Millions of pissed off former supporters.
Posted on 10/28/2013 8:11:35 AM PDT by don-o
Incoming from Democrats:
"Dem Party is F****d." That was the subject line of an email sent to me Sunday by a senior Democratic consultant with strong ties to the White House and Capitol Hill. The body of the email contained a link to this Los Angeles Times story about Obamacare "sticker shock:"
"These middle-class consumers are staring at hefty increases on their insurance bills as the overhaul remakes the healthcare market. Their rates are rising in large part to help offset the higher costs of covering sicker, poorer people who have been shut out of the system for years."
"Although recent criticism of the healthcare law has focused on website glitches and early enrollment snags, experts say sharp price increases for individual policies have the greatest potential to erode public support for President Obama's signature legislation."
In his story, reporter Chad Terhune also quoted a letter sent to a California insurance company executive. "I was all for Obamacare," wrote a young woman complaining about a 50 percent rate hike related to the health care law, "until I found out I was paying for it."
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The Democratic consultant said none of this is news to him, but he wonders why Obama wasn't honest with Americans. He predicted surprise and outrage over higher costs and lesser coverage. "We will own this problem forever," the Democrat wrote.
(Excerpt) Read more at nationaljournal.com ...
I’d feel a lot better if today’s Republican Party was included too.
Consider what the libs would be correctly screaming about today if the ACA had the Supreme Court declarded it "Unconstitutional."
The ACA, as bad as it's proving to be, was in fact passed by Democrat majorities in both houses of Congress and signed by a Democratic US President ... as required in the Constitution.
Nope. That's bad enough, to be sure, but what will tip the canoe is that you can't opt out. You will be fined. The IRS will come after you.
That's the drum we need to start pounding. It's MANDATORY, kiddies. You've just been drafted. Have a nice day.
I sincerely hope so.
Ruh roh..
every day is full of new revelations ..
the media will spin itself into the ground
before it will join the party and get busy
doing its job.. for a change.
Talked to an old timer democrat the other day. Stated that in his opinion the root of our problems was taking prayer out of the schools. He has given up on America as have many here.
Infinitely sad, for these things need not have been.
Ding ding ding! We have a winner!
Yep, I work for a large national bank & our premiums/deductabiles skyrocketing. This POS is affecting everyone, even those with employer based coverage.
GOP, get your asses out there! Start beating the drum!!
“Meaning the water temp got changed too fast and the frog is jumping out.”
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I LOVE THAT IMAGE!!!!! by God’s grace let it be so!
EVERYONE, NOW JUMP!!!!
All it take is one "rogue employee".
They are going to be required to report premiums on employee W-2’s. Now what could that possibly mean? Can you say taxable income?
The administration has been open about taxing health insurance benefits as salary. Not sure of the timeline, but I think it gets reported in 2014 and taxed starting in 2015.
Try even mentioning this to anyone who is relying on employer paid insurance. Blank stares abound.
Post of the day! With RINOs like McCain within them and their bashing of Cruz and Lee, the majority of us wouldn't trust them any further than we could throw them.
It was also written behind closed doors with no Republican votes.
Nope, Charles Babington tells, us the REAL problem is Republicans.
Millions of pissed off former supporters.
THIS is what I've been waiting to hear. And which single individual will be associated with trying his hardest to fight this problem?
Ted Cruz, of course. And his 21-hour speech that the RINOs considered 'bad strategy'
Why is everyone under the impression that those with employer provided insurance aren’t impacted? My premium went up 72 freekin percent.
As long as we are on a truth kick about what Obamacare is doing, let’s spread the truth around. Stop telling the lie about poorer people who were shut out of the system. They were on medicaid, or had their bills paid by indigent funds, but they weren’t refused service, and often had better access to medical care than the privately insured working class who pay high deductibles and get no dental. And now that we’ve started this fascist, redistribution mandate, what are those same people getting? ...Well yes Obamaphiles, they are getting Medicaid. That is why your premiums have doubled, along with your deductibles.
The low infos may have finally have been woken out of their coma.
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