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To: Stock Puppy who wrote (990166)	12/25/2016 12:31:11 AM
From: i-node	1 Recommendation Recommended By Stock Puppy Respond to of 1569239

>> A record number of people have signed up for health insurance for 2017 on the federal exchanges created by the 2010 law. No they didn't. That was the kind of bullshit you get from our government. Pure propaganda. The explanation is a simple trick. The truth? Just look at the insurance companies who WALKING AWAY from that line of business. You really don't have to know anything else; it isn't about the number of signups, at this point. It is whether the business model makes any sense at all. The wheels are coming off, for a lot of reasons, but to argue it is anything but a failure at this point is absurd. Anyone who has followed this horrible legislation from its outset knows what the numbers needed to be and what they are. The exchange will continue to melt for the next couple years until the repeal is done. It is every bit the disaster so many of us told you it would be.

To: Stock Puppy who wrote (990166)	12/25/2016 1:16:23 AM
From: FJB	1 Recommendation Recommended By Stock Puppy Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1569239

The FINE for NOT signing up is approaching a $1000. If it is so fucking great, why are you FINED for not being on it.

To: Stock Puppy who wrote (990166)	12/25/2016 2:20:12 PM
From: koan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1569239

I have never done a detailed study of the ACA. And we liberals were quite upset with Obama when he took single-payer universal healthcare off the table. He went with the ACA, because it was originally Republican idea and he thought that would make it easy to get through Congress. Boy was he fooled. After a year of stalling and screwing around, not one single Republican voted for it. It is a Basterdization of a good system Obama put forth only because he thought that would be the easiest thing to get through with the least amount of fighting. To we liberals, it was just a big payoff to health providers. But we know it is still better than just having to go out into the private market and get insurance, especially if you have a pre existing condition or are old, in which case, good luck. And with a private health provider you can never be sure they will honor their insurance. Watch the "Rainmaker". Medicare almost always pay for needed health care. We do know though, that the ACA has caused health premiums to come down (overall) and allowed close to 30 million people to get better health insurance at a lower price.