Posted on 10/03/2016 9:28:25 AM PDT by Sean_Anthony
But Obama wants to do it anyway, and where do you suppose he wants to get the money? You can have one guess
A few days ago, we talked about the continued disaster that is ObamaCare. But I thought it would be worth taking a close look at one specific aspect of this disaster, because if President Obama gets his way, it will cost you. Dearly.
You might remember that, back in the days when the Obama Administration was trying to ram ObamaCare through Congress, health insurers were strangely on board supporting the bill. Why would they do that?
But there’s been plenty of money for the Democrats.
Is the money lost...or owed to Joe Manchin’s daughter? :)
All by design.
Insurance companies got played like fiddles.
A bailout for the corporations is coming, count on it.
Block all efforts. Defund the Treasury Claims office!! NOW!!
We retired and started receiving social security. They take $244 out of mine and $244 out of my husband’s SS checks. That is almost $500 a month. Almost $6K per year. When he retired after 43 years at Dow Chemical as an engineer, not to mention working since he was about 12 or 13 and paying into SS and all other taxes, for example after school jobs, summer jobs, and jobs while in college... Paid a lot of taxes. And we were told we would get SS, and Medicare, when we turned 65. Well they didn’t tell us we had to pay for all these benefits for all the 50 years or more that he worked, and now when it is supposed to be FREE, we are still being charged for all this.
PS I have been to a doctor once so far this year, for an annual check up. No hospitializations etc.
The essence of Too Big To Fail -- "As a businessman, I am prepared to take risks. Big Risks. Enormous risks. If these risks work out, I am going to pocket tens of millions of dollars! And if they don't work out, the taxpayers will pay for my loses."
Alternatively ...
Nicholas Nassim Taleb pushes the notion of "skin in the game" -- risk management means you're on the hook for all of the losses if your risks are realized. That's rule #1. Secondarily, if things work out well, you are entitled to your profits.
Having skin in the game makes for a much more responsible world.
That $6K a year that the gov. is taking from us, was part of our retirement budget. We have Dow pension and our savings portfolio, but the SS is money we are entitled to, we paid into it for half a century, but I guess it is going to the illegal immigrants and terrorists they are bringing to USA now.
‘A few days ago, we talked about the continued disaster that is ObamaCare.’
Perhaps we woldnt be having this discussion if the republicans would have defunded it years ago. Oh no, that was too hard. Now we’re stuck with the bill. Yes, the dems forced it thru but the republicans stood by when they had the opportunity to kill it and did nothing.
There ain’t no way outta here, said the joker to the thief.
ObamaCare losses so bad there’s no money to bail out the insurers...
But, he.is planning on paying them 5-8 billion from a “special” Treasury Department fund. Congress has not approved that expenditure so of course, it’s not legal. But, what difference does that make. Zero’s HHS Secretary says the payment is OK.
Insurance companies got played like fiddles.
Sounds like unconstitutional Obamacare was another government-manufactured crisis.
...We retired and started receiving social security. They take $244 out of mine and $244 out of my husband’s SS checks....
Medicare covers 80%. Is that for a Medicare supplement to cover the difference between that and your regular monthly Medicare withholding of $104.00 or so? What about your meds?
Or as Malcolm the Tenth, put it....
Oh, I say and I say it again, ya been had!
Ya been took!
Ya been hoodwinked!
Bamboozled!
Led astray!
Run amok!
This is what He does....
You WILL pay for Obola policy, and you WILL pay for Shrillary to admit 550% more Syrian Muslims!! Shut up and obey.... /s
buffyt wrote: “We retired and started receiving social security. They take $244 out of mine and $244 out of my husband’s SS checks. That is almost $500 a month. Almost $6K per year.”
So your retirement income is well above $200K?
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