One of the problems with the Affordable Care Act is effecting millions that have good insurance that they LIKE, but cannot KEEP because it is considered a "Cadillac" plan that is "too good". This is exactly why the business portion was granted a 1 year waiver... because if both the under AND over insured would had collapsed at the same time it would have been a political and administrative time bomb that could have destroyed Obamacare. The media and jabbering politicians talk about how sure your crappy insurance was cancelled and you are buying a better plan at a higher price.... BUT you may be eligible for a subsidy. Not mentioning that it is a subsidy that is funded by those Americans that actually pay taxes. Or put another way, income redistribution.
Our situation is this... we have a great insurance policy that we LOVE. It saved us thousands of dollars during my daughters recent medical issues with 2 brain surgeries and surgery for two implant pacemaker type controllers. It was a blessing to have this great policy. It is one of the benefits that her great company offers to it's employees. During a recent enrollment period conference call discussing the changes coming with the ACA, the company announced that it will most likely not offer this premium plan to it's employees when the cadillac tax penalty kicks in after 2014. ( That was delayed a year by the President ) So that means, that we have a plan we love that we will NOT be able to keep because it will cost her company MILLIONS OF DOLLARS in penalties each year to offer this plan which the government has determined to be TOO good.
Makes me furious when the media and progressive politicians do not talk about two things. One of those is, so who is really paying for the subsidy? The other is what happens a year from now when companies begin to cancel policies that people love because they apparently are too good for hard working Americans. This is flat out socialism folks, plain and simple. Wealth redistribution and government control over a very important aspect of the lives of all Americans.
While discussing this on Facebook, these were her comments about her story... "Scary is my word for it. So far our insurance is staying the same but my daughter only has until June to stay on our plan. She has just made the decision to change her major and go back to school full time. Don't see this remaining an option for her. She is either going to have to work full time in order to get ins through an employer or work more part time hrs to pay for the gov ins. Either way, going to school full time may not be an option."
Senators Ted Cruz and Mike Lee were called a wacko birds by a member of their own party for stating some of these very things during the speech of over 24 hours on the Senate floor. MSNBC even called the shutdown the "Ted Cruz Shutdown". All because he was HONEST and stood true to his word while serving them. I feel that the shutdown was planned and carried out by Harry Reid and the Senate liberal progressives to distract the public and to find a scapegoat to blame for government failures on the debt and Obamacare. But in the end, all Americans are being hurt or know someone that is being harmed by this over reaching socialist legislation know as the "Affordable" Care Act.
I am so glad that a single male of ANY age is required to pay for Maternity Care. Which in itself is a form of wealth redistribution and yes that statement is true... every policy is required to cover maternity care... even for single men. Why does he feel there is a need to continue to have rallies with a backdrop of faces, nodding in agreement, in order to sell this disaster. Because they feel we are too stupid to know better. Well perhaps he should wake up because the people that normally spread the propaganda are now beginning to question it. Just watch Jon Stewart, Bill Maher, Jimmy Kimmel, Jay Leno.
Watch this clip from a recent speech on 10/30/13 by President Obama. In this photo op campaign style rally ( Is he running again? ) he tries to wiggle out of his "If you like your plan, you can keep your plan" talking point that he spoke many times.
"By the skillful and sustained use of propaganda, one can make a people see even heaven as hell or an extremely wretched life as paradise."
Adolf Hitler
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