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Obamacare-dependent citizens dwell on possible repeal of law
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Posted on 01/12/2017 5:24:39 AM PST by SoFloFreeper

In the wake of the potential repeal of Obamacare, South Florida residents who are dependent on the law are considering, what they are calling, the potential devastating effects of repealing the law.

People who own local clinics where Obamacare is the norm are watching President-elect Trump very closely. Two thousand patients at one Wynwood clinic have Obamacare, and they are worried about what happens next....


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bias; media; obamacult; tds
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To: day10

Those stories don’t fit the narrative.


41 posted on 01/12/2017 6:43:09 AM PST by Hyman Roth
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To: babble-on

then they will be extremely happy when market-base reforms bring their bill way down


42 posted on 01/12/2017 6:45:24 AM PST by Mr. K ( Trump kicked her ass 2-to-1 if you remove all the voter fraud.)
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To: SoFloFreeper

No matter what happens, somebody will benefit and somebody will be hurt. We can’t focus in on one or the other without skewing reality. We need to look at the overall picture.

A similar problem is electric cars. On the face of it they seem like a good idea. But when you consider the ecological damage done to mine the materials and the long term disposal, meaning the entire lifecycle, they are overwhelmingly a bad decision.

Any socialization of anything will favor one group at the expense of others. The marketplace approach is the only one that guarantees a fair price to all. The problem comes in when you say, well what if somebody can’t pay that price?


43 posted on 01/12/2017 7:06:19 AM PST by Gen.Blather
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To: SoFloFreeper
Two thousand patients at one Wynwood clinic have Obamacare,

It would be interesting to hear from some of these patients on just what kind of "healthcare" they're receiving. Is it timely? Is it effective? Is it affordable? What do they pay, if anything at all?

44 posted on 01/12/2017 7:25:59 AM PST by Lou L (Health "insurance" is NOT the same as health "care")
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To: semimojo

I think you’re absolutely right, but I’m not sure then that people who hate Obamacare will be satisfied that it is really gone.


45 posted on 01/12/2017 7:29:59 AM PST by babble-on
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To: libertylover
I'm sure the homeless will be back soon after being out of the news for 8 years.

They're back already. Our local Gannett newsrag has published at least four features on local homelessness since election day!

46 posted on 01/12/2017 7:35:56 AM PST by JimRed (Is it 1776 yet? TERM LIMITS, now and forever! Build the Wall, NOW!)
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To: Gaffer

Thank You Gaffer, perfectly explained what happened to my dad.


47 posted on 01/12/2017 7:41:42 AM PST by KC_Lion ("I'm a believer that you don't need a title, and you don't need an office to make a difference"~S.P.)
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To: ClearCase_guy

He said the they were going to do the Democrats a service by repealing it.


48 posted on 01/12/2017 7:42:32 AM PST by Lopeover (The 2016 Election is about allegiance to the United States!)
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To: SoFloFreeper
Over 90% of the 'health care' money a person spends in their lifetime is spent in the last 6 months of their lives.

Providing health care for poor people under the age of 65 should be cheap and effective and it would be if we STOPPED pretending we're not paying now.

We are paying now.

Poor people get care at Emergency Rooms - the most expensive way possible to get care.

Use what's already comfortable for the poor but make it affordable. Siding scale, incentives not to overuse (easy to set up) and a computerized way of diagnosis that could make this system the standard of care world wide.

49 posted on 01/12/2017 9:04:53 AM PST by GOPJ (ObamaCare Motto: "If You Like Your Doctor, Maybe You'll Like Your New Doctor" - Dave Barry)
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To: SoFloFreeper
Over 90% of the 'health care' money a person spends in their lifetime is spent in the last 6 months of their lives.

Providing health care for poor people under the age of 65 should be cheap and effective and it would be if we STOPPED pretending we're not paying now.

We are paying now.

Poor people get care at Emergency Rooms - the most expensive way possible to get care.

Use what's already comfortable for the poor but make it affordable. Siding scale, incentives not to overuse (easy to set up) and a computerized way of diagnosis that could make this system the standard of care world wide.

Oh, and not 'use' emergency rooms - but that concept... maybe right next door to already used Emergency rooms.

50 posted on 01/12/2017 9:06:31 AM PST by GOPJ (ObamaCare Motto: "If You Like Your Doctor, Maybe You'll Like Your New Doctor" - Dave Barry)
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