Posted on 10/05/2013 7:13:13 PM PDT by lowbridge
One mystery of the government shutdown is why Republicans are so apoplectic about the Affordable Care Act, a piece of legislation that aims to make health insurance more affordable for millions of Americans.
One theory is that the Republican leadership is scared that Obamacare actually won't be as bad as they have been saying it will be — that, in fact, Americans (including Republican constituents) will quite like it.
If Americans like Obamacare, the theory goes, this will be a big blow to the Republicans' big sales pitch over the past 30 years, which is that more government is always bad. (This despite the popularity of Medicare, Social Security, and other programs that even many Republicans support.) And this, in turn, the theory goes, will be a big blow to the Republican Party.
Well, it seems at least one Republican is pleasantly surprised by the reality of Obamacare.
Sy Mukherjee of ThinkProgress caught up with Butch Matthews, a 61-year-old former small business owner from Little Rock, Arkansas. Matthews, a diehard Republican, was skeptical of Obamacare. But the new law has already allowed him to buy insurance that is both much better, and much cheaper, than the astronomically expensive pre-Obamacare plan he was clinging to from Blue Cross Blue Shield.
(Excerpt) Read more at businessinsider.com ...
Remember the union goon complaining about (supposed) "unintended consequences?" Besides impacting the union members themselves, how many people who are currently making auto payments will have that formerly disposable income eaten up by ObamaCare. I can't wait to see what happens to the auto industry once it fully kicks in...
Mark
http://thinkprogress.org/health/2013/10/02/2721501/butch-matthews-obamacare-convert/
He doesn’t work, but “he has assets saved up”. So — Obamacare gives him FREE medical insurance, paid by you and I.
“Matthews knew that, at his income level, the law would help him pay for insurance. But even he might not have expected just how good of a deal he could get: his new coverage will cost him absolutely nothing in monthly premiums after factoring in federal subsidies, and has a deductible of $750.”
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He owns his home free and clear, also his car, has assets saved up — yet, because he doesn’t have wage income, we are paying for his health insurance — how long will the country be able to keep this up?
Until they will just keep 100% of our income and the government “will take care” of all our needs, as they see it fit.
> Sy Mukherjee of ThinkProgress caught up with Butch Matthews, a 61-year-old former small business owner from Little Rock, Arkansas
Question: why would a guy from ThinkProgress look for a Republican to interview when Democrats would be much easier to find to interview for him? Moreover how did he just happen to come across this Republican business owner who is sooo happy with his plan?
0 stop insulting our intelligence by using your proprietary social change organizations to place plants in the media to fool the idiots. They’re starting to catch on to your tactics. Any day now one of the members of your staged gun crimes crew is going to come forward and expose your plans to disarm the public by creating horrific shootings for maximum knee-jerk effect...
Yet another left-leaning article from Business Insider.
‘Business Insider’ is a Democrat propaganda organ designed to look as if it is on a par with real business publications like Forbes, Investors Business Daily, and the Wall Street Journal, etc. This “Henry Blodget” is a rat operative. Either Blodget genuinely stumbled upon an anecdotal needle in a haystack, or his whole story is a fraud. I’m betting on the latter.
I love how they always tout social security and Medicare as being popular.
If it is so popular then why is it mandatory?
These reporters are really a bunch of delusional hacks who think they are exucated. The truth is that they have been indoctrinated by Marxist universities and now they don’t know their ass from their elbows.
Just laugh at them.
How can the media actually report this crap????
Supposedly, Mr. “Typical” reports that as he has no income Zer0care is cheaper than his past coverage!
What?? Mr. Typical with no income, would have been enrolled in Medicaid, so, which government teat has he decided to move to: The Medicaid teat, or Zer0’s teat??
Still a scum-sucker!
No kidding. There is nothing about him until all of the retweeting and blogging and Daily Kos type posting.
When it won’t pass the giggle test I tend to believe it ain’t true.
The Affordable Scare Act doesn’t make healthcare affordable for millions of Americans—it just rams it down everybody’s throat, so that when everyone is signed up you will have to wait six months for an appointment to see a specialist. Stupid Democrats have forced an increase in demand for services but neglected to ramp up the supply process to meet the demand. Of course they neglected it—it’s an impossible task! The result is going to be an automatic shortage of healthcare providers, leading to rationing of services. Like maybe this was not the intent all along?
Most interesting is that he gave NOTHING except for his 2012 contributions which largely went to Romney.
Hey, I like Obamacare. I like Unicorns too. I was talking to one just the other day. In fact, I think he said his name was Butch Matthews too.
Raunchy Rockefeller Republican maybe... if it’s even real.
Anyhow he’s keyhole visioned. If he looked at the whole picture it spells disaster. Nice price for... whoops they did a bait and switch and it’s NOTHING like the old insurance plans he knew! It’s a 3rd world bastardization! Complete with banana republic promises that are never kept!
A second question would have to be just what kind of "business" do you have that generates enough income to have a house and cars completely paid off, yet makes "so little" that he qualifies for such a plan?
Butch Mathews is the new Carlos Danger.
Exactly! And how long before your voter’s registration and donation history to political candidates is examined before the decision is made to give you chemo for your breast cancer or not?
Say it again, and again, and again, and AGAIN.
B I N G O post of the day
I’m going to love Obamcare. I’m 55 no insurance because of preconditing conditions ...skin cancer..Im going to need eye surgery . Not great income so I’ll make out like a bandit. Its going to take 20 young people’s rate increase to finance me. Guys like me are going to crash this thing.
“But the new law has already allowed him to buy insurance that is both much better, and much cheaper, than the astronomically expensive pre-Obamacare plan he was clinging to from Blue Cross Blue Shield.”
Clever use of language. We are not told how much his new insurance plan cost but only how much he is paying. The author offers no proof that the plan cost less. That is the great lie about Obamacare it deliberately confuses the price of insurance with the insured’s cost.
In this case the Staunch Republican won big time, the insurance company won big time, and the democrats won big time. the only loser was those of us who are paying for it.
I’ve been screaming it for years and won’t stop until my breath runs out.
Please repeat it often yourself.
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