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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (855373)	5/8/2015 5:58:59 PM
From: Alighieri	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578334

But I'm starting to appreciate the value of health insurance to those who are either out of a job or have jobs that don't provide those benefits. It's hard to truly describe what that means to people, and it goes beyond the usual "welfare queen" depiction that we conservatives are fond of using. What has brought about this change? I'm still standing by my assertions that it has been oversold I am not sure what you mean by this statement. Al

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (855373)	5/8/2015 6:10:16 PM
From: i-node	1 Recommendation Recommended By FJB Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578334

>> But I'm starting to appreciate the value of health insurance to those who are either out of a job or have jobs that don't provide those benefits. It's hard to truly describe what that means to people, and it goes beyond the usual "welfare queen" depiction that we conservatives are fond of using. I think everyone agrees that the ONE success of Obamacare is guaranteed issue. But we could have had that so easily with little, if any additional cost and certainly without tens of thousands of pages of new regulations. The cost to insurance companies is not great and a very small amount of money would have done it. Less than the cost savings from shutting down the high risk pools in the states, I would imagine.