* HE LIED.
But millions of Americans are getting or are about to get
cancellation letters for their health insurance under ObamaCare...and the Obama
administration has known that for at least three years.
* THUS... OBAMA THE LIAR...
Four sources deeply involved in the Affordable Care Act
tell NBC News that 50% to 75% of the 14 million consumers who buy their
insurance individually can expect to receive a “cancellation” letter or the
equivalent over the next year because their existing policies don’t meet the "standards"
mandated by the new health care law.
* REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THE PLANS ARE "LIKED."
(*PURSED LIPS*)
One expert predicts that number could reach as high as 80%.
* WELL... EVENTUALLY THE PLAN IS TO MAKE IT 100% SO AS TO
USHER IN SINGLE-PAYER.
(*SHRUG*)
And all say that many of those forced to buy pricier new
policies will experience “sticker shock.”
* YEP...
* AND IF "YOUR" COSTS DO HAPPEN TO GO DOWN,
IT'S BECAUSE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS ADDED YOU (OR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY) TO
THE OBAMACARE "WELFARE" ROLLS - MEANING YOU'RE BEING SUBSIDIZED...
ADDED TO THE FINANCIAL BURDEN TAXPAYERS NOW CARRY... ADDED TO THE DEFICIT
SPENDING THAT ACCOUNTS FOR WHAT... THIRTY-SOMETHING.. FORTY-SOMETHING PERCENT
OF OPERATING BUDGET FUNDING...?
* SOUND LIKE A GOOD PLAN TO YOU, FOLKS?
None of this should come as a shock to the Obama
administration. The law states that policies in effect as of March 23, 2010
will be “grandfathered,” meaning consumers can keep those policies even though
they don’t meet requirements of the new health care law. But the Department of
Health and Human Services then wrote regulations that narrowed that provision,
by saying that if any part of a policy was significantly changed since that
date - the deductible, co-pay, or benefits, for example - the policy would not
be grandfathered.
* BAIT AND SWITCH. GRANDFATHERED DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN
GRANDFATHERED.
Buried in ObamaCare regulations from July 2010 is an
estimate that because of normal turnover in the individual insurance market,
“40% to 67%” of customers will not be able to keep their policy.
* SMOKING GUN, FOLKS! THEY KNEW THIS IN JULY 2010 FOR
SURE AND SINCE IT TAKES TIME TO COME TO CONCLUSIONS IT'S A SURE BET THAT THEY
KNEW LONG BEFORE THIS.
And because many policies will have been changed since
the key date, “the percentage of individual market policies losing grandfather
status in a given year exceeds the 40% to 67% range.”
* NOT 5%... NOT 7%... NOT 9%... BUT BETWEEN 40%-67%.
FOLKS... YOU WERE LIED TO.
That means the administration knew that more than 40% to
67% of those in the individual market would not be able to keep their plans,
even if they liked them.
* UH... YEAH... OBVIOUSLY THAT'S WHAT IT MEANS. (THUS
"SMOKING GUN.")
Yet President Obama, who had promised in 2009, “if you
like your health plan, you will be able to keep your health plan,” was still
saying in 2012, “If [you] already have health insurance, you will keep your
health insurance.”
* THAT'S BECAUSE OBAMA IS A LIAR.
“This says that when they made the promise, they knew
half the people in this market outright couldn’t keep what they had and then
they wrote the rules so that others couldn’t make it either,” said Robert Laszewski, of Health Policy and Strategy
Associates...
* YES... WE'RE BEATING A DEAD HORSE... THEY LIED... THEY
LIED... THEY LIED... DELIBERATELY SO.
Laszewski estimates that 80% of those in the individual
market will not be able to keep their current policies and will have to buy
insurance that meets requirements of the new law, which generally requires a
richer package of benefits than most policies today.
* HEY FOLKS... YOU KNOW HOW EACH TIME YOU BUY A NEW CAR
THEY TRY AND SELL YOU OPTIONS AND UPGRADES AND FINALLY AN EXTENDED WARRANTY?
