Posted on 11/04/2013 2:48:48 PM PST by Lmo56
Americans who face higher insurance costs under President Obama’s health-care law are angrily complaining about “sticker shock,” threatening to become a new political force opposing the law even as the White House struggles to convince other consumers that they will benefit from it.
The growing backlash involves people whose plans are being discontinued because the policies don’t meet the law’s more-stringent standards. They’re finding that many alternative policies come with higher premiums and deductibles.
After receiving a letter from her insurer that her plan was being discontinued, Deborah Persico, a 58-year-old lawyer in the District, found a comparable plan on the city’s new health insurance exchange. But her monthly premium, now $297, would be $165 higher, and her maximum out-of-pocket costs would double.
That means she could end up paying at least $5,000 more a year than she does now. “That’s just not fair,” said Persico, who represents indigent criminal defendants. “This is ridiculous.”
If the poor, sick and uninsured are the winners under the Affordable Care Act, the losers appear to include some relatively healthy middle-income small-business owners, consultants, lawyers and other self-employed workers who buy their own insurance. Many make too much to qualify for new federal subsidies provided by the law but not enough to absorb the rising costs without hardship. Some are too old to go without insurance because they have children or have minor health issues, but they are too young for Medicare.
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““That’s just not fair,” said Persico, who represents indigent criminal defendants. “This is ridiculous.””
just think, she may well end up representing herself!
I'm going to go out on a limb here, and BET this babe marched into the polling booth, head high, chest out, and pulled the lever for the kenyan because she KNEW pubbies were bad, bad people.
Just a hunch.
“... but the more you play by the rules, the more you get beat up on.”
That’s right, pal, they must have absolute control of the people who are working and thus write the checks. Everything depends from them.
No it is worse. Hiz desire for Youtopian Staytism and narcissistik issues have him pushing this thing to full throttle and the Nitros is on. But now it beyond hiz enamies it is now affecting everybody.
What are the chances that Persico voted for Obama the last time around? I would wager it is about 100%
Anybody complaining about this law will hear one question from me: "Did you vote for Mitt Romney in 2012? If the answer to that question is "no", they'll get zero sympathy from me!
“You try to be personally accountable and play by the rules, but the more you play by the rules, the more you get beat up on.”
Amen! When people wake and realize this, it’s game over for those in Versailles on the Potomac.
“My only concern is if people don’t rise up in large enough numbers to stop it.”
Does the GOPe even WANT to stop it? If the upset “large enough numbers” sweep the GOP back into power...will they repeal it?
I don’t think they will...unless it’s Cruz or Paul or some like-minded individual.
Obamacare is a mighty big stick to control in the “stick and carrot” game. Obama has proved that.
“I am one of those Democrats who wanted it to be better than this,” she said.
ROTFFLMFAO!
These people REALLY ARE as stupid as I thought they were!
Wait, Wait, it gets better, I'll bet this DC really believes, in her heart, those DASTARDLY REPUBLICANS somehow caused all this.
In her heart she KNOWS that's true!!
Now poor Jose wants to access the US healthcare market through the exchanges, but will need a big, honking subsidy to afford that gold-plated plan.
I have no problem speaking heavily accented English when I go to see the doctor.
Some are very distressed by this and it maybe effecting their physical and mental health.
OhhBaamyakair is hurting more than we know...
If you’re all volunteers then why do you need to buy insurance? That doesn’t make any sense.
Prior to care of heeewhoshalenotbeenahmed, these artistic folks could have purchased a plan through the BBB, or purchased an HSA if they were sole proprietorship, LLC etc, or via a guild they were a member of.
So why weren't they pro-active?
Did they not learn in Public School that they might be responsible for themselves and the basics of insurance and investing?
Oh I forgot, a lot of that isn't taught in the school systems, but boy we have time for Banana's in need of Wrappers!
the losers appear to include some relatively healthy middle-income small-business owners, consultants, lawyers and other self-employed workers who buy their own insurance. Many make too much to qualify for new federal subsidies provided by the law but not enough to absorb the rising costs without hardship.
In other words, hard-working taxpayers, Republicans and Independents who didn't vote for Obama.
Good luck when you need serious coverage.
The regime has been very good at rewarding friends and penalizing enemies.
Since they’re the Chicago political mob, which perfected this type of behaviour, no surprise.
I like taildraggers.
Prefer Pietenpols.
Started building one, never got it done.
SIGH!
Follow the money.
I love your moniker, the Missus and I are trying to purge our daily conversations of heeewhoshalenotbeenahmed but he and his minions seem to be everywhere, wrecking everything and it occasionally slips out.
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