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Anonymous wrote:I hope the ACA gets shut down. My premiums have been continuously rising to pay for all the subsidized people that are using it. Meanwhile I went for a yearly physical exam and my premiums have more than doubled in the past year. Thankfully this was my last month using a plan on the exchange.

It's a good thing we have the ACA or your premiums would be even higher

For some people (the sick, those not paying federal taxes) that may be true. For most, including the healthy and the taxpayers, nope -- the actual cost for them is now higher.

This is true, but then, if you are saying that we shouldn't help pay for the sick and the not poor enough for medicare people, then are you saying to them "too bad for you.. you're just sol"?

Let's play this out: a middle income person who can't afford good healthcare (since ACA is no longer available) get sick. Now this person either goes on medicare or ends up in the ER and can't pay. Who ends up paying? The taxpayer.

Either way, taxpayers end up footing the bill. I'd rather have people healthier, able to go see the dr. fore preventative care, and be contributing members of society.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hope the ACA gets shut down. My premiums have been continuously rising to pay for all the subsidized people that are using it. Meanwhile I went for a yearly physical exam and my premiums have more than doubled in the past year. Thankfully this was my last month using a plan on the exchange.

It's a good thing we have the ACA or your premiums would be even higher

For some people (the sick, those not paying federal taxes) that may be true. For most, including the healthy and the taxpayers, nope -- the actual cost for them is now higher.

This is true, but then, if you are saying that we shouldn't help pay for the sick and the not poor enough for medicare people, then are you saying to them "too bad for you.. you're just sol"?

Let's play this out: a middle income person who can't afford good healthcare (since ACA is no longer available) get sick. Now this person either goes on medicare or ends up in the ER and can't pay. Who ends up paying? The taxpayer.

Either way, taxpayers end up footing the bill. I'd rather have people healthier, able to go see the dr. fore preventative care, and be contributing members of society.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hope the ACA gets shut down. My premiums have been continuously rising to pay for all the subsidized people that are using it. Meanwhile I went for a yearly physical exam and my premiums have more than doubled in the past year. Thankfully this was my last month using a plan on the exchange.

It's a good thing we have the ACA or your premiums would be even higher

For some people (the sick, those not paying federal taxes) that may be true. For most, including the healthy and the taxpayers, nope -- the actual cost for them is now higher.

For some people (the sick, those not paying federal taxes) that may be true. For most, including the healthy and the taxpayers, nope -- the actual cost for them is now higher.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:http://www.msn.com/en-us/money/healthcare/latest-sign-obamacare-exchanges-arent-working-in-many-markets/ar-BBw0HPg

This is alarming, especially now that I am about to buy health insurance on the exchange.

How worried should I be about this continuing to be an option, and not costing a fortune? I live in DC, and I don't have any other viable insurance options due to self employment.

+1 also self employed. I thought the repub. party was the party friendly to small businesses. In this case, they sure do make it harder to become self employed.

I don’t understand how you can blame the Republican party for the demise of ACA. It was destined to fail from the beginning, and that is what many of us Republicans have been saying all along. With all its mandates, its pay structure, its taxes, and frankly, lack of choice, it is inevitable.
I will remind you that NOT ONE Republican member of Congress voted yes for this legislation. Not one.
We need to scrap the whole thing and start new - tort reform, selling across state lines, and more choice with no mandates. And, something needs to be done about the actual costs of treatment.... Obama promised that ACA would do that, but it didn’t.

I will take this argument seriously when the Republicans make anything that remotely resembles a serious attempt at their own version of healthcare reform. "Repeal and replace" doesn't work unless you actually have a plan for "replace."

Hmm.

It was Romney the guy who introduced a much more successful health reform than Obama's.

Unfortunately, we (and that includes me) chose not to give him a chance.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hope the ACA gets shut down. My premiums have been continuously rising to pay for all the subsidized people that are using it. Meanwhile I went for a yearly physical exam and my premiums have more than doubled in the past year. Thankfully this was my last month using a plan on the exchange.

It's a good thing we have the ACA or your premiums would be even higher

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hope the ACA gets shut down. My premiums have been continuously rising to pay for all the subsidized people that are using it. Meanwhile I went for a yearly physical exam and my premiums have more than doubled in the past year. Thankfully this was my last month using a plan on the exchange.

It's a good thing we have the ACA or your premiums would be even higher

Anonymous wrote:I hope the ACA gets shut down. My premiums have been continuously rising to pay for all the subsidized people that are using it. Meanwhile I went for a yearly physical exam and my premiums have more than doubled in the past year. Thankfully this was my last month using a plan on the exchange.

