Sticker Shock: Californians suddenly discover why all the Republican shouting over #Obamacare.

http://www.redstate.com/2013/10/06/california-exchanges-sticker-shock-obamacare/ ^ | 10-6-2013 | Moe Lane

[sheikdetailfeather]

Meet Tom Waschura, Californian, father of two – oh, and right: Obama supporter. Just got a letter from his healthcare provider telling him that his private health insurance just went up by ten grand a year:

“I was laughing at Boehner — until the mail came today,” Waschura said, referring to House Speaker John Boehner, who is leading the Republican charge to defund Obamacare.

“I really don’t like the Republican tactics, but at least now I can understand why they are so pissed about this. When you take $10,000 out of my family’s pocket each year, that’s otherwise disposable income or retirement savings that will not be going into our local economy.”

Let me tell you a secret: we don’t need people like Mr. Waschura to love us. We just need people like him to vote their class interests, to quote the Marxists who unaccountably confidently expect this rotating disaster of a health care rationing system to fuel public outcry for socialized medicine. They don’t have to vote Republican forever, you know. We’ll be happy if they vote Republican just enough to allow the party to kill this thing. With that in mind, let me just be the first to assure Mr. Waschura that his hope that the rates will be adjusted down in a few years is only half-justified: left unchecked, they will be adjusted. Only upwards. The Democrats always expected and planned that Obamacare would be funded by raiding the incomes of as many people as possible; making the insurance companies the mechanism for jacking up premiums was the only way to get the insurance companies on-board.

[gogeo]

"I was laughing at Boehner -- until the mail came today,..."

...and now we're laughing at you.

"Of course, I want people to have health care," Vinson said. "I just didn't realize I would be the one who was going to pay for it personally."

Of course I'm curious...would someone please ask her who she thought would be paying for it?

You were both Obama and Unaffordable Health Care Act supporters...now suck it up!

We don't want to hear your whining!

[EDINVA]

Since we’ve not succeeded in beating them nor converting them, at least I can enjoy their pain. Consider it an in-kind contribution, Mr. Waschura. $10K you don’t have for yourself, your wife and your kids.

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping!

[steve86]

At least with the companies, you can work with them and get approval much easier than the government system. If The Man says no, you're screwed.

I'm not sure what you mean. You are still dealing with insurance companies on the exchanges, Medicare, and Medicaid. I have been on a state plan for years and a private company is always involved. Now single-payer might be a different matter. P.S. Best wishes to your mom.

[potlatch]

They won't admit it but the MSM may finally be seeing through Obama’s ‘transparency’ a bit.

[prairiebreeze]

It’s really hard for me to feel sympathy for Obama voting morons.

Unfortunately, their stupidity is going to hurt all of us badly, in soooo many ways.

[GailA]

naw he’ll go cry baby to welfare. when people who truly need it for a short time can’t get it or have to sell off their car and liquidate a $500 401K. To much liquid stuff to meet requirements.