period for January was five weeks, beginning on 12/29 and ending on 2/1. This suggests that in December, enrollments averaged 447,000 per week, compared to 229,000 in January, or a 49 percent drop-off in new enrollees.