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[quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous]This is making my healthcare unaffordable.  This was a bad bill from the start and now he chickens are coming home to roost.  That is what I love.  The told you so.[/quote]

I think you are a liar. I don't think this is making your healthcare unaffordable. Nobody loves when their healthcare is unaffordable.

So, you are a liar who takes pleasure in the misfortune of others. In other words, you are a real winner.
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I have a catastrophic policy for my family that I pay for.  It was 459 per month and was just raised to 695.  That is fact.  When thousands and thousands with preexisting conditions, kids to age 26, etc. are deemed "must cover", then the cost has to be allocated to the other policy holders.  It is no longer insurance, but rather "cost sharing".  The increases are not limited to personal policies, but all of those provided by business to their employees.  This will diminish jobs and lessen wages to the whole.  Saying healthcare is becoming unfordable to many like myself is not make me a liar or one who takes pleasure on others misfortune, it is simply the unintended (but predictable) consequence of this bill.  The exact outcome that was predicted by Republicans but clearly refuted by Obama who said it would lower costs.  Time will tell, this is just the beginning of the process of finding out what is in the bill now that the bill was first passed.[/quote]

Yet, you claim to "love" this situation. How can "love" healthcare costs rising significantly and causing financial challenges for many and not be taking pleasure in the misfortunes of others? If you did not lie about your healthcare costs rising, you must have lied about loving that fact. You clearly do not appear to love it.

BTW, the increase you describe above appears to be on a personal policy purchased directly from an insurer. The point of the exchanges is to provide competition which should result in price reductions. In DC, the initial price proposals of insurers resulted in two of them resubmitting lower prices. That's the way the competition is supposed to work. It's possible that you will be able to obtain better pricing from the exchange. Moreover, depending on your income and number of family members, you may be eligible for a subsidy.

It is true that including converge for pre-existing conditions and children up to age 26 does increase expenditures. But, the individual mandate expands the pool. Those two things should offset each other. We are currently in a transition period and the individual mandate has not yet been implemented. It may take a year or two (or even more) for all of this to shake out. But, all of use should be rooting for the success of the program. Cheering for failure because of your political leanings is literally cheering for hardship for your fellow citizens. What good is being able to say, "I told you so" when your friends and neighbors are sick and dying?
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