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To: Steve Lokness who wrote (240625)	12/28/2013 12:18:00 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541056

"If you didn't sign up and it looks like maybe you should have but the deadline is past - what now" It's never too late, until it is...3/31, I think. Anyone who missed the Christmas Eve deadline to enroll for insurance to start in January can still apply at HealthCare.gov for coverage to begin later. The federal website serves 36 states, but also directs people elsewhere to the online insurance site serving their state. The site also offers directions to local agencies offering in-person help. dailyfinance.com

To: Steve Lokness who wrote (240625)	12/28/2013 12:31:24 PM
From: Sam	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 541056

I can't prove the reason is Obamacare - but I think it is the cause. lol, the real cause is our screwed up way of delivering and paying for medical care. The incentives are all wrong, and some of us actually believe that Mr. Invisible Hand would take care of everything if only he was allowed to by Big Nanny Government. Yeah, right. I know you always say that you believe that a single payer system is the only way to go--so why blame Obamacare for your rising rates? Why not blame the hospitals that charge outrageous prices for virtually everything they do? Or the insurance companies for enabling these charges? Or the hospital administrators who get outrageous salaries? Or physician specialists who charge two, three, five times as much for operations than physicians in other countries? Or the medical schools that put so many doctors in training into deep debt by the time they finish their training that they have to charge high prices or order extra tests just to get out of that debt? I could go on. But blaming Obamacare for high insurance premiums is not exactly fair.

To: Steve Lokness who wrote (240625)	12/28/2013 1:20:02 PM
From: bentway	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 541056

"What happens now? If you didn't sign up and it looks like maybe you should have but the deadline is past - what now? " The "deadline" is for people wanting coverage to start on January 1st. The deadline for signing up for Obamacare for 2014 is March 15th, 2014. I'm not too worried, as I've been going naked or with really inferior insurance coverage for over a decade now, paying the lions share of my very high costs out of my own pocket. Perhaps the most expensive single thing was the cataract surgery I paid cash for a few years ago, which cost $10,000. I'm confident I'll be getting Obamacare sometime in the next three months, am continuing to try, and when I do, a massive financial weight will be lifted from me. I'm disappointed in the execution of the website, particularly so since I'm an ex-software engineer, and know that this thing could have been a rousing success, as were all the projects I participated in. Obama was badly served by the people directly in charge, and heads should roll. Although I like her, maybe even Kathrine Sibelius's head. With something this important, she should have personally tested the website and tried to sign up, when it wasn't working at all. But, I'm not disappointed in the Affordable Care Act. My life will be MUCH better. If I get in an accident, or get sicker, I'll be covered by insurance that works. I'll have help paying for the expensive insulin my diabetes requires. I won't die, at least no time soon, from that. This president has done more for me, personally, than any president in my lifetime. I'm now as entitled to good health as any citizen of a civilized European country!