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Woman Hailed by President as Obamacare Success Story Now Can't Afford Obamacare (staying uninsured)
weekly standard ^ | Nov 19, 2013 | DANIEL HALPER

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.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: obama; obamacare
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To: Mr Ramsbotham; sickoflibs
You big dummies.

;)

101 posted on 11/19/2013 7:00:33 AM PST by Salamander (Blue Oyster Cult Will Be The Soundtrack For The Revolution.....)
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To: sickoflibs

Oh well, maybe she can get on Medicaid.


102 posted on 11/19/2013 7:01:27 AM PST by pallis
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To: sickoflibs

First, she’s a single mom. Where is her husband to take care of her?

Her story brings a mix of pity and told-you-so. But, if a mugging can convert a liberal to a conservative, let us hope her story has a happy ending.


103 posted on 11/19/2013 7:16:53 AM PST by lurk
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To: left that other site

....but is Schadenfreude overload covered by Obamacare...?


104 posted on 11/19/2013 7:17:28 AM PST by spokeshave (OMG.......Schadenfreude overload is not covered under Obamacare :-()
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To: spokeshave

probably not.

It doesn’t fit the narrative.


105 posted on 11/19/2013 7:19:08 AM PST by left that other site (.)
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To: lurk
RE :”First, she’s a single mom. Where is her husband to take care of her?”

Thats a bit sexist.

Its not a husbands job to do that, its the governments.

What if the kids have two mommies?

106 posted on 11/19/2013 7:19:38 AM PST by sickoflibs (Obama : 'If you like your Doctor you can keep him, PERIOD! Don't believe the GOPs warnings')
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To: sickoflibs

Interesting that a “success story” is defined as someone successful at getting a subsidy. No inventions, no accomplishments, no hard work and sacrifice — just a free healthcare lunch.

Now it turns out that lunch isn’t free — and she isn’t a big success any more.


107 posted on 11/19/2013 7:20:04 AM PST by Chewbarkah
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To: Chewbarkah
RE :”Interesting that a “success story” is defined as someone successful at getting a subsidy. No inventions, no accomplishments, no hard work and sacrifice — just a free healthcare lunch.”

And even if we end up paying more after subsidy we are still supposed to be grateful for getting the subsidy. "Duh, Obama helped me"

Yesterday Sharpton called those on free medicaid ‘customers’

Not kidding.

108 posted on 11/19/2013 7:32:24 AM PST by sickoflibs (Obama : 'If you like your Doctor you can keep him, PERIOD! Don't believe the GOPs warnings')
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To: ExTexasRedhead

That’s quality. :)


109 posted on 11/19/2013 7:36:20 AM PST by Colonel_Flagg (Some people meet their heroes. I raised mine. Go Army.)
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To: sickoflibs

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!


110 posted on 11/19/2013 7:44:33 AM PST by bgill (This reply was mined before it was posted.)
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To: Obadiah

With his nick he may be a plumber and I think he may be using a mobile device. Those dups may be “butt posts” when he puts his phone back into his pocket.


111 posted on 11/19/2013 8:33:00 AM PST by Arrowhead1952 (The Second Amendment is NOT about the right to hunt. It IS a right to shoot tyrants.)
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To: Repealthe17thAmendment

The penalty is $95 or 1% of your income , whichever is higher. In her case, it is $500, 1% of $50,000.


112 posted on 11/19/2013 8:52:05 AM PST by rawhide
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To: sickoflibs
Maybe this is a set up for the newest bait and switch scam... Obama will steal money from the treasury (print money) to 'give' these poor folks a break (until after the next election)... and after the press 'moves on'.... Look for it... a 'happy' (buy lying) ending. Really, smells like a set-up....
113 posted on 11/19/2013 9:27:36 AM PST by GOPJ (Was Obama giving nucluear information and equipment to Iran - through Benghazi?)
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To: GOPJ
RE :”Maybe this is a set up for the newest bait and switch scam... “

This Massive humiliating failure of Obamacare is just a Obama setup? Just a brilliant diabolical trick by a mastermind?

Well it sure has a bunch of Democrat Senators and House members in a tizzy.

He must not have let them onto the big plan.

114 posted on 11/19/2013 10:38:53 AM PST by sickoflibs (Obama : 'If you like your Doctor you can keep him, PERIOD! Don't believe the GOPs warnings')
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To: sickoflibs

No, the story of the woman ... that’s the bait and switch.

Obamacare is just plain evil, stupid and communist crap...


115 posted on 11/19/2013 10:43:56 AM PST by GOPJ (Was Obama giving nucluear information and equipment to Iran - through Benghazi?)
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To: GOPJ
RE :”No, the story of the woman ... that’s the bait and switch.”

She said she still supports Obama even though she wont buy his insurance policy.

116 posted on 11/19/2013 10:47:26 AM PST by sickoflibs (Obama : 'If you like your Doctor you can keep him, PERIOD! Don't believe the GOPs warnings')
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To: sickoflibs

Yet another real-life instance where that Obama-promised “steak and lobster dinner” turns out to be, in reality, a crap sandwich on stale and moldy bread. unpalatable.

Gee. What a surprise.


117 posted on 11/19/2013 12:00:58 PM PST by XenaLee (The only good commie is a dead commie)
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To: sickoflibs
I don't -- I'm not going to be getting insurance," she says.

She still is going to "pay" for insurance - it's somebody else's!

If I am reading it right she makes just under $50,000 a year. That means she gets to pay a "tax" of $95 or 1% on her gross income (over $9500), whichever is higher. In other words, she will owe the IRS about an additional $410 in taxes for 2014 tax year,... for no insurance.

I've got a feeling 0bama is going to be losing another voter...

118 posted on 11/19/2013 1:18:17 PM PST by Gritty (You can't fix crazy any more than you can fix stupid. Obamacare was never going to work.-Steve Deace)
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To: Gritty
RE :”If I am reading it right she makes just under $50,000 a year. That means she gets to pay a “tax” of $95 or 1% on her gross income (over $9500), whichever is higher. In other words, she will owe the IRS about an additional $410 in taxes for 2014 tax year,... for no insurance. “

Of course if she doesnt pay it nothing happens to her, they might take it from her refund.

RE :”I've got a feeling 0bama is going to be losing another voter...”

He's not running again. And he doesnt seem worried about the fool Democrats running in 2014.

119 posted on 11/19/2013 1:27:00 PM PST by sickoflibs (Obama : 'If you like your Doctor you can keep him, PERIOD! Don't believe the GOPs warnings')
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To: sickoflibs
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.

In some circles that would be known as "bait and switch" and is in fact illegal.

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.

You're right, they don't. They know they are mandated to pick up some additional risks because there are policies they are going to be legally forced to write that they would have otherwise not written. How much? Who knows. If the market was left on its own they could probably estimate it fairly accurately with their models. (insurance companies have enormous amounts of data) But with the distorting effects of government...

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.

Proving that Kline knows nothing about business in the real world. In the real world loss is loss, even when it is only half as bad as it could be. Companies that lose money go out of business. Therefore, in the face of uncertainty well-run companies hedge higher to protect their employees (against unemployment) and their investors. If it is a smaller market share at least it is a profitable small share, rather than a bigger unprofitable slice.

120 posted on 11/19/2013 4:18:14 PM PST by ThunderSleeps (Stop obarma now! Stop the hussein - insane agenda!)
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