Where are those great health plans?

Obamacare's Five Broken Promises That Made Health Care Even Worse

Broken Promise #1 " You Can Keep Your Plan

Up to 9.3 million people lost their coverage during the first open enrollment period.
President Obama personally apologized for Americans losing health coverage.
Politifact named "If you like your health care plan, you can keep it," the Lie of the Year for 2013.

Broken Promise #2 " You Can Keep Your Doctor

As many as 214,000 doctors opted out of participating in Obamacare exchange plans.
CNN declared President Obama's claim that "You can keep your own doctor" false.
Obamacare's website revised and then dropped the section entitled, "Can I keep my own doctor?"

Broken Promise #3 " Your Premiums Will Go Down by $2,500

Premiums increased by about 60% in the first four years.
Insurance premium amounts varied in increase from $2,524 for an individual between the ages of 31 and 40 to $12,040 for a family headed by someone over age 60.

Broken Promise #4 " You'll Have More Access to Care

Hundreds of thousands of health care providers opted-out of Obamacare exchange plans.
Studies show that instead of going to a doctor's office for care, people continued to use emergency rooms for non-emergencies.
Over half of the of the uninsured in 2018 were eligible for financial assistance through Medicaid or marketplace subsidies but chose not to be covered.
Access to insurance does not equate to having access to care.

Broken Promise #5 " Those With Pre-Existing Conditions Will Be Protected

Obamacare did not protect patients from bankruptcy. Research from a left-leaning organization found no evidence Obamacare reduced the proportion of bankruptcies driven by medical debt.
Obamacare did not protect patients from dying. A 2019 study found there was no reduction in mortality for those that participated in Obamacare, meaning that enrollment in Obamacare had the same impact as having other forms of coverage or no coverage at all.

"Here's my problem. Republicans have never fixed it,"

Doctor Strange is always changing sides

Are we ready to admit that Obamacare was never a viable plan and could only exist with additional subsidies?
This acceptance may facilitate the implementation of a better plan. ACA needs to be scrapped completely.
ACA was generated by insurance lobbyists and no one (lawmaker) even read it, it was 17K pages if I remember correctly, also no one was allowed to take a copy home.

I suggest we use the remaining 2025 to craft a completely new scheme, instead of trying to artificially extend the lifespan of the vampire that is Obamacare.

The enhanced subsidies, also known as enhanced premium tax credits, have been available since the Biden administration passed them in 2021 and extended them in 2022. They are scheduled to expire at the end of 2025.

How are the 'enhanced premium tax credits' suddenly a do-or-die issue? What happened before 2021, when Biden pulled the pin and rolled it into the subsequent administration?

My take: they planned to make a Big Deal out of this from the start (2021), to sab0tage the subsequent administration.
Same as the 'temporary deferred' immigrant status, also set to 1gnite after the perps fled the scene.. Dirty tricks and traps.

#34 | Posted by REDIAL

Healthcare in Canada is delivered through the provincial and territorial systems of publicly funded health care, informally called Medicare. It is guided by the provisions of the Canada Health Act of 1984, and is universal.

Just put everyone on medicare. Done.

The statement that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was the best healthcare program Democrats could get in the face of Republican opposition reflects a widely held view among political analysts and participants at the time.

#32 | Posted by Corky
The Democrats were in complete control, and there was no filibuster.
They could have passed anything they wanted.

Affordable Care Act (ACA) enacted on March 23, 2010.

111th United States Congress
110th
' 112th
United States Capitol (2009)
January 3, 2009 " January 3, 2011
Members 100 senators
435 representatives
6 non-voting delegates
Senate majority Democratic
Senate President Dick Cheney (R)[a]
(until January 20, 2009)
Joe Biden (D)
(from January 20, 2009)
House majority Democratic
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D)

They could pass anything they want.

Which means, what we're getting right now, it's what Republicans want.

#48 | Posted by snoofy

They could pass anything they want.
(Except a continuing resolution.)

Fact is, had that been the option, a half-dozen HUGE groups would've suddenly galvanized against it...including hospitals, insurance companies (and Reps from insurance-heavy states, like New York or Illinois), and everyone with current plans in the 80th-99th percentile..

#49 | Posted by Danforth

The side with the most bribes usually wins, but the pols will take money from both sides and for one it's always "We did everything we could! (no refunds)"

I'm looking forward to the Hemp vs MJ battle. The cashflak will be popping like my tasty popcorn!
-The U.S. legal marijuana market size is valued at USD 25.06 billion in 2025
-$28 Billion Hemp Industry Faces Extinction With Government Re-Opening.
Which side will Big Alky come in on?

$63,699,810
Total from Finance, Insurance & Real Estate PACs to candidates, 2009-2010
$30,048,844
To Democrats
$33,373,766
To Republicans
469 PACs

Plus side bets:
Health insurers last year gave the U.S. Chamber of Commerce $86.2 million that was used to oppose the health-care overhaul law, according to tax records and people familiar with the donation.
Bloomberg News November 23, 2010
The Hedge is bigger than the Pot!
Winner of the 'No Refunds' prize! lol

$248,141,620
Total Spent on Pharmaceuticals/Health Products, 2010
516
Number of Clients
1,670 (64.19%)
Number of Lobbyists/Percent of Former Government Employees ?more info