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Politics : How Quickly Can Obama Totally Destroy the US? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: joseffy who wrote (6621)	12/4/2013 9:14:09 PM
From: The1Stockman	1 Recommendation Recommended By joseffy Respond to of 16547

A bit strange coming from the LA-Times, ... They've been Staunch Obama Supporters from the get-go , ... HA! ... its about time we start seeing the MSM report TRUTH, but I still think they are lying, I bet its much lower than 51% in CA. Checkout what the Dem's in Washington are saying now, ... ~~ Democrats over age 55 shocked to realize they will pay 300% - 400% more for insurance under Obamacare. Wednesday, December 4, 2013 Sources: politico.com forbes.com foxnews.com "Hey, get used to it. Once you get in, the water’s fine"! ... just ask Pelosi! ... lol. (NaturalNews) Older Democratic staffers on Capitol Hill likely supported their bosses' decisions to back the president on Obamacare because they, like tens of millions of others, believed all of Obama's BS promises about the law. Well, they too are finding out, like the rest of us, that what was promised and what is reality regarding Obamacare are two completely different things. Take the price of plans, for instance. Obama promised repeatedly that not only could Americans keep their plans but he would "work with employers" to reduce the annual cost of premiums "by $2,500." Yeah, that's not happening either, as these older Dem staffers are now finding out. *According to Politico:* Veteran House Democratic aides are sick over the insurance prices they'll pay under Obamacare, and they're scrambling to find a cure. "In a shock to the system, the older staff in my office (folks over 59) have now found out their personal health insurance costs (even with the government contribution) have gone up 3-4 times what they were paying before," Minh Ta, chief of staff to Rep. Gwen Moore (D-Wis.), wrote to fellow Democratic chiefs of staff in an email message obtained by POLITICO. "Simply unacceptable." *More from Politico:* For instance, the premiums for gold-level Aetna HMO plans in D.C. cost an average of $684.40 per month for a 55-year-old. A similar plan would cost an average of $287.11 for a 27-year-old. The gold-level CareFirst HMO plans have an average premium of $573.07 for a 55-year-old - more than double the $240.41 average for 27-year-olds. That's before the federal employee contribution toward the premium. Employees are not dissatisfied with the Affordable Care Act" (they are Democratic staffers - what else would he say? "It's Bush's fault?") and that some of the younger staffers were seeing premiums fall. But he added that congressional aides are not treated the same as other federal employees, and he is simply trying to get them the best deal possible. In his email, Ta asked Democratic staff on the House Administration Committee if his boss could redesignate some of her aides as nonofficial office staff, so they could get out of the exchanges and back into an FEHB plan. "So far the answer is no".