Posted on 01/30/2014 12:20:23 PM PST by grundle
A local news station brings viewers inside one Pennsylvania company as the employees their learn about their new health care plans under Obamacare:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuA2_P-m4Sk
"Look at the numbers," says the reporter of two employees. "Jeff and Dave used to have a $1,250 deductible. Since Obamacare went into effect, it's now jumped 60 percent to $2,000. That's nothing compared to Brian, Kristi, and Judy who have kids. they are going to pay twice that, four grand." The reporter adds that co-pays are being increased, too.
"I don't know how President Obama thinks he's helping us because we can't afford this, we can't afford to pay these co-pays, to pay these deductibles on what we're making," says one of the workers.
Another worker adds, "They call it the affordable health plan. There's nothing affordable about it. I can't afford it."
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Not staged...but the folks were being cautious knowing that they were on camera. A lot of folks are aware now that Obama uses various means to get back at detractors. Still, the 50 something year old lady’s facial expressions were priceless...an Obama voter realizing that “her man” has done her wrong”!
At my job, rates went up around 5% but the dedictible went to $5000 for faily. No more co-pays either. Used to be $30. Now you pay 100% till you hit the $5000 dedictible.
Late in 2012, wifey and I both had cataract surgery on both eyes...during a chat with a lefty neighbor, I mentioned that we'd wanted to get it all done before the end of that year before "Obama blows the whole system up".
She smirked and said something like "Oh you don't really believe that do you?"...........We've never had any further utterance from her regarding politics or 'healthcare'.
PA people would like to think they can afford everything Obama and Casey have in mind for them.
You know what I mean. Regardless of their lies at some point things just collapse. That is not able to be hidden. They can call black white but it is still white. 2+2=4 regardless of what the Obama’s say.
If it wasn’t for the hardship on well-deserving people, the whole thing would be comical to those voting for “freebies”.
Yeah, if the gold plan doesn’t cost you any more than the base level plan, ie, $0 - then why not go for the gold, whilst someone else can’t afford the bronze?
We laugh, but millions of families believe the government should fund sex-change operations. They don’t want such “surgery” for themselves, but they would like their neighbors to have access to it in the name of “sexual freedom”.
Abandon ship: Henry Waxman to retire
" .....this is no ordinary retirement; this is House Democrats losing one of their policy engines. It’s no ordinary retirement for the leadership, either. Waxman was, famously, one of Pelosi’s right-hand men; so was George Miller, another California Democrat who’s on his way out."
Even if the “bottom” falls out, the American people won’t believe it.
I agree with you, but they’ll lie way past the expiration date. It’s not too far off the mark to suggest they’ll never admit it, and the press will never cover it, if things get totally out of whack. No matter what.
“When unemployment goes up, it’s an economic slowdown. When your neighbor gets laid off, it’s a recession. When you get laid off, it’s a depression.”
Allegheny County voters getting particular Schadenfreude from the slap-fight between Highmark and UPMC, to determine whether holders of the most widely held health plan will be allowed access to a hospital chain holding a near-monopoly.
If she is 53 and has worked there for several years she probably makes between $18-$25hr. She has one child and WOULD NOT qualify for a subsidy unless she has more dependents She is SOL.
Let’s not forget that those people were presented with their new Group rates, not Obamacare rates. Those deductibles would have been higher.
Staged.
Since when does a small business invite their insurance broker in to deliver their new healthcare costs ?
To an audience of 6 ?
And the brought the local news to film it ?
Staged.
It is easy to believe when it is happening to you. It is easy to believe when it is happening to your kids, mom, dad, brothers, sisters and friends. At some point many more people will be out of work. many more people will have to stop going out to eat, take vacations, go to the movies.
And they are too stupid to realize that their premiums are paying for other people’s sex change operations.
Because it was Romney's plan before it became also Obama’s plan.
If someone voted for Romney or Obama they voted for this and:
If at any point they disparaged someone who voted for a candidate not from the major parties because of this issue, then they campaigned for Obamacare.
Why are the Repubs talking about amnesty, when they can drone on about Obamacare.
Anyone who says it’s not affordable just doesn’t understand: they don’t get to define what’s affordable - daddy guvment does!
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