Posted on 04/01/2014 7:10:46 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
A new report from WHEC in Rochester is painting a very bleak scenario for New Yorkers, some forced to choose between buying groceries or purchasing Obamacare plans, some concerned about going bankrupt after falling ill.
So why are New Yorkers concerned about going bankrupt due to Obamacare? Especially when the President has continually made such statements as, “I am as proud as I’ve ever been by the work we did to make sure that in this country, if you get sick you don’t go bankrupt and that you can get the health care that you need”?
And why are they choosing between basic necessities and an Obamacare plan when the President has claimed many people will be able to find plans that are cheaper than their cell phone or cable bill?
The Affordable Care Act, simply isn’t affordable. In fact, many New Yorkers are opting to pay the fine because they can’t afford the high premiums from Obamacare.
Via WHEC:
People are choosing between groceries and health insurance. People are worried about going bankrupt if they get sick. News10NBC is hearing dilemma after dilemma from New Yorkers signing up for coverage under the Affordable Care Act.
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A lot of people have been complaining on News10NBC’s Facebook page about facing a fine if they don’t sign-up for health insurance. Many say they can’t afford the premiums or the deductibles and it would be cheaper to stay uninsured and pay the penalty.
WHEC also mentions the March 31st deadline, saying you could face a fine if the deadline is missed. They report that the “deadline stands.”
RNC Spokesman Raffi Williams says otherwise.
“Today’s ObamaCare deadline may as well be written in sand, because different states now have different deadlines,” he said. ”The only thing we know for certain about ObamaCare is the website is a disaster and that the White House hasn’t been transparent about how many people have paid their premiums, which would officially enroll them into the law.”
Indeed, the Washington Post has reported that the deadline will be extended to some time in mid-April, and nobody will be asked to cite a specific reason for being unable to enroll by the March deadline.
That said, New Yorkers seem more concerned with the costs associated with Obamacare.
Marian Schrader, a navigator paid to enroll people in the Obamacare exchanges tells WHEC that when people hear about the costly premiums, they decide not to enroll.
“I’m letting them know there is a fine, but I also understand if you can’t afford to buy insurance,” she said. ”I mean, are you going to buy insurance or buy food? You’re going to buy food.”
Watch the full report below…
(VIDEO-AT-LINK)
Obamacare has freed them from food-lock!!
Rochester is Louise “Let’s Deem We have the Votes” Slaughters’ district. No mention of her constituents suffering from the local Gannett paper Democrat & Communist.
Actually I agree, but it is almost impossible to find.
They can buy generic. And day old bread. Slightly wilted vegetables. Yeah, it’s all good.
Hunger is a hard line motivator.
Harry Reid says all of these New Yorkers are lying.
I invented the Chef Boyadeee index right her 5 years ago.
LOL. Time for a re-post. This Obamacare Misery Factor is going to make the Carter malaise look like a small bump in the road.
I can not seem to get people to wake up.
I have been screaming this for years. This is 1974 on steroids.
New Yorkers ordered the sandwich; now they get to eat it. Vote for the collective, get the collective.
Just had dinner tonight with our DIL’s parents. He’s a retired Army MD (forensics), now working private practice. His take on Obamacare is that it touches everything they do, and in a very destructive way. He and his partners get a new Obamacare surprise nearly daily (”we have to pass it to see what’s in it”). It’s getting to the point that medical professionals simply will no longer be able to afford to practice medicine - and that’s just the medical aspect of it. It all spins off into other areas of everyday living as well, as this article attests. The devastating financial reality of it all to the average American is just now beginning to unfold.
Krauthammer said there is no mandate, to opt out all the individual has to do is claim a “hardship”
He noted that the “law of the land” changes every Wednesday morning and obama has announced 38 revisions
I don’t suppose obamacare covers malnutrition aside from the causal relationship.
This article is A BIG LIE! They have plenty of groceries and have all enrolled in art classes and basket weaving sessions!
It is horrific.
RUN ON OBAMACARE IN NOVEMBER, DEMOCRATS
Well, according to common knowledge, these people are lying and subject to audit.
Harry Reid, hijacking someone's account is a Federal Felony, you know. Give it back to the miss.
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