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In reply to the discussion: I don't think the Health Insurance Reform Act was a great progressive achievement. [View all]derby378
(30,252 posts)145. Aw, SNAP! (n/t)
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I don't think the Health Insurance Reform Act was a great progressive achievement. [View all]
boston bean
Dec 2011
OP
Obama had insurance and facilities at the table instead of doctors and patients.
SugarShack
Dec 2011
#66
If you seen two people drowning but could only help one would you let them both drown?
NNN0LHI
Dec 2011
#12
It's not President Obama's fault you didn't know you could change the rules in midstream.
A Simple Game
Dec 2011
#132
I notice the article you linked to doesn't say what the maximum allowable out of pocket expense is.
dflprincess
Dec 2011
#149
After you pay your $500 or $600 payment per month that you can't afford,
A Simple Game
Dec 2011
#156
Do you know what kind of health care the chronically ill get from Medicaid?
unapatriciated
Jan 2012
#191
What makes you think I haven't read this. In fact I have read every part of this very long piece....
unapatriciated
Jan 2012
#210
medicaid and medical are two different animals did you even read what I wrote.
unapatriciated
Jan 2012
#215
They are "now insured" because Obama passed a law REQUIRING them to have health insurance.
Leopolds Ghost
Dec 2011
#116
Insurance execs who wrote the bill said "the goal is to create a captive pool of young, low-risk"
Leopolds Ghost
Dec 2011
#118
what a truly screwed up country we are. This just does NOT happen anywhere else in the civilized wo
inna
Dec 2011
#113
Do you understand that there will be subsidies for premiums, based on income?
Ikonoklast
Dec 2011
#38
I can not believe that anyone on DU would defend that mandated bs. Blows my mind.
SammyWinstonJack
Dec 2011
#93
When the offer of coverage is so high you can't afford it -- will you still be fined?
Donnachaidh
Dec 2011
#141
The subsidy is to keep premiums to 10% of gross income. Deductibles and out of pockets are another
TheKentuckian
Jan 2012
#190
It turned out fairly well for Connecticut's insurance oligarchy thanks to their boy Joe Lieberman.
phasma ex machina
Dec 2011
#4
That's for sure. But I guess that doesn't matter to a great many here.
SammyWinstonJack
Dec 2011
#94
According to Rahm Emanuel one of the biggest pluses of the Profit Protection Act is that it
dflprincess
Dec 2011
#39
It's NOT a Republican Lie. I was reading about this bill in the Washington Monthly at the THINK TANK
Leopolds Ghost
Dec 2011
#121
Please do not equate health insurance with health care. They are worlds apart. n/t
A Simple Game
Dec 2011
#136
I see. So if we apply your 'logic' to the republican or libertarian platform, what do we get?
Edweird
Dec 2011
#74
Bowing to the political clout of insurance companies is NOT progressive nor progress.
Edweird
Jan 2012
#182
"Insurance is how we avoid getting ourselves into situations where we need expensive healthcare"
girl gone mad
Jan 2012
#198
What makes you think having Health Insurance will keep you from losing everything?
unapatriciated
Jan 2012
#212
not very affordable for many people, myself included... but VERY VERY progressive.
Schema Thing
Dec 2011
#41
It's hardly progressive to expect people to pay for a product they can't afford to use
dflprincess
Dec 2011
#47
Sorry but the Insurance Companies were more than willing to engage in "criminal" behavior.
unapatriciated
Jan 2012
#213
Consider yourself sued. Millions are better off now, and very few are worse off...
TreasonousBastard
Dec 2011
#18
a gallup in november actually had the highest number rating quality of healthcare
Tiggeroshii
Dec 2011
#143
Actually, it does nothing for me at all. I'm sorry it does nothing for you, either...
TreasonousBastard
Dec 2011
#73
Yup, pay to play features to grease the wheels for rehash from the Heritage Foundation, Dole, Newt,
TheKentuckian
Dec 2011
#22
Highest insurance premiums in the country are in Massachusetts. That's how well it works.
kenny blankenship
Dec 2011
#95
Private health insurance companies, just in the state of Michigan alone, have to rebate 80+ million
phleshdef
Dec 2011
#30
I don't think I've heard anyone describe it as a great progressive achievement.
subterranean
Dec 2011
#32
Ok. My 2 kids and 2 step kids are healthier cause they're insured where they wouldn't be...
cry baby
Dec 2011
#33
YES- Preventing the insurance companies from denying coverage based on pre-existing conditions SUCKS
Nye Bevan
Dec 2011
#37
I believe 90% of the Progressive Caucus voted for it, so it was a "progressive" achievement if not
pampango
Dec 2011
#78
What health insurance reform? I call it the Health Insurance Industry and Big Pharma Protection Act
Better Believe It
Dec 2011
#85
My newborn sons would have no insurance if it weren't for AMA. Think a little harder.
MjolnirTime
Dec 2011
#99
As I remember it neither was Social Security when it was first introduced. The program was still
jwirr
Dec 2011
#111
It was a step forward because it got the government more involved in health care. Was it..
mvd
Dec 2011
#125
until last year, all my money was going to healthcare and i couldnt afford a lawyer
Tiggeroshii
Dec 2011
#142