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To: mel221 who wrote (750844)	11/2/2013 9:13:42 AM
From: TideGlider	1 Recommendation Recommended By jlallen Respond to of 1576975

Those who least afford it will get the platinum plans and those who have to watch their wallets will suffer with poor coverage and high deductibles.

To: mel221 who wrote (750844)	11/4/2013 4:04:22 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	1 Recommendation Recommended By TideGlider Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576975

Mel, United Healthcare's stock has nearly tripled since Obamacare's passage. That had little to do with ObamaCare itself and more to do with UNH expanding like crazy, including taking in a ton more Medicare Advantage patients. Just recently, however, the drop-off in Medicare funding has negatively impacted UNH. And it's likely that the resulting revenue drop will not be offset by the additional enrollees that ObamaCare was supposed to bring in. The other best part is... government subsidies for their customer base. "Can't afford our product? No problems. The US government will pay us on your behalf!" Those in the know should already see this train wreck coming, even within UNH. Bottom line is that I really don't think UNH and other Big Insurance companies have much say in this program. Once the costs explode, they're going to be in the crosshairs once again. Because think about the end-game, which is single payer. That's when the government takes total control over the health insurance industry, then use that legalized monopoly to dictate prices. Tenchusatsu

To: mel221 who wrote (750844)	11/5/2013 8:40:07 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1576975

It has already started. The Obama administration is blaming health insurance companies like United Healthgroup for dropping policies like the one this cancer patient relied upon: You Also Can't Keep Your Doctor After this letter was published in the WSJ, ThinkProgress quickly spun the story and put the blame on UNH: The Real Reason That The Cancer Patient Writing In Today’s Wall Street Journal Lost Her Insurance Of course, ThinkProgress neglects to mention that UNH pulled out of the individual insurance market in California primarily because of ObamaCare. They feared that the initial enrollees into the exchange would be the sickest, most expensive patients, who under ObamaCare cannot be denied coverage, so UNH decided to get out and see how these markets shape up in terms of cost. A spokeshole in the White House tweeted the ThinkProgress article, creating controversy: White House Spokesman Sparks Outrage Over Comments About Cancer Patient People can debate over the need for reform and how that would inevitably create winners and losers, but no one can deny that Obama lied when he said, "If you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor." And no one can deny that liberals are once again putting the health insurance industry in their crosshairs. Which, in the long term view of things, was their intention all along, as even the libtards commenting on the ThinkProgress article are saying that the goal is single payer. Tenchusatsu