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To: Sam who wrote (240634)	12/28/2013 12:38:29 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541076

"the medical schools that put so many doctors in training into deep debt by the time..." There are also the undergraduate schools that put many med students into deep debt on the day they take their first class at the med school. Additionally, there is a year of internship, and generally 3 years + of residency; I think 7 for cardiac and neurosurgeons.

To: Sam who wrote (240634)	12/28/2013 12:40:36 PM
From: Alex MG	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541076

my medical insurance that i have been paying out of pocket since 2001 (since i quit my job) has gone up every year like clockwork... I can't prove the reason is Obamacare - but I think it is the cause. LMAO

To: Sam who wrote (240634)	12/28/2013 12:44:06 PM
From: Steve Lokness	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541076

<<<<< But blaming Obamacare for high insurance premiums is not exactly fair.>>>> Merry Christmas to you too. So who do you think I should blame? The insurance company? I'm fine doing that - but why did they raise my rates? What was the incentive for them to do so? If they insured so many new people, weren't the rates suppose to go DOWN? .................I think you miss the whole premise of my arguments here for a long time on Obamacare. The basis of my thought is that there isn't a chance in hell that health care cost is going down with Obamacare still giving all the pricing power to insurance companies and medical companies. People here - lets admit it that they are on the left - now suddenly believe that an entire industry - two of them in fact (insurance and health care) - are going to provide cheaper health care for you. You would NEVER give the benefit of the doubt to Shell Oil or JP Morgan - why do you think it will be different for a huge health care insurance company or a hospital chain that is for profit?