YOU'RE ABLE TO SAY NO AND YOU USUALLY DO, RIGHT? WELL... NOT WITH OBAMACARE!
The White House does not dispute that many in the
individual market will lose their current coverage...
* THE COVERAGE THEY PROMISED THEY COULD KEEP IF THEY
WISHED...
...but argues they will be offered better coverage...
* ISN'T "BETTER" IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER...?
* PLUS... "MORE" DOESN'T ALWAYS EQUAL
"BETTER." FOR EXAMPLE... SINGLE MALES BEING FORCED TO BUY POLICIES
WHICH PROVIDE PREGNANCY COVERAGE...
(*SHRUG*)
* HELL... MENOPAUSAL WOMEN BEING FORCED TO BUY POLICIES
WHICH PROVIDE PREGANCY COVERAGE...
(*SNORT*)
...and that many will get tax subsidies that would offset
any increased costs.
* AND THIS IS GOOD...??? A GOVERNMENT THAT CAN'T COME
CLOSE TO MEETING CURRENT OPERATING EXPENSES ADDING MORE UNFUNDED LIABILITIES TO
ITS LEDGER IS GOOD...?!?!
"The consumers who are getting notices are in plans
that do not provide all these protections – but in the vast majority of cases,
those same insurers will automatically shift their enrollees to a plan that
provides new consumer protections and, for nearly half of individual market
enrollees, discounts through premium tax credits,” said White House
spokesperson Jessica Santillo.
* TAX CREDITS ARE SUBSIDIES. "CREDITS" ARE
DEDUCTIONS FROM THE FEDERAL COFFERS! AGAIN, FOLKS, THESE PEOPLE ARE BASICALLY
BRAGGING ABOUT EXPANDING DEFICITS, EXPANDING DEBT, AND EXPANDING THE WELFARE
STATE!
“Nothing in the Affordable Care Act forces people out of
their health plans: The law allows plans that covered people at the time the
law was enacted to continue to offer that same coverage to the same enrollees –
nothing has changed and that coverage can continue into 2014,” she said.
* TOTAL BULLSHIT! IF YOU HAVE A PLAN YOU LIKE AND THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SAYS IT'S GONNA BE ILLEGAL FOR THE INSURANCE COMPANY TO
OFFER THIS PLAN FROM NOW ON... (*DEEP BREATH*)... THEN YOU'LL NO LONGER HAVE
THE OPTION OF KEEPING THIS DISCONTINUED PLAN!
* FOLKS... WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO REBEL AGAINST THESE
PEOPLE?! WHEN WILL THE LIES, MANIPULATIONS, AND BETRAYALS PUSH YOU PAST THE
BREAKING POINT?!
The Affordable Care Act will not affect most traditional
employer-based plans...
* MEANING WORKERS WHO HAD INSURANCE... WHO DIDN'T NEED
OBAMACARE!
...but many of those who purchased insurance policies on
their own will see higher premiums.
* AGAIN, FOLKS... MARY AND I PAY $1,327/MO. NOW... WHAT
WILL OBAMACARE MEAN FOR US NEXT YEAR? I FEAR NOTHING GOOD.
This is in part due to the 10 "essential"
health benefits insurance providers are now required to include. NBC's Peter
Alexander reports:
Individual insurance plans with low premiums often lack
basic benefits, such as prescription drug coverage...
* WHICH MAKES PERFECT SENSE FOR HEALTHY PEOPLE WHO DON'T REQUIRE
COSTLY REGULAR MEDICATIONS!
...or carry high deductibles and out-of-pocket costs.
* WHICH IS WHAT I'D LOVE TO BE ABLE TO PURCHASE BUT EVEN
BEFORE OBAMACARE SUCH PLANS WERE UNABLE TO BE SOLD IN NEW YORK.
The Affordable Care Act requires all companies to offer
more benefits, such as mental health care, and also bars companies from denying
coverage for preexisting conditions.
