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Post by kashmir on Jul 22, 2014 10:00:29 GMT -5
Four years after passage of the Affordable Care Act, we can move past partisan rhetoric and see what impact this law is having. As it turns out, we now have more Americans with health insurance, and three-quarters of enrollees say they’re happy with their health plans. Meanwhile, budget studies suggest that we’re reducing the long term deficits by reducing waste in the health care system. This is all good news, and worthy of examination. First, let’s examine the issue of how many people have health insurance. In Alaska, more than 7,000 people got new health insurance plans. That’s part of a national trend that has increased the number and percentage of Americans who have health coverage. In fact, we have reduced the percentage of uninsured individuals from 20 percent to 15 percent, a major expansion in health coverage. Many of these health plans have new provisions, like guaranteed coverage of preventive care, maternity care and hospital care. According to surveys, 78 percent of individuals with health plans are happy with them, including 74 percent of Republicans. In the past, many of us have been frustrated with insurance companies that canceled coverage when enrollees got sick or that denied essential care. It is very positive to see that more people are enrolled and that people like the care they’re getting. This improvement in health coverage — more people with better plans — is improving our quality of life. According to surveys, 58 percent of people say they’re better off since the roll out of improved health plans, while only 9 percent are worse off. www.adn.com/article/20140720/see-through-smoke-and-youll-see-obamacare-working
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Post by alienrace on Jul 22, 2014 10:12:15 GMT -5
My plan's premium went up, as did the deductible(4x it's original value!!), and the coverage is less complete. Guess that makes me a 9%er. LOL.
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Post by kashmir on Jul 22, 2014 10:20:59 GMT -5
My plan's premium went up, as did the deductible(4x it's original value!!), and the coverage is less complete. Guess that makes me a 9%er. LOL. Sucks to be you huh?
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Post by aboutwell on Jul 22, 2014 10:22:12 GMT -5
My plan's premium went up, as did the deductible(4x it's original value!!), and the coverage is less complete. Guess that makes me a 9%er. LOL. I keep "hearing" this... but I can't find anyone who has ever been able to "show" it to me...
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Post by Evil Yoda on Jul 22, 2014 10:51:17 GMT -5
My plan's premium went up, as did the deductible(4x it's original value!!), and the coverage is less complete. Guess that makes me a 9%er. LOL. Sucks to be the middle class. Obama's making them fund the poor, to get votes for Democrats.
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Post by alienrace on Jul 22, 2014 10:52:58 GMT -5
My plan's premium went up, as did the deductible(4x it's original value!!), and the coverage is less complete. Guess that makes me a 9%er. LOL. Sucks to be you huh? Yeah, my life is really tough
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Post by alienrace on Jul 22, 2014 10:53:28 GMT -5
My plan's premium went up, as did the deductible(4x it's original value!!), and the coverage is less complete. Guess that makes me a 9%er. LOL. Sucks to be the middle class. Obama's making them fund the poor, to get votes for Democrats. Bingo. We have a winner.
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Post by Moses on Jul 22, 2014 10:55:45 GMT -5
Sucks to be the middle class. Obama's making them fund the poor, to get votes for Democrats. Bingo. We have a winner. You love that kind of talk. You notice the class that isn't mentioned here, that is left off the hook, the one that has the most power?
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Post by kashmir on Jul 22, 2014 11:01:13 GMT -5
Sucks to be the middle class. Obama's making them fund the poor, to get votes for Democrats. Bingo. We have a winner. What middle class? THe Republicans and corporations have taken care of that. The Puppies have fought to get rid of unions, move companies offshore, suppressed wages. Bingo. We have a winner.
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Post by Evil Yoda on Jul 22, 2014 11:03:11 GMT -5
What middle class? THe Republicans and corporations have taken care of that. The Puppies have fought to get rid of unions, move companies offshore, suppressed wages. Bingo. We have a winner. The chief reason the middle class is shrinking isn't the Pubs, it's the Dems. The Pubs were *never* about the middle class; they were *always* about the rich. At one time, the Dems were about the middle class, correctly recognizing them as the backbone of society. Then, in pursuit of political power, they threw their support behind people whose votes they could buy with free stuff.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 22, 2014 11:06:19 GMT -5
My plan's premium went up, as did the deductible(4x it's original value!!), and the coverage is less complete. Guess that makes me a 9%er. LOL. Sucks to be the middle class. Obama's making them fund the poor, to get votes for Democrats. Ruh oh Subsidies illegal
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Post by Moses on Jul 22, 2014 11:06:40 GMT -5
What middle class? THe Republicans and corporations have taken care of that. The Puppies have fought to get rid of unions, move companies offshore, suppressed wages. Bingo. We have a winner. The chief reason the middle class is shrinking isn't the Pubs, it's the Dems. The Pubs were *never* about the middle class; they were *always* about the rich. At one time, the Dems were about the middle class, correctly recognizing them as the backbone of society. Then, in pursuit of political power, they threw their support behind people whose votes they could buy with free stuff. Whoo boy
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Post by kashmir on Jul 22, 2014 11:21:55 GMT -5
What middle class? THe Republicans and corporations have taken care of that. The Puppies have fought to get rid of unions, move companies offshore, suppressed wages. Bingo. We have a winner. The chief reason the middle class is shrinking isn't the Pubs, it's the Dems. The Pubs were *never* about the middle class; they were *always* about the rich. At one time, the Dems were about the middle class, correctly recognizing them as the backbone of society. Then, in pursuit of political power, they threw their support behind people whose votes they could buy with free stuff. Nah the Dems continue to be about the middle class, and unfortunately the Pubbies have forgotten about the middle and lower class. The ACA was about health insurance for the middle and lower class, minimum wage increases, tax reform targeted for the middle class. Are these Pubbie interests? No they are not. What free stuff is it you keep talking about? Who are those who are getting all this free stuff? Come on I know you can do this.
