Posted on 03/15/2017 3:24:18 PM PDT by Kaslin
Lawyers are known never to ask a question they don’t already know the answer to – and politicians should do the same if they want to spare themselves some embarrassment. Nancy Pelosi didn’t get that memo.
Despite all the ObamaCare horror stories we’ve heard since the day it took effect, whether it be people losing coverage, paying higher premiums, or seeing their deductibles skyrocket, Pelosi apparently was under the impression that once they passed the bill, people were happy to find out what was in it. They weren’t – which she learned when she tweeted out a request for people to tell their ObamaCare success stories, hoping she could use them as ammunition as ObamaCare’s repeal looms.
.@POTUS wants to know about your experiences with #ACA. Share your stories about why we must #ProtectOurCare: https://t.co/X1qFIXT1RR
— Nancy Pelosi (@NancyPelosi) March 14, 2017
The responses were nothing short of hilarious (not for the commentators – but in how it destroyed the narrative Pelosi wanted to push).
@NancyPelosi @POTUS I'm now spending almost 20K p/y on my health insurance and when my primary retired near impossible 2 find a replacement.
— Matthew Kolken (@mkolken) March 14, 2017
@NancyPelosi @POTUS @WhiteHouse my premium has skyrocketed thanks to Obamacare and why I'm a trump supporter now.
— think4myself 🤔 (@AprilF815) March 14, 2017
@AprilF815 @NancyPelosi @POTUS @WhiteHouse its "affordable" if u hardly work. then u can get the best plan for almost free #sadbuttrue
— EK Mcmullen (@ek_mcmullen) March 14, 2017
@NancyPelosi @POTUS Please get rid of #ACA! It is financially devastating to us in the middle class! We need to care for our families!
— Lisa-Renee (@lovinghappylife) March 14, 2017
.@NancyPelosi Thanks to ACA my boyfriends premium went from $200 to $900 so now he doesn't have insurance. Thanks… @POTUS @WhiteHouse
— Gloria M. USA (@GloriaMitchell6) March 14, 2017
And these are hardly just anecdotes – it’s the majority of people’s experiences. The law is unpopular for a reason.
As HotAir reported back in September:
Currently, 29% of Americans say Obamacare has hurt them and their family, up from 26% in May, and the highest Gallup has measured to date. Meanwhile, the percentage who say the ACA has helped their family dropped from 22% to 18%. The bulk of Americans, 51%, continue to say the law has “had no effect.” As more provisions of the law have taken effect over the years, the “no effect” percentage has dropped from the first reading of 70%, in early 2012.
So, vastly more report being hurt by the law than helped. That was clearly reflected in response to Pelosi’s tweet, and it’s not hard to see why. While Barack Obama promised that his healthcare reform plan would reduce costs by $2,500 for the average family, they’re increased by more than that!
What leg have they left to stand on when it comes to defending ObamaCare when it didn’t do anything that it promised to do? That it insured millions of people who will lose insurance if the law is repealed? The overwhelming majority gained insurance through Medicaid, not through private insurance. According to the Daily Wire, “just over 14 million people gained coverage from the end of 2013 to the end of 2015. Of those 14 million, 11.8 million gained their insurance through Medicaid and 2.2 million through private coverage.”
In other words, it’s Medicaid they should be defending, not ObamaCare, if they’re worried about people losing coverage. As for those insured through private coverage, what’s the surprise there? That millions would sign up for insurance when the government made it illegal not to? Duh.
Obama was smarter about this. He'd pepper his speeches with fake anecdotes, like "I got a letter from a struggling 'immigrant' school girl who said...", or "Nancy Drew from Podunk, who I met at a rally, told me..."
My son’s policy went from $133 to $467 and has such high deductibles that we end up paying for any health care that he actually receives. This policy has never paid for any medical care. It is hard to justify paying nearly $500 a month, literally for nothing.
It’s wealth transfer, just like progressive income tax.
So who were all the people protesting at town hall meetings that Republicans were taking away their beloved Obamacare plans???????????
How does this Pelosi remain remain in politics? Clueless all around.
“This Pelosi” lives in and represents a district (San Fran) where the average intelligence is inverted from Lake Wobegon; everybody is sub-average, and San Fran Nan is regarded as a shining light of intellectual acuity and brilliance.
If he had used it it would have been a lot more. The deductible is the killer.
A recent article in a Gay Bay fishwrap, reported that Nancy Pelosi has sued Stanford Hospital saying that after her husband had surgery there, he lost all interest in sex.
A hospital spokesman replied, "Your husband was admitted for cataract surgery and early deafness. All we did was correct his eyesight and install a miniature hearing device.
He apparently got ED, when he could finally see and hear you clearly!
Sex starved and depraved Pelosi grabs Russian President by the arm and then denies that she ever met him!
Thanks to VVayne for this medical picture of patient abuse of Botox and Plastic Surgery!
Probably the paid $oreass people.
Probably the paid $oreass people.
Paid agitators that’s who.
Yes, I am not happy about that. All I wanted was a reasonable catastrophic plan. I think the type of “insurance” that pays for every little doctor visit drives up costs, and is unnecessary.
Probably health savings accounts would be the best option.
You’ll have to open the letters/email to find out what’s in them, National Socialist (Nazie) comrade Pelosi.
“So who were all the people protesting at town hall meetings that Republicans were taking away their beloved Obamacare plans???????????”
The people who are being subsidized by other people’s high premiums.
And paid agitators and volunteer anarchists.
If Bella Pelosi had only read the bill, she’d know what was in it.
Exactly
It gave the GOP the House in 2010, Senate in 2012 and the White House in 2016?
BK.k
I have a cousin who is subsidized. Her premiums started out at like $2 per month and now are just over $100. She’s never used it. Not once. The deductibles are too high. She goes to the free clinic.
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