posted November 03, 2013 08:43 AM
So, we've been assured by the usual suspects here from California and elsewhere that O'Bomber's Abomination is all "wine and roses" with no thorns and vinegar.But, from the very heart of leftist land..Southern California, reality is setting in..at least for the rational, logical and reasonable.
The irrational, illogical and unreasonable people shouldn't read this. If you do, all your O'BomberCare talking points will be destroyed and you'll have nothing further to say on the subject. Or, you could pull a Hillary Clinton hissy fit and say..."WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE.
Published: Oct. 31, 2013 Updated: Nov. 1, 2013 5:46 a.m.
Editorial: A dose of reality for Obamacare
Sometimes one sentence is all you need to illuminate a complicated issue. In this case, the sentence comes from Pam Kehaly, president of Anthem Blue Cross in California, quoting a letter she received from a young woman facing a 50 percent health insurance rate hike under the Affordable Care Act. The quote appears in a recent LA Times article. She said, “I was all for Obamacare until I found out I was paying for it.”
Let's take a moment to reflect on this.
Firstly, it's from a self-professed Obamacare supporter. She believed the president and other administration officials when they promised that those satisfied with their insurance would experience no adverse affects.
That pledge still appears on Healthcare.gov: “For those Americans who already have health insurance, the only changes you will see under the law are new benefits, better protections from insurance company abuses, and more value for every dollar you spend on health care. If you like your plan you can keep it and you don't have to change a thing due to the health care law.” 
We now know that's misleading at best. In fact, NBC News reports 7 to 11 million people may have their policies canceled.
Secondly, this Obamacare supporter has realized that she, and those like her who are able to keep their plans, will have to pay a lot more.
Officials now admit that costs are indeed spiking, but they say that plans which offered less coverage are being replaced with more comprehensive plans. So if in the past your plan did not cover prenatal care, now it does, by federal edict. If due to age, inclination or sexual orientation you are unlikely to conceive a baby anytime soon, you are still forced to pay for that coverage anyway – because the government knows best.
Up until Americans began to experience the shock of new rates, they blithely believed mandating subsidized coverage for a vast number of the uninsured and outlawing lower-end insurance plans would not have a significant financial impact on them personally.
But the bills are coming due, and, as always, the middle class will have to pay them. The rosy no-consequences arguments may have worked to get the Affordable Care Act passed, but they are so far removed from the reality Americans are facing, this may be the president's “read my lips” moment.
The middle class is realizing this bill isn't about affordable care for them; instead it's just a ‘redistribution of health.'
http://www.ocregister.com/articles/care-534110-insurance-health.html
Lindaland
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posted November 03, 2013 08:43 AM
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