so only five percent lose their coverage? Lets do the fast math. Thats still 45 million that get screwed? But his position is that all is well? Gawd..this makes me so sad that the country has come to this point..
I agree with Barfo. Five percent of 300 million is 15 million, but that's still a whole bunch of people getting screwed by this thing. It is about one-third the number of 44 million people reported to have no health care in the US. Seems like a lot of people potentially being reamed in order to benefit another group of people.
It would be wrong to assume that every person whose old plan got cancelled is getting screwed. Some of them might well gain, either by subsidies or by better benefits. I know the news is all about those whose premiums are going up enormously (because they had minimal coverage before, presumably) but that isn't the only situation. As for 'reaming' one group of people to help another, you could say the same about social security, public education, or just about anything else. barfo
As an aside, I'm really puzzled why the insurance companies sent people letters saying their plan is being cancelled. Seems like it would have been smarter business to send them letters saying 'we've changed the terms of your plan, and also changed your premium'. You don't want to encourage your customers to go shopping and maybe buy from someone else. Maybe there is some regulation that says they couldn't - but my insurance companies don't seem to have had problems over the years changing terms and premiums and sending me a new bill. Don't know why healthcare is different. barfo
Like most people, the letter I got told me that rates would go down. Meanwhile, while Republicans dominate the mass media which they own, if you look hard, you find little contrary news tidbits like... The Bush Administration can't travel abroad, for fear of being arrested for torture. Remember when Cheney cancelled a trip to Canada? This week, it may happen again. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/29/dick-cheney-canada-arrest_n_4175180.html
Yawn. Thread over. Legislation passed years ago; opposition too dumb to deserve reply. This is all to distract us from their shutdown embarrassment.
A lot of plans are being canceled because their plan does not meet the minimum coverage required by ACA.
Yeah, the more I hear, the more it sounds like in 1916 when we changed the child labor laws. "we promise nobody is going to lose their job." 'HEY my kid lost his job!!' "Well I'm sorry sir, but you kid is 12" These health insurance plans are disappearing because they did not meet higher standards. That's like being made the "We only put 10 rats in our sausage" Meat packing company is going out of business.
Apparently the meaning of the word "potentially" eludes you. As for your last statement, I think it's a fair point in general. In this instance, however, in selling the ACA the President specifically repeatedly said, "If you like your existing plan, you can keep it...period". That makes the fact that some 15 million people are likely to be booted off of their existing plans without choice relevant to the discussion.
