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renie408

(9,854 posts)
Fri Nov 22, 2013, 02:51 PM Nov 2013

If the constant bombardment of ACA negativity is taking its toll on ME [View all]

...somebody who is a liberal and who desperately wants affordable health insurance coverage, what do we think it is doing to the average person? Hardly anybody I know in person has an even remotely positive view of this thing. At first I kept telling myself that the site would get fixed, people would start to benefit and everybody would chill out. But now, every day right here I see stories that make me think that it isn't going to work, it is going to be a giant clusterfuck and it is going to drag our previously bright chances for 2014 and 2016 into a hole with it.

Can somebody talk me off my ledge? Is there a silver lining here?? I think the main thing that is worrying me now are some of the comments about ACA plans paying doctors less, so fewer doctors will bother being in these networks. People are going to be PISSED if they cannot keep their doctor or have a very hard time finding doctors to take their ACA approved insurance plans.

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I signed up 30 minutes ago. Rest assured as more people find success... NYC_SKP Nov 2013 #1
This message was self-deleted by its author napkinz Nov 2013 #4
It's really too early to know the political fallout from the ACA, we won't even know how many PoliticAverse Nov 2013 #2
the media is in feeding frenzy mode re: the ACA right now. geek tragedy Nov 2013 #3
here ----> napkinz Nov 2013 #5
Thanks!! renie408 Nov 2013 #15
Negative ACA stories are planted here to serve an agenda Cali_Democrat Nov 2013 #6
This ^^^^^^^ treestar Nov 2013 #18
heh...I'm pretty well established as no fan TheKentuckian Nov 2013 #7
A reasonable and valid response Puzzledtraveller Nov 2013 #10
In January, the individual policies will expire for many folks.... kentuck Nov 2013 #8
I remember the Medicare rollout. Same-o, same-o. tsuki Nov 2013 #9
I'm thinking it will be changed and tweaked quinnox Nov 2013 #11
How can we pass tweaks? Especially for the stuff that we willfully constructed as is by a much TheKentuckian Nov 2013 #12
You might be right that any compromises made will be voted down by republicans quinnox Nov 2013 #14
The American public is extremely fickle taught_me_patience Nov 2013 #13
most of them aren't bombarded as much as us who drink from the firehose of oversaturated political Pretzel_Warrior Nov 2013 #16
Good point. renie408 Nov 2013 #17
Refocus on the many, many, many people (myself included) who can ScreamingMeemie Nov 2013 #19
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