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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (161410)	10/27/2013 12:19:30 PM
From: locogringo	3 Recommendations Recommended By Honey_Bee lorne TideGlider Respond to of 224729

They get a cancellation notice together with an offer of a better policy at a cheaper price. THAT IS ANOTHER OUTRIGHT LIE BY YOU I can post dozens of news articles that prove you wrong and LIAR, but you know that don't you. Go hide for another 3 days or answer some questions.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (161410)	10/27/2013 12:59:42 PM
From: Jack of All Trades	2 Recommendations Recommended By locogringo TideGlider Respond to of 224729

Please show me any news piece that shows prices are getting cheaper. All the reports that I have seen is that the coverage is getting more expensive with larger deductibles requiring coverage that many don't want or need. I have provided you with links below that indicate you are incorrect that prices are not getting cheaper unless you are being sent to Medicaid. townhall.com wtsp.com townhall.com detroitnews.com realclearpolitics.com pjmedia.com articles.chicagotribune.com foxnews.com

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (161410)	10/28/2013 3:15:11 PM
From: Jack of All Trades	2 Recommendations Recommended By rayrohn TideGlider Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 224729

DC’s exchange offers me my old CareFirst insurance plan, but with twice the deductible & a huge premium hike. conservativeintel.com

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (161410)	10/29/2013 8:38:47 AM
From: Jack of All Trades	3 Recommendations Recommended By locogringo rayrohn TideGlider Respond to of 224729

Kenny, even your Dems are turning on Obamacare... Obamacare jacks up her insurance Sue Klinkhamer has a problem. It’s called Obamacare. And the irony of her situation is not lost on her. In a recent email addressed to her former boss, Illinois Congressman Bill Foster, and other Democratic colleagues, she wrote: “I spent two years defending Obamacare. I had constituents scream at me, spit at me and call me names that I can’t put in print. The congressman was not re-elected in 2010 mainly because of the anti-Obamacare anger. When the congressman was not re-elected, I also (along with the rest of our staff) lost my job. I was upset that because of the health care issue, I didn’t have a job anymore but still defended Obamacare because it would make health care available to everyone at, what I assumed, would be an affordable price. I have now learned that I was wrong. Very wrong.” For Klinkhamer, 60, President Obama’s oft-repeated words ring in her ears: “If you like your health plan, you will keep it.” Well, possibly not. When Klinkhamer lost her congressional job, she had to buy an individual policy on the open market. Three years ago, it was $225 a month with a $2,500 deductible. Each year it went up a little to, as of Sept. 1, $291 with a $3,500 deductible. Then, a few weeks ago, she got a letter. “Blue Cross,” she said, “stated my current coverage would expire on Dec. 31, and here are my options: I can have a plan with similar benefits for $647.12 [or] I can have a plan with similar [but higher] pricing for $322.32 but with a $6,500 deductible.” She went on, “Blue Cross also tells me that if I don’t pick one of the options, they will just assume I want the one for $647. ... Someone please tell me why my premium in January will be $356 more than in December?” The sticker shock Klinkhamer is experiencing is something millions of individual policyholders are reeling from having gotten similar letters from their private insurers. As UCLA Public Policy expert Dr. Gerald F. Kominski told CBS News this week, “Half of the 14 million people who buy insurance on their own are not going to keep the policies they previously had.” Part of the reason those policies will be more expensive, he explained, is that Obamacare is requiring insurers to offer “a better product with better protection.” Congressman Foster, Klinkhamer’s former boss who has since been returned to Congress, told me by phone Friday, “A very large number of people are very grateful” for Obamacare. No doubt about that. But right now Sue Klinkhamer, no novice to government or public policy, isn’t among them. “I am a Democrat and I believe in health care for all,” she said. “And I was excited that previously uninsured people could now get insurance on the open market. But this is not affordable to me.” Klinkhamer suggests renaming the Affordable Care Act. “Just call it,” she said dryly, “the Available Care Act.” Email: cmarin@suntimes.com Twitter: @CarolMarin

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (161410)	10/29/2013 8:44:40 AM
From: Jack of All Trades	2 Recommendations Recommended By locogringo TideGlider Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224729

I Lost My Health Insurance Because Of ObamacareBarack Obama made a lot of promises when he was selling the Affordable Care Act to the American people. The most famous one was, If you like your health care plan, you will be able to keep your health care plan. Period. No one will take it away. No matter what.” Well, that promise turned out not to be true and I can tell you that from personal experience. Originally, my health insurance provider told me that my plan wasn't going to be canceled. The agent just said it wouldn't qualify under Obamacare and so, I'd have to pay a tax to keep it. That tax is a bit more substantial than you may have heard. If you don't have health insurance that meets the standards of Obamacare or isn't covered at all, the tax isn't just $95 next year; it's $95 or 1% of your income -- whichever is higher. Of course, that's just what it costs on year one. By 2016, the tax will be $695 per person or 2.5% of your income, whichever is higher. Incidentally, that breaks another famous promise that Barack Obama made when he was originally running for office. Back then, he said, "I can make a firm pledge. Under my plan, no family making less than $250,000 a year will see any form of tax increase. Not your income tax, not your payroll tax, not your capital gains taxes, not any of your taxes." see more at: townhall.com