* THUS... WE'RE NO LONGER TALKING ABOUT
"INSURANCE." YOU'RE ALREADY SICK! THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS FORCING
AN INSURANCE COMPANY TO SIMPLY EAT A GUARANTEED LOSS RATHER THAN STEPPING UP TO
SHOULD THE BURDEN OF SUCH PEOPLE DIRECTLY.
George Schwab, 62, of North Carolina, said he was
"perfectly happy" with his plan from Blue Cross Blue Shield, which
also insured his wife for a $228 monthly premium. But [last month], he was
surprised to receive a letter saying his policy was no longer available. The
"comparable" plan the insurance company offered him carried a $1,208
monthly premium and a $5,500 deductible.
(*CLAP...CLAP...CLAP*)
And the best option he’s found on the exchange so far
offered a ["mere"] 415% jump in premium, to $948 a month.
* CHANT IT WITH ME, FOLKS... O-BAM-A! O-BAM-A! O-BAM-A!
"The deductible is less," he said, "But
the plan doesn't meet my needs. Its unaffordable."
"I'm sitting here looking at this, thinking we ought
to just pay the fine and just get insurance when we're sick," Schwab
added. "Everybody's worried about whether the website works or not, but
that's fixable. That's just the tip of the iceberg. This stuff isn't
fixable."
Heather Goldwater, 38, of South Carolina, is raising a
new baby while running her own PR firm. She said she received a letter in July
from Cigna, her insurance company, that said the company would no longer offer
her individual plan but promised to send a letter by October offering a
comparable option. So far, she hasn't received anything.
* NICE...
"I'm completely overwhelmed with a six-month-old and
a business,” said Goldwater. “The last thing I can do is spend hours poring
over a website that isn't working, trying to wrap my head around this entire
health care overhaul."
* TOO BAD, HONEY... THE BORG ARE HERE... RESISTANCE IS
FUTILE...
Goldwater said she supports the new law and is grateful
for provisions helping folks like her with pre-existing conditions, but she
worries she won’t be able to afford the new insurance, which is expected to
cost more because it has more benefits.
* SHE... "SUPPORTS"... THE LAW. UH-HUH. OK...
(*SHRUG*)
"I'm jealous of people who have really good health
insurance," she said. "It's people like me who are stuck in the
middle who are going to get screwed."
* WELL... AT LEAST THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH HER SEX
DRIVE! (HEY... SHE ADMITS SHE SUPPORTS GETTING SCREWED!)
(*GUFFAW*)
Richard Helgren, a Lansing, Mich., retiree, said he was
“irate” when he received a letter informing him that his wife Amy's $559 a
month health plan was being changed because of the law. The plan the insurer
offered raised his deductible from $0 to $2,500, and the company gave him 17
days to decide. The higher costs spooked him and his wife, who have
painstakingly planned for their retirement years. "Every dollar we didn't
plan for erodes our standard of living," Helgren said. Ultimately, though
Helgren opted not to shop through the ACA exchanges, he was able to apply for a
good plan with a slightly lower premium through an insurance agent. He said he
never believed President Obama’s promise that people would be able to keep
their current plans.
* SMART MAN!
"I heard him only about a thousand times," he
said. "I didn't believe him when he said it though because there was just
no way that was going to happen. They wrote the regulations so strictly that
none of the old polices can grandfather."
* OR AT LEAST VERY FEW...
For months, Laszewski has warned that some consumers will
face sticker shock. He recently got his own notice that he and his wife cannot
keep their current policy, which he described as one of the best, so-called
"Cadillac" plans offered for 2013. Now, he said, the best comparable
plan he found for 2014 has a smaller doctor network, larger out-of-pocket
costs, and a 66% premium increase.
(*CLAP...CLAP...CLAP*)
“Mr. President, I like the coverage I have,"
Laszweski said. "It is the best health insurance policy you can buy."
* MAKE THAT "HE LIKED THE COVERAGE HE HAD. IT WAS
THE BEST ONE COULD BUY."
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