Posted on 11/19/2013 5:46:50 AM PST by sickoflibs
CNN reports that a woman the president hailed as an Obamacare success story just realized she won't be able to afford Obamacare because it's too expensive.
"Jessica Sanford was cited by the president as an Obamacare success story at a health care event he had here at the White House in the Rose Garden on October 21," says a reporter for CNN from the White House. "That of course being just last month. The 48-year-old single mom from Washington state purchased what she considered to be affordable health care, life-changing event, she said, on the Washington state health exchange. She decided she was so excited about this news, she wanted to write an e-mail to the president to say that this had really changed her life and that she was thankful for the Afforable Care Act. The president included her e-mail in his remarks to people on hand for the event. Here's a bit of what the president had to say."
The CNN report quotes President Obama as saying, "I recently received a letter from a woman named Jessica Sanford in Washington state. And here's what she wrote, I am a single mom, no child support, self-employed. and I haven't had insurance for 15 years because it's too expensive. I was crying the other day when I signed up, so much stress lifted."
"But days, just really three days after she was mentioned by the president, Jessica Sanford started having problems, she was receiving letters from the Washington state health exchange," reports CNN. "The first letter telling her that tax credit was reduced, therefore, increasing the cost of her health care plan and the, take a look at this, then she received a letter just last week telling her that her tax credit had been taken away all together. Show you another document here, showing what the tax credit worked out to be... zero dollars according to this document that was provided to us by Jessica Sanford. She describes all of this as a roller coaster ride. Now she says she can't afford insurance in Washington state because of the new developments."
Sanford tells CNN that she's embarrassed. "It was a huge disappointment, especially since I had, you know, my story had been shared by the president. I felt like, you know, I just felt really embarrassed that, you know, he quoted my story and then come to find that the Washington health plan finder, the website here in our state, had grossly miscalculated or they're having a problem figuring their tax credits. and so at least for right now, I don't -- I'm not going to be getting insurance," she says.
How long has stuttering been a problem for you?
You know she didn’t vote for the one who wouldn’t give her free stuff.
Pray America is Waking
And here’s what she wrote, I am a single mom, no child support, self-employed. and I haven’t had insurance for 15 years because it’s too expensive.
This does not pass the smell test right from the beginning. No welfare in Washington? No foodstamps no childrens insurance programs etc.? Why no child support? Self employed how?
She voted for Obama and supported the ACA according to the video in the article
Gee-—we get all that?
Golly, I just can’t wait to get mine.
ROTFLOL.
>> Bammy should pay it out of his own pocket, then.
Ha! No way!
He might pay it out of YOUR pocket though.
Going for another record this morning??
>> I wonder if she is related to Fred?
If I’ve told you once, I’ve told you a couple dozen times: NO.
That will cost her an extra $95 in taxes!
This has to be the record! I wonder how many consecutive posts the runner-up had.
I recall reading that the site was posting a bunch of prices and tax credits that were much better looking then the real ones Americans would get after going through the real process.
If ya think about it how do the insurance companies know how to price their policies? They dont know what their risk pool will be.
Ezra Kline over at MSNBC said he hopes the insurance companies will price them reasonably low at a loss because under Obamacare the taxpayers pick up half that loss.
Hey, Øbama, tell ‘em about the true-up feature!!!
That’s right, sports fans. Come tax return time in 2015 you will have a come to Øbama moment when your actual Adjusted Gross Income for 2014 is known. You will recalculate your actual subsidy for the past policy year and pay the difference for the portion of the subsidy you should not have received.
Work OT and inflate your salary? Too bad, pay up. Work too little and fall under 1x the poverty limit? You weren’t entitled to a subsidy, pay it all back. Made $1 more that 4x the poverty limit, ditto, pay it all back. Work on commission and have no idea what your salary will be when you took out your exchange policy? Better plead with your boss to defer your income to 2 Jan 2015.
Take Øbama at his word and that of his minions as ably documented by O’Keefe, feeling safe that you can lie to the exchange just like you did when you took out that “Stated Income” mortgage? Sure, you got that nice fat subsidy but now pay it back.
For most people likely to be in trouble this way, it will simply mean their EITC evaporates. And, of course, it happens AFTER the 2014 midterms. Any RATs left after that debacle better make alternate career plans for 2016.
2015 is going to be a sucky year to prepare tax returns because you will be point man or woman for Øbamacare. They are going to take it out on YOU!
For God’s sake man, spit it out already.
YES WE CAN!
WAKE UP!
You might want to fix your hardware or correct your posting technique. It’s cute the first time, not so much anymore.
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