2.5 million Americans have lost their individual medical insurance policies sinc

[Spider-Dan]

The answer is simple, make more money!

[Phishfan]

^^^ Awesome

[CF DolFan]

you are speaking to an "egg sample" couple.

haahaha love voice texting! "Example" = egg sample

[Phishfan]

^^^ I was wondering what that meant.

[Buddhagirl]

^^^ I was wondering what that meant.

I thought it was some new slang I had never heard.

[Spider-Dan]

I recognized "egg sample" as example but I thought he was making a joke.

[dolphins4life]

If the website was working properly, would there be such a problem?

Why are people objecting to having to buy coverage that actually works?

[Spider-Dan]

I would say the objections to the law so far break down roughly as such:

- 60% pure political posturing (i.e. people who complain about it Because Obama)
- 25% are unaware that the "replacement" plan suggested by their insurance company is a ripoff (i.e. they can get a much better deal through the exchanges)
- 10% are only concerned with the monthly payment and not the coverage (i.e. former future cautionary tales under the old system)
- 5% thought that everything would be paid for by The Rich

[CF DolFan]

I disagree. Many Democrats are distancing themselves especially if they are up for re-election. 39 Democrats in the House voted for a Bill that Obama told them NOT to.

The 'Keep Your Health Plan Act of 2013,' proposed by GOP Rep. Fred Upton of Michigan, passed by a  261-157 margin, and with 39 Democratic 'yea' votes.
The measure, if the Senate were to pass it and the president were to sign it, would allow insurers to continue offering individual health plans that consumers enlisted in before January 1, 2013.
It would consider those insurance policies 'grandfathered,' meaning they won't be subject to Obamacare's otherwise uncompromising minimum requirements.
President Obama proposed his own fix on Thursday, and threatened to veto the Republicans' version.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2507999/House-Republicans-pressure-Obama-insurance-passing-Keep-Your-Health-Plan-


I realize nothing with Obama is unpopular on this website but in general ... people are either not happy with Obamacare or the way it was rolled out.

[Spider-Dan]

I was talking about the people who are voicing problems with it, not the politicians who are taking meaningless votes on legislation they know will not go anywhere.

[Fau Teixeira]

Just for the record, i was never for obamacare  it's a poor system that's only marginally better than what we had before.

I'm FOR a single payer system in which health insurance companies go out of business completely. They exist for no purpose other than to mark up health care at a minimum of 20%

[Spider-Dan]

I don't deny that objectors like Fau exist; I am one of them.  I think Obamacare should have had a public option at a very minimum.

That being said, the people who are voicing opposition to the ACA right now are not the proponents of single-payer.

[Phishfan]

^^^ Correct, but they are not as vocal (I support a single payer system).

[pondwater]

Just for the record, i was never for obamacare  it's a poor system that's only marginally better than what we had before.

I'm FOR a single payer system in which health insurance companies go out of business completely. They exist for no purpose other than to mark up health care at a minimum of 20%

Fancy that, a private company marking up a product in order to make a profit. Maybe soon the government can run every industry in the country since profits are so bad. I wonder what type of fantasy world some of you people live in?

[EDGECRUSHER]

Just for the record, i was never for obamacare  it's a poor system that's only marginally better than what we had before.

I'm FOR a single payer system in which health insurance companies go out of business completely. They exist for no purpose other than to mark up health care at a minimum of 20%

Who would handle the health insurance if the companies went out of business?