When SC guts ACA your insurance premiums will go up 47% on average...WHAT???

[randys1]

http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2015/01/12/3609638/study-96-million-people-will-lose-health-care-if-supreme-court-decides-to-gut-obamacare/


The hate the right has for people who voted for Obama, cant be measured.

[BlueCaliDem]

1. Not in States that have opened their own PPACA Exchanges, though.

But then again, we voted in our best interests and didn't allow our hate for "the other" to influence our decision.

[still_one]

3. yup, and frankly if those that will be affected by this didn't vote or voted republican, who can

they blame if they lose their health insurance because they cannot afford the premiums?

[jwirr]

4. There could still be a rise in ours because the whole cost is based on the number of people who

signed up for the program. But hopefully the SCOTUS will realize that they are acting against the interest of the people.

[randys1]

5. EVERYBODY'S PREMIUM IS GOING UP, people who still can get credits will, EVERYBODY else

will pay WAY more to make up for the reality that now healthy young people will NOT be in the pool, etc.

Chaos will ensue, people will die, and teaparty will masturbate to the death and chaos.

Sorry for the gross comment, but it is true, and we have to GET SICK OF THESE PEOPLE and SHAME them!

[BlueCaliDem]

10. I don't think so...at least, not according to the Kaiser Family Foundation:

As the Kaiser Family Foundation's Larry Levitt explains it, a SCOTUS ruling gutting the subsidies could easily be rendered "moot" in one of two ways: Either Congress fixes the law, or governors in those states set up state exchanges to keep the subsidies flowing to their constituents.
http://crooksandliars.com/2014/11/if-supreme-court-invalidates-obamacare

[jwirr]

11. My guess is that the governors will be the first to move.

[BlueCaliDem]

12. No doubt about it. This Congress is so dysfunctional and so anti-PPACA that there's NO WAY they'll

pass any law to help their constituents achieve accessible health care and affordable health care insurance...well, their voting constituents, that is.

[still_one]

2. Hell, those 87% working poor who were in states that would not setup an exchange, and received

subsidies could not afford the premiums, and therefore would be without health insurance again. They would not be subject to the mandate, because those 87% don't make enough money.

It doesn't look good I agree. People are depending on Roberts and Kennedy to help preserve their health insurance with subsidies, and based on their past, I would be pessimistic. Yes, Roberts saved the ACA, but it should be noted that he insured that states did not need to expand their Medicaid program.

Not looking good at all.

[xocet]

6. Wow. n/t

[adigal]

7. My sympathy is very limited for states that voted for those who would do this

You reap, etc. etc.

I do feel for those poor who voted for their own interests and are getting screwed by others who didn't.

[randys1]

8. The whole thing is gone if this happens, the only remaining positive would be the law that

says health insurance terrorists, uh I mean companies, cant use preexisting exclusions and they have to return premiums if profits are more than 20%


Other than that we are back at square one.

At the right gets what they wanted all along, a twofer

Kill people who voted for Obama and destroy Obama's legacy

[Neon Gods]

9. This will be a disaster for a lot of people, but a far bigger disaster for....

...the Republican Party. The people most affected immediately will be Southern whites, and it will finally dawn on then at that moment that their sudden good fortune at getting affordable health insurance for the first time was due to...the hated OBAMACARE! Yes, that Obamacare which their party said was a disaster. Even better, the Republicans in Congress will be unable to agree on any kind of solution as the health care industry collapses before our eyes. (Democrats better be ready with a workable solution of their own and don't back down. We must be seen as the sane ones here).

[Orsino]

13. I think you just did meadure that hate.

In lives and savings.