Caroline Forbes said:
]Well it's a radical change in how our health system is structured and how we deliver healthcare (actually to more closely resemble European countries' systems). How insurance companies and the government health insurance reimburse healthcare providers for service is going to change to try and shift people to lower cost services (like preventative care) and away from high cost tests and procedures (like say getting an MRI).
So there is the government cost which it is paying for largely by increasing taxes. Business are now being forced to provide insurance to their employees or pay a penalty, and for individuals who don't have insurance through their employer, they must buy their own coverage.
BUT it will ALSO allow those who are the lower end to have access to higher end procedures such as tests or even medical procedures, particularly in the states where medicaid is being expanded. its not just a "limited benefits" option for lower income ppl. & many who will have to buy their own plans, will more than likely have most of the premium cost covered by subsidies. reports from states that have already implimented the ACA have shown the average monthly rates are turning out to be LOWER than even gov't estimates. TN is one such state.
A lot of companies have started dropping health coverage for their employees, which the proponents of the ACA didn't expect. The President has extended the deadline for companies to get their coverage in place by a year.
most of the plans that companies were dropping were "limited benefit" plans, that really didnt do much anyway but dent a person's paycheck w/ a monthly premium while still saddling them w/ HIGH co-pays & often NO help w/ prescription cost (@ best, there'd be a deductible & IF that was met w/in the calendar year, THEN these plans would only cover about 70% of the cost of prescriptions, which is OFTEN not that helpful). These same companies are shifting those employees to the health insurance exchanges opening under the ACA. So its not as though the employees are being cast to the wind w/ no options or even a way to explore those options.
What the Republicans who are in opposition right now are asking for is that the mandate to make individuals carry their own insurance if their employer does not be extended by that same year period. And also that Congress be held to the same healthcare as everybody else under the ACA (currently their have their own separate plan paid for by the government).
that was only AFTER they couldn't get their way to defund it or reppeal it, which they've been trying to do to the point of EXHAUSTION for the past 2 years.
lol I could say exactly the opposite about the Democrats. It's great to want to have universal healthcare. And we need to overhaul our system before the baby boomers get any older. BUT it has to be paid for somehow! And it IS going to be a burden on regular Americans so let's try to not fuck over the economy while we do it.
well you wouldnt be offending ME
Im not a democrat
yes, overhaul is needed. & this ACA is a long overdue, much needed step! HIPAA was the step before this, MEDICARE before that...& in both cases...there was all this uproar but now BOTH previous steps are valued & necessary.
the economy was already fucked before this...& that didnt happen on obama's watch. studies show that ACA will help LOWER the deficite- among other things, reducing medicare costs by up to $50 BILLION over the next decade alone!
Though don't forget that the ACA helps everyone but the very poorest people who need it the most
I recognize that
TX is a prime example...where i think its 1 out of every 4 ppl don't have insurance or access to it b/c they are so poor & Perry has refused to cooperate w/ any of the provisions that could help RELIEVE some of these ppl via the ACA even though his is a state that is one of the HIGHEST in need & estimates show that rates for TX residents would be well below the national average. Same thing w/ Virgina.
The fact of the matter is that the Republicans have backed down on asking for repeal of the ACA, and asked for reasonable concessions from the Democrats that they have refused to consider. So who's not compromising?
well they had to. it passed the votes legitimitely in 2010 & then the supreme court upheld it. the fact that continue to make it an issue that they use for leverage & obstruction is unconscionable.
what they're asking for arent concessions...they want to dillute it to the point that it's useless. they want to defund it so that it CAN'T be paid for. the $ for it was already approved by the original vote & upheld by the supreme court!