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Anonymous wrote:OP here. Not sure why this was moved from Off-Topic to the Political Discussion forum, because I had no intention of discussing the politics behind it or getting into partisan debates about who was to blame for what. I was just wondering what others thought about how this might play out and what my options are, given that I have some pre-existing (but not expensive to manage) conditions? I could go on COBRA, but that's very expensive. I feel stuck and like the rug might get pulled out from under me.

I'm hopeful that even if they pull ACA, they will mandate that health insurance providers not deny people based on pre-existing conditions, and also keep the removal of lifetime max cap. These two things were my biggest issues with insurance pre ACA. I saw someone go bankrupt because they had reached the lifetime max on their insurance, then died penniless. I couldn't get coverage because of my pre existing condition.

Anonymous wrote:OP here. Not sure why this was moved from Off-Topic to the Political Discussion forum, because I had no intention of discussing the politics behind it or getting into partisan debates about who was to blame for what. I was just wondering what others thought about how this might play out and what my options are, given that I have some pre-existing (but not expensive to manage) conditions? I could go on COBRA, but that's very expensive. I feel stuck and like the rug might get pulled out from under me.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:http://www.msn.com/en-us/money/healthcare/latest-sign-obamacare-exchanges-arent-working-in-many-markets/ar-BBw0HPg

This is alarming, especially now that I am about to buy health insurance on the exchange.

How worried should I be about this continuing to be an option, and not costing a fortune? I live in DC, and I don't have any other viable insurance options due to self employment.

+1 also self employed. I thought the repub. party was the party friendly to small businesses. In this case, they sure do make it harder to become self employed.

I don’t understand how you can blame the Republican party for the demise of ACA. It was destined to fail from the beginning, and that is what many of us Republicans have been saying all along. With all its mandates, its pay structure, its taxes, and frankly, lack of choice, it is inevitable.
I will remind you that NOT ONE Republican member of Congress voted yes for this legislation. Not one.
We need to scrap the whole thing and start new - tort reform, selling across state lines, and more choice with no mandates. And, something needs to be done about the actual costs of treatment.... Obama promised that ACA would do that, but it didn’t.

I will take this argument seriously when the Republicans make anything that remotely resembles a serious attempt at their own version of healthcare reform. "Repeal and replace" doesn't work unless you actually have a plan for "replace."

Hmm.

It was Romney the guy who introduced a much more successful health reform than Obama's.

Unfortunately, we (and that includes me) chose not to give him a chance.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hope the ACA gets shut down. My premiums have been continuously rising to pay for all the subsidized people that are using it. Meanwhile I went for a yearly physical exam and my premiums have more than doubled in the past year. Thankfully this was my last month using a plan on the exchange.

I had private insurance for a long time before ACA. My premiums went up by a lot every year. It got so bad I had to switch to a high deductible plan. At least with ACA, they are now forced to spend x% on healthcare.

Spending isn't an issue. Remember when they were touting rebates people were receiving as a result of ACA? Heard of any lately? Of course the rebates came before a more fuller implementation of the law had occurred.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:http://www.msn.com/en-us/money/healthcare/latest-sign-obamacare-exchanges-arent-working-in-many-markets/ar-BBw0HPg

This is alarming, especially now that I am about to buy health insurance on the exchange.

How worried should I be about this continuing to be an option, and not costing a fortune? I live in DC, and I don't have any other viable insurance options due to self employment.

+1 also self employed. I thought the repub. party was the party friendly to small businesses. In this case, they sure do make it harder to become self employed.

I don’t understand how you can blame the Republican party for the demise of ACA. It was destined to fail from the beginning, and that is what many of us Republicans have been saying all along. With all its mandates, its pay structure, its taxes, and frankly, lack of choice, it is inevitable.
I will remind you that NOT ONE Republican member of Congress voted yes for this legislation. Not one.
We need to scrap the whole thing and start new - tort reform, selling across state lines, and more choice with no mandates. And, something needs to be done about the actual costs of treatment.... Obama promised that ACA would do that, but it didn’t.

I will take this argument seriously when the Republicans make anything that remotely resembles a serious attempt at their own version of healthcare reform. "Repeal and replace" doesn't work unless you actually have a plan for "replace."

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hope the ACA gets shut down. My premiums have been continuously rising to pay for all the subsidized people that are using it. Meanwhile I went for a yearly physical exam and my premiums have more than doubled in the past year. Thankfully this was my last month using a plan on the exchange.

I had private insurance for a long time before ACA. My premiums went up by a lot every year. It got so bad I had to switch to a high deductible plan. At least with ACA, they are now forced to spend x% on healthcare.