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flamingdem

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29. There are some sweet spots in ACA

Thu Nov 14, 2013, 01:30 PM

Nov 2013

I do agree with some criticisms related to that but hope it's not changed!

If one has a very low income, one's assets are not considered and one can have super health insurance for a hundred bucks a month.

Yes, if I had basic Medicare only I'd be jealous!

However most people on Medicare now never got raked for horrible insurance as I have.

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The saddest thing, is that none of the trauma of ACA had to occur [View all] SoCalDem Nov 2013 OP

Medicare is still the payment system, not the care provider system IronLionZion Nov 2013 #1

Too many vets use the VA system because it;s all they can afford SoCalDem Nov 2013 #2

I blame congressional republicans! B Calm Nov 2013 #3

They are the culprits NOW, but when it was passed, we had house and senate SoCalDem Nov 2013 #4

Well ... 1StrongBlackMan Nov 2013 #6

Ask the citizens & you'll find otherwise. SoCalDem Nov 2013 #7

"Ask the citizens" ... 1StrongBlackMan Nov 2013 #9

We do have term limits, it's called elections. B Calm Nov 2013 #10

not true rtracey Nov 2013 #14

I don't agree! B Calm Nov 2013 #17

Citizens are interested in good policy, republicans aren't uponit7771 Nov 2013 #21

Max Baucus is not a Republican SHRED Nov 2013 #13

The ACA was suppose to be simular to what you've INdemo Nov 2013 #5

It's not sad that a rollout isn't perfectly smooth. It could have been better, but the ancianita Nov 2013 #8

Thank You Senator Lieberman....NOT Billsmile Nov 2013 #11

Agreed. Kick. Rec. (nt) IdaBriggs Nov 2013 #12

Uh oh. I have Aetna Medicare Advantage now. ananda Nov 2013 #15

Advantage/supplementals are not a problem.. Medicare is your safety net SoCalDem Nov 2013 #22

No need to be sad. gulliver Nov 2013 #16

SCOTUS wrecked the Affordable Care Act. Conium Nov 2013 #18

How did SCOTUS hurt the MediCaid expansion? truedelphi Nov 2013 #30

They ruled that individual states could opt-out of the medicaid expansion SoCalDem Nov 2013 #33

Thanks for this important info. n/t truedelphi Nov 2013 #34

There are a lot of middle class people that work for health insurance companies. Dawgs Nov 2013 #19

Hwever if that is the function of the government - to throw subsidies into a program so truedelphi Nov 2013 #31

And that is what pisses me off about all of this. zeemike Nov 2013 #20

So there was some kind of magic wand that would have republicans voting for Single Payer> KittyWampus Nov 2013 #23

Not one Republican voted for the ACA as it is. So what do Republicans have to do with it? Bluenorthwest Nov 2013 #25

Yeah. The power of public pressure leftstreet Nov 2013 #26

Medicare is not free, personally I'm better off on the Silver flamingdem Nov 2013 #24

I never said it was free.. But the inner-workings of the program are in place SoCalDem Nov 2013 #27

I've met a great deal of people who are on Medicare wanting to join the Marketplace... Drunken Irishman Nov 2013 #28

There are some sweet spots in ACA flamingdem Nov 2013 #29

Everything happens for a reason. I am willing to wait and see. nt kelliekat44 Nov 2013 #32

Blame Baucus, Liandreau, Nelson, Lieberman and Repukes functioning_cog Nov 2013 #35

Ive totally missed the generation shift you describe in your first sentence. Jesus Malverde Nov 2013 #36