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Post by Moses on Jul 22, 2014 11:24:38 GMT -5
The chief reason the middle class is shrinking isn't the Pubs, it's the Dems. The Pubs were *never* about the middle class; they were *always* about the rich. At one time, the Dems were about the middle class, correctly recognizing them as the backbone of society. Then, in pursuit of political power, they threw their support behind people whose votes they could buy with free stuff. Nah the Dems continue to be about the middle class, and unfortunately the Pubbies have forgotten about the middle and lower class. The ACA was about health insurance for the middle and lower class, minimum wage increases, tax reform targeted for the middle class. Are these Pubbie interests? No they are not. What free stuff is it you keep talking about? Who are those who are getting all this free stuff? Come on I know you can do this. I don't think they can. Any of them. Their minds are close like a steel trap. Well the fact that this program might actually end up working might really cost their side a lot in the future. They are putting a lot of collateral on being right.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 22, 2014 16:49:11 GMT -5
Please. The ACA was about selling the middle class to BigInsurance. You can thank the Dems for that. I know... I know... you'll argue that it was a Republican idea. The very people you think sell out the middle class.
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Post by redleg on Jul 22, 2014 18:44:36 GMT -5
What middle class? THe Republicans and corporations have taken care of that. The Puppies have fought to get rid of unions, move companies offshore, suppressed wages. Bingo. We have a winner. No, it's been your heros, the Merry Marxists, that have done all that. Jacking corporate taxes up to the highest in the world, imposing useless, insane regulations, with no thought, no plan, and no intelligence, and then attacking anyone that succeeds as "greedy" tends to cause companies to move to someplace they are actually wanted.
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Post by redleg on Jul 22, 2014 18:45:45 GMT -5
The chief reason the middle class is shrinking isn't the Pubs, it's the Dems. The Pubs were *never* about the middle class; they were *always* about the rich. At one time, the Dems were about the middle class, correctly recognizing them as the backbone of society. Then, in pursuit of political power, they threw their support behind people whose votes they could buy with free stuff. Nah the Dems continue to be about the middle class, and unfortunately the Pubbies have forgotten about the middle and lower class. The ACA was about health insurance for the middle and lower class, minimum wage increases, tax reform targeted for the middle class. Are these Pubbie interests? No they are not. What free stuff is it you keep talking about? Who are those who are getting all this free stuff? Come on I know you can do this. No, only the parts of the middle class that are now on government subsidies, thanks to Dem crimes and stupidity.
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Post by rocketwolf on Jul 22, 2014 21:57:54 GMT -5
What middle class? THe Republicans and corporations have taken care of that. The Puppies have fought to get rid of unions, move companies offshore, suppressed wages. Bingo. We have a winner. The chief reason the middle class is shrinking isn't the Pubs, it's the Dems. The Pubs were *never* about the middle class; they were *always* about the rich. At one time, the Dems were about the middle class, correctly recognizing them as the backbone of society. Then, in pursuit of political power, they threw their support behind people whose votes they could buy with free stuff.Bingo We have a winnah
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Post by rocketwolf on Jul 22, 2014 22:01:10 GMT -5
My plan's premium went up, as did the deductible(4x it's original value!!), and the coverage is less complete. Guess that makes me a 9%er. LOL. you will be called a liar for even suggesting all is not well with all of the people.
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Post by rocketwolf on Jul 22, 2014 22:01:52 GMT -5
My plan's premium went up, as did the deductible(4x it's original value!!), and the coverage is less complete. Guess that makes me a 9%er. LOL. I keep "hearing" this... but I can't find anyone who has ever been able to "show" it to me... And there it is
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Post by aboutwell on Jul 22, 2014 22:49:44 GMT -5
I keep "hearing" this... but I can't find anyone who has ever been able to "show" it to me... And there it is Been saying it for a long time now... but you're about 11 hours late on this one...
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Post by rocketwolf on Jul 23, 2014 6:19:21 GMT -5
Been saying it for a long time now... but you're about 11 hours late on this one... It only took you 1 hour to call him a liar why so slow this time? As for the 11 hours Im not an Obamabot here all the time to do the DNC's dirtywork
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Post by Deleted on Jul 23, 2014 6:33:27 GMT -5
I keep "hearing" this... but I can't find anyone who has ever been able to "show" it to me... And there it is Some want too much information on a forum and it is best not to show too much.
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Post by rocketwolf on Jul 23, 2014 6:45:53 GMT -5
Some want too much information on a forum and it is best not to show too much. They do, and there are a couple on here just rabid enough to want to cause harm to "the other side".
I can think of 3, 2 left and 1 right.
A low percentage of rights and a very high percentage of lefts, And I don't wonder why it is that way for a second
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Post by Deleted on Jul 23, 2014 6:50:20 GMT -5
It is best to keep your friends and enemies close.
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