Obamacare Fleecing the Middle Class

[RichD]

Rich, Jambrit and I are not lying to you, I don't believe your friend is lying either...the problem is that it does not help everyone, for many people it has made health care unafordable, just the opposite of what was intended.

Why is that so hard for you to understand?

i am not disputing that ....but it appears that for just as many people it has made it affordable

[Peasie]

That ultra-liberal rag, The Economist, has *gasp* evidence and *omg!* using something called "data" to show that the Affordable Act of 2010 is working well for Murrka.

From that treasonous piece of trash journalism:

That would be a terrible shame, for Obamacare appears to be working better than expected. First, despite the incompetent rollout of healthcare.gov (the website that allows people to use the federal exchanges), the proportion of Americans who lack cover has fallen from 16.2% to 12.3% since 2009. Second, the previously terrifying pace of medical inflation has slowed. The amount that America spends on health care grew by 3.9% a year in nominal terms between 2009 and 2011—having grown by 7.3% a year in 2000-08. The trillion dollar question is: how much of this squeeze is because of Obamacare?

Not all, clearly. The economic downturn accounted for much of the fall in health-care inflation: 77% by one estimate, 37% by another. Yet Obamacare also played its part. For one thing, it may have helped trim some of the fat from Medicare, the bloated public-health scheme for the old. Many hospitals appear to have changed the way they behave in anticipation of the law.

[JamBrit]

i am not disputing that ....but it appears that for just as many people it has made it affordable

RichD, you're right it has made it more affordable for many. I'm just speaking from my experience. My daughter is a FT student and not working why should I have to pay $152/mo for a plan with high deductibles, etc. It's not affordable for me with all my bills in conjunction with supporting her, but what to do? Also, she can no longer go to the PCP she's been going to.

I guess the program works out better for low income individuals, lower premiums, etc.

[jah_yout]

"Obamacare" is a crock but it has served its purpose of guaranteeing political turmoil for the next few years to keep the sheeple polarized and fooled;
one side screams "socialism"! while the other side yells "hooray for obama!"

i guess it comes down to individual circumstances but this law is far from the panacea some are making it out to be...it is fatally flawed and can only hold up so long...
both parties will then get what they want;
the repugnicans will say 'see we repealed our hated obamacare'
while the demoncrats & the prez can say hey i made insurance available to millions---if only for a time...
meantime the insurance companies are raking in the dough while working families get the schlong...

i don't blame this on 'obamacare' as i noticed health insurance premiums had been steadily rising for years and went into hyper-drive around 2008...but obamacare is not a solution to america's silent healthcare crisis;

and the powers that be only allow a limited public discourse on ideas of improving healthcare in america