Daily Obamacare Thread: Good and Bad

[Saint Frankenstein]

Well, I have Medicaid now thanks to the Medicaid expansion. Thanks, Obama! I haven't had health insurance for years. Now I can finally see a dentist and have a wider choice of doctors.

 

[metis]

Well, I have Medicaid now thanks to the Medicaid expansion. Thanks, Obama! I haven't had health insurance for years. Now I can finally see a dentist and have a wider choice of doctors.

I mentioned this to my wife just earlier today as I have run across quite a few people who have said much the same. Were your ears ringing?

 

[Saint Frankenstein]

I mentioned this to my wife just earlier today as I have run across quite a few people who have said much the same. Were your ears ringing?

Must be a case of synchronicity. (Yes, I know that's not what synchronicity is, but I couldn't think of another word.)

 

[Dirty Penguin]

Well, I have Medicaid now thanks to the Medicaid expansion. Thanks, Obama! I haven't had health insurance for years. Now I can finally see a dentist and have a wider choice of doctors.

Congratulations. There are a few families I've been dealing with in my community in a situation similar to yours...:clap

 

[Saint Frankenstein]

Congratulations. There are a few families I've been dealing with in my community in a situation similar to yours...:clap

Thanks. I'm just really hoping that my mom is covered, too. We're waiting to hear about that. *fingers crossed*

 

[Dirty Penguin]

Thanks. I'm just really hoping that my mom is covered, too. We're waiting to hear about that. *fingers crossed*

.....)(

 

[Monk Of Reason]

No, retired members of the military and their intimidate family(even after the death of the member) used to be eligible for Tricare Prime, this program has been basically discontinued. However, a less expensive program has replaced it. No, I do not mean Medicaid and your contention that retired members of the military are poverty stricken and or of a class that you insinuate. I would say that those that retire from the military after 20 or more years service go on to a successful civilian career. I and my wife are both on Medicare Part B with Tricare for Life as our secondary insurance (Medicare supplemental type insurance). Yes we pay the monthly premium.

I recently saw on Facebook the following. I believe it is from "Grunt Style LLC"
WHAT IS A VETERAN?
A veteran is someone who at one point in their life wrote a blank check made payable to "The United States of America" for an amount "Up to, and including my life".

I'm not saying all military veterans are of low class society. However a large number of homeless and impoverished veterans do exist. Usually they didn't stay for 20+ years of service because of the mental issues that they picked up during that time.

Either way my point still stands that you feel the military benefits are more than justified while other benefit programs are not. I wasn't agreeing or disagreeing during my post but just clarifying for someone else.

 

[esmith]

I'm not saying all military veterans are of low class society. However a large number of homeless and impoverished veterans do exist. Usually they didn't stay for 20+ years of service because of the mental issues that they picked up during that time.

PTSD is not something that is "just picked up". It is totally dismal problem that those that put their lives on the line are not afforded the care they deserve.

Either way my point still stands that you feel the military benefits are more than justified while other benefit programs are not. I wasn't agreeing or disagreeing during my post but just clarifying for someone else.

Yes, any all benefits derived by members of the military are more than justified. As quoted in my previous post

WHAT IS A VETERAN?
A veteran is someone who at one point in their life wrote a blank check made payable to "The United States of America" for an amount "Up to, and including my life".

I do not advocate that all other benefits are not justified, they have to be taken on a case by case bases whereas all, and I repeat ALL veterans have earned every benefit if not more.

 

[zenzero]

Friends,

Humorous pps on Obama Care: https://xa.yimg.com/kq/groups/17433431/1145063137/name/CREATION21.pps

Love & rgds

 

[Dirty Penguin]

A co-worker informed me that after a few years with no health insurance he's now covered. He's only 26 (Young and invincible). He wasn't living at home so he wasn't covered under his parents plan. He recently enrolled in a Anthem-Blue Cross/Blue Shield for dirt cheap.......:clap

 

[tytlyf]

watch out! A fox news viewer found out that the ACA is affordable!
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2014/03/28/im-republican-and-you-should-get-covered
White House touts

 

[Shadow Wolf]

A BBC article about the deadline today was an interesting read, especially since it wasn't clogged with pro-right or pro-left slants to make the article murky.

