Obamacare

[chris_gerrib]

Recycled from my Facebook page:

Since I opened this can of worms on somebody else's page, I'll say it here. There is no "Obamacare" plan that we all have to sign up for. Demanding that so-and-so "sign up for Obamacare" is like demanding that they go to the edge of the Earth and jump off.

What Obamacare does do is:
1) Require large employers to offer health insurance to their full-time employees
2) Prevent insurance companies from denying coverage
3) Saying that if your employer doesn't provide coverage, you have to purchase your choice of private plans
4) Offers subsidies for those that can't afford coverage

That's it. There will be no "government spy" in your doctor's office, nor will your doctor have to send your medical data to the government. There are no death panels, there will be no rationing, and doctors won't be working for or getting money from the government. (Insurance companies may get money via subsidies.)

Mitt Romney did this in Massachusetts, and you know what happened? 98% of state residents got insurance coverage. That's it. The world did not end, and the Communists did not win.

Thank you, that is all, and I am now resuming normal programming.

/End recycling/

Comes news today that health insurance premiums nationwide are expected to be around 16 percent lower than originally predicted, the U.S. Health and Human Services Department said in a new report released Wednesday. They were expected to be lower, and now they will be lower than expected.

Comments

[chris-gerrib.livejournal.com]

I actually have read the document, thank you.