You will be shocked at how ignorant Americans are - What Americans don't know and don't understand is an obstacle to progress
Affordable Horror Story - President Obama qualifies his formerly definitive statements regarding the Affordable Care Act, and his opponents lie like motherf**kers about its effects. (06:09):
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Later, Obama explains it with a sleight of words as politicians do... the difference is that when this is done under a GOP administration (i.e.The War Party) then it leads to a war for oil, deaths painted as "OK" depending on GOP involvement, an increase in terrorism, assassination squads, sex for oil (& god knows what else). But under the Democrats (Welfare Party) these slight of word techniques are used to help people ... even if done in a more expensive & inefficient way... which is normal for the Federal Government, by the way. [ In an case, I make so little money I probably qualify for an exception, so no healthcare for me :( ].
{4 Ron Paul Libertarians: So how can the GOP & Democrats be considered to be 'equal in evil' when one helps you & your kids get healthcare - though it may be expensive - and the other kills you? Also, when have Cheney or Bush EVER apologized... infact, apologizing was anathema in the last election season a well i.e. GOP kept saying Obama shouldn't apologize & now he did}
Also this policy was made by lobbyists so it was bound to have problem... afterall, we have a corporate welfare system which the Democrats & Republicans are both a part of, the choices we face when dealing with them is... the GOP is supported by Oil & War factories so they will promote war & the other side more by welfare dominated issues (except the GOP types pretending to be Democrat, a normal political strategy). It's not a good system but choosing war over welfare to protect a hypothetical future for children that don't exit when we ARE facing big problems now is delusional. Ron Paul has been saying for over 30 years that the inflation would destroy the country & it hasn't (we even went through period of deflation - that said, cost of living VS wages HAS risen). It still may but it will probably not happen in our lifetimes unless we let the war machine get out of hand... so we need to organize our prioritizes.
So on one side you have major lies leading to immediate deaths & the other minor lies that end up helping you.
"if it hasn't changed since the law has passed" Obama i.e. if the plan is MORE extensive or has LESS benefits than under the Affordable Care Act, in other words, the Affordable Care Act sets a minimum level of standards for health care insurance, like saying Food can't have radioactive ingredients or like saying cars must have working brakes & not cause enough pollution to kill you while your idling in your garage.
Here Is A Video From The Matrix (Engineering Level Conversation) Which Accidentally Explains Why "Controls/Regulations" Are Needed By Human Societies To Manage It' Bureaucratic Systems (I shouldn't have to post this video a an explanation, it should be common sense .... even if the Constitution didn't explicitly say Government was of "we the people" & why would people we elect to office want to hide thier discussions from us? If I was senator, do such stuff. Anyways. - Alternative viewing for video.)...
Fox News ObamaCare Lies In Image Form...
By The Way...
Republicans have shown beyond a shadow of a doubt that they will listen to thier Constituents and do whatever they can to make their constituents panic & feel worse about thier lives. Helping thier constituents after listening to them is OBVIOUSLY NOT A PRIORITY for them (I, of course, would listen to my constituents if I was a Senator and seek to solve thier issues NOT cause more problems but I'm more of a Ron Paul Republican not a War Party or a Koch Brother... "Republican")
Article:
GOP’s latest, desperate Obamacare strategy: Try to confuse Americans! Rather than field inquiries or provide constituents with information, Republicans want them mixed up by Obamacare
If you’ve received a letter from your health insurance company advising you that your plan has been canceled because of Obamacare (and perhaps offering to shift you into much more expensive coverage) you’re probably wondering what remedies are available to you.
In an ideal world you could call your member of Congress or one of your senators and ask his or her staff to help you sort through your options.
But if your representatives are Republicans, the very idea of providing you assistance runs at cross-purposes with their desire to turn you into a talking point.
Introducing… #YOURSTORY!
It’s a new campaign organized by the Senate Republican conference to turn your frustration, anger and/or confusion over the Affordable Care Act into an anecdote for a floor speech or a sound bite for a reporter whose job it is to find some Obamacare “losers.”
Now obviously most of the submissions Senate Republicans will field will come from constituents who are already unfavorably disposed toward the law. And their stories will be relayed to other constituents who are unfavorably disposed to the law. So the public relations value of #YOURSTORY is probably pretty marginal. {My comment: The Republicans are listening to thier constituents & creating an echo chamber to keep thier constituents misinformed}
But consider for a moment what it implies about the GOP’s commitment to providing responsible constituent services.
Recall Dianne Barrette, who did an about-face on Obamacare once its benefits were explained to her clearly and responsibly. But it wasn’t a member of Congress who provided that assistance. It certainly wasn’t any of the Republicans who helped turn her into the embodiment of the Affordable Care Act’s failure and President Obama’s broken promises. It was a reporter.
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Article Extract on the extremely slow & inefficient rollout of the healthcare program (Libertarians: ObamaCare VS 2 trillion spent on unconstitutional wars... & this is the greater evil? You help the war party & thier Fox Business stooges? Shame on yall.)
Health insurance cancellations are no surprise - A leading expert on health reform policy explains some of the most common misconceptions about Obamacare
Q. What’s your take on the coverage cancellations arriving in mailboxes around the country?
A. It was always known that the ACA would outlaw millions of existing individual or non-group health insurance policies. From a policy wonk perspective, that was a no-brainer. It was self-evident in the law in March 2010 and confirmed in subsequent rules and analyses. Also obvious all along was that consumers would face a very different marketplace under the ACA, with some seeing lower premiums (including me), some seeing larger premiums, and most everyone seeing higher deductibles, higher co-pays, and a narrower choice of providers.
Quantifying the impact of ACA on the individual — estimating the number of people affected — was always tough. Whether it would cause 60 percent or 80 percent of individual plans to be cancelled was hard to estimate because data on individual coverage is hard to come by, rules and products varied by state, the ACA grandfathering rules came out slowly and in pieces, and even things like the essential health benefit package varies a bit by state. Also, not all these policies expire on December 31.
What’s frustrating is how it took three and a half years, the failed launch of the federal exchange, and the news media starting the question the administration’s core talking points for anyone to focus on this. Whether you like or dislike the ACA policies, the 19.4 million Americans in the various parts of individual market deserved a heads up.
Q. Could this have been prevented?
A. From a regulatory perspective, health insurers in the individual market have no choice but to discontinue non-compliant policies and, if they wish to keep business, offer new, compliant policies. Health insurance is a binding contract. Insurers can’t merely transfer people. They have to cancel policies that no longer meet federal and state law, give notice, and then try to sell people into the new one policies. Having said this, the new policies will generally be more expensive. The ACA requires people to buy a richer benefit package – it only permits sale of the richer benefit packages. You can argue that this is better for society but there is no free lunch and it does eliminate choices many consumers were fine with.
The higher cost sharing – deductibles and co-payments – that many are seeing (including me) is an inevitable byproduct of the ACA insurance market rules, the brave new actuarial risks of the post-ACA marketplace, and competition based on premiums and brand.
Q. You’ve been particularly critical of the administration’s transparency and follow-through on its own rules.
A. Presidential executive orders have long required cost estimates and impact analyses for every major proposed or final rule. In Executive Order 13563, President Obama reiterated the longstanding requirement and further directed each federal agency {My comment: How many of thee federal agencies are controlled by corporation stooges and/or GOP people?} “… to use the best available techniques to quantify anticipated present and future benefits and costs as accurately as possible.” A Regulatory Impact Analysis (RIA) must be prepared for rules with economically significant effects — anything with an impact of $100 million or more in any one year. Obviously, every ACA rule had an impact of over $100 million.
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