 

[Dirty Penguin]

watch out! A fox news viewer found out that the ACA is affordable!
"I'm a Republican, and You Should Get Covered" | The White House
White House touts

Great article. I'm so glad he was able to find affordable healthcare. I think many have clouded the issues and have made it a right vs. left issue and when you dig deep you'll find out that right, left, independent and even libertarians are embracing the ACA. It's not that many like Obama or his policies but when you put your circumstances on the kitchen table you eventually make the right decision for you.

 

[Dirty Penguin]

A BBC article about the deadline today was an interesting read, especially since it wasn't clogged with pro-right or pro-left slants to make the article murky.

This is so true. I find myself from time to time reading BBC news online. It's refreshing once in a while to get an outside perspective on matters.

 

[metis]

Great article. I'm so glad he was able to find affordable healthcare. I think many have clouded the issues and have made it a right vs. left issue and when you dig deep you'll find out that right, left, independent and even libertarians are embracing the ACA. It's not that many like Obama or his policies but when you put your circumstances on the kitchen table you eventually make the right decision for you.

In a sense this should be of no surprise since so many of both the Republican leaders and the right-wing media are appealing to their base. So, they will undoubtedly continue to bad-mouth the ACA as long as it sells, but a recent poll is indicating that their message may be going into murky waters because the ACA is growing in popularity with a current 49% approval rate, the number of which doesn't include those who feel that the ACA should have gone further.

As we draw closer to the election this year, it's gonna be interesting it the Republicans continue on with their mantra or whether they at least somewhat change tune chiming that they can supposedly fix it and make it better.

 

[metis]

BTW, what do you folk think about a party that puts political popularity far ahead of the health and well-being of the American public? Apparently, the millions of Americans that are going to be helped are far less important than scoring political points, and the fact that this same party sat on its collective thumbs a decade ago when it was obvious that we were having a terrible problem with medical inflation, people being dropped, and so many unable to get insurance because of pre-existing conditions.

 

[Iti oj]

Obama care is saving my moms life and fiances.

 

[metis]

Obama care is saving my moms life and fiances.

I personally know one woman who's life it probably has already been saved because her and her husband lost their insurance and they couldn't afford her cancer medication but were able to get it through the ACA.

 

[esmith]

Just wondering if anyone from Maryland has any thing to say about the $125 million state insurance system that doesn't work? Heard they were contemplating either starting over with new technology or just junking it and going to the Federal system.

Maryland gears up for health exchange redo - The Washington Post

 

[Dirty Penguin]

This is just "Priceless"......

Ted Cruz asks his Facebook friends about Obamacare, gets an earful - latimes.com

The Olympiad of officials and institutions reaching out to the public via social media and not hearing what they expected has a new champion: Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas).


Back on March 24, Cruz posted an informal survey on his verified senatorial Facebook page. It read: "Quick poll: Obamacare was signed into law four years ago yesterday. Are you better off now than you were then? Comment with YES or NO!"


It's probably fair to say that he didn't expect the tsunami of "YES" votes that have shown up on the page among the 47,000 that Facebook says have been posted.
Respondents have listed, among other things, their newfound ability to obtain coverage despite preexisting medical conditions, the right of young adults to stay on their parents' policies to age 26, lower premiums and the end of lifetime benefit limits.

Here the FB page and the comments......
https://www.facebook.com/SenatorTedCruz/posts/517779935000978?stream_ref=10

"Yes. Costs stopped climbing. I'm a small business guy and I don't have to worry because insurance companies can't drop us anymore."

"YES, best law ever! And way overdue! I spent all my retirement savings on overpriced insurance in order to save my life when I got cancer in 2005. I had no income and now have no savings. If it had been in place back then, I wouldn't be looking at a poor retirement, but at least I am not worried about having care anymore."


"I don't have Obamacare, but someone I know who had bad mouthed it for the past for years, recently had to get coverage after her husband recently passed away. The first words out of her mouth, "Thank God for Obamacare." She is a staunch Republican and believes everything she hears on Fox News. And those who are saying they won't comply are cutting off their noses to spite their faces. Wake up!"


"Absolutely better off, now lets push for universal healthcare for everyone."

And there's way more than I can post.....