Wow, this thread actually has a civilized debate. That's a first. *3 Pages Later*: Aaaaand it's gone.
Hey King..With all due respect, I think the point is that your situation is a perfect example of how fucked up obamacare really is. If you could afford to pay 1100 per month, how in the world do you qualify for medical/medicaid? Meanwhile others have lost benefits or have had to incur rate hikes..
piss off..If you could make a point with half the insight, I would not care if you spoke pidgin English. No need to be a snob.
Yes, I didn't make myself that clear. A guy who can afford to travel around the US following a basketball team, and who thinks moving to NYC from LA somehow makes financial sense in terms of saving money, shouldn't be getting subsidies, IMO. I'm happy for KS that his payments have been lowered, but families who save up for a trip every 3rd year to Disneyland are paying for those subsidies.
I posted a month ago that at the start of this year, Group Health decreased my private (not Obamacare, or the decrease would be even more) premium by $60 (when it usually would have gone up about 50, thus a net decreasee of 110) and said in a form letter that the decrease was caused by Obamacare.
Ok, now for some real insight. I don't like Obamacare. I don't agree with much of anything Obama...I mean Barfo thinks. I don't however like when people pretty much call someone an idiot yet write like one themselves. I am far from an English major but that is like fingernails on a chalkboard.
The guy at MIT who was one of the architects of Obamacare states that it isn't intended (and in fact, isn't) saving money. It was intended to lower healthcare costs.
