Is it just me or does it seem like it's those already insured who are doing the most complaining...

[cynatnite]

about affordable health insurance for those who are without.

I can't count the number of complaints I've heard from those who are already insured.

[maryellen99]

1. I think the ones who are upset

They are complaining about the subsidies-they think they are a govt handout.

[SharonAnn]

13. Where I live, we're nearly all on Medicare. And most are "outraged" about Obamacare.

Pretty unbelievable.

When the conversation comes up, I usually say "Well, it seems to me that those of us on Medicare, which is a government supported health insurance program, shouldn't begrudge other people having health insurance."

[raccoon]

16. Good for you--it really pisses me that some on Medicare begrudge others having coverage. nt

[GoCubsGo]

18. I really don't understandy why ANYONE begrudges others having coverage.

Every time I hear someone bitching that some people don't deserve health care because they "refuse to work" or whatever, I just want to tear out my hair. Really? Somebody should stay sick and possibly die because these assholes don't like the fact that the sick person doesn't have a fucking job??? What the hell is wrong with these people?

[a kennedy]

20. It's the ol' "I've got mine, screw everyone else" very prevalent thinking now days......ugh

[NoOneMan]

2. They have the most to gain

Their rates go down, subsidized by the new people in the risk pool who can't afford to use their insurance

[clm0805]

3. I have insurance

and my only complaint is that I can't get insurance through obamacare. My husbands insurance isn't very good. I just found out today that a medicine my daughter is suppose to take is going to cost $800 a month. I would like to have options and with my husbands work insurance we just have to take what we get. I'm am glad we have had insurance though and know we're lucky to have had it for all but one month of our marriage (we've been married 19 years).

[xfundy]

12. You can't get insurance through "Obamacare"?

Try getting it through the "Affordable Care Act." I'm sure it will go much better.

[DireStrike]

15. Everybody says Obamacare now

And this is a common complaint even among supporters. Relax, have some warm tea or something.

[bigwillq]

4. "I can't believe there are no jobs. Well, wish we could talk more, but I have to go to work."

I know people that are like this. They complain about how there are no job in the USA but yet they all have jobs.

Same with the insured.

Why do people do this?

[NYC_SKP]

5. Some are complaining that ACA is higher than THEIR PORTION of an employer provided plan.

Which is not a useful metric.

[kestrel91316]

6. Yep. The only person I know personally who hates Obamacare and is cursing it has insurance through

either her school job or her husband's job. And she has lupus so she is gonna get cut off at some point, I guarantee you. They get to do that with the grandfathered policies.

She is screaming about how Obamacare is why the family's insurance policy is way more expensive this year than last, and then she screams about how they make too much money to get subsidies. She's all over the place with why she hates it. And I don't believe that nonsense about her policy nearly doubling, let alone that it's due to the existence of Obamacare, lol.

I love her anyway. But she's kind of gone around the bend with this.

[doc03]

7. They have been convinced by the Faux News and the

right wing noise machine that they will lose what they have and be forced on a guvment health plan. The biggest complainers I know are either on Medicare or receive health care from the VA.

[Skip Intro]

8. I think a lot of people are in the dark about much of it.

A lot of questions will be answered when the exchange becomes accessible.

I don't know what to expect.

[Barack_America]

9. I kind of wish my employer did not offer us coverage.

We'd get a better plan on the exchange.

But no complaining here, I'm thrilled for everyone who can now get insured ( I.e. my mother).

[liberal_at_heart]

10. damn right I complain. I pay $925/month in premiums and because of my premiums I never

have enough money left over to pay my copays or deductibles. Those all go to collections when I go to the doctor. Most of the time I put off going to the doctor because I know I can't pay the copay and deductible. It will be nice to get some tax relief on my premiums, but if we had single payer like they had on Europe I would still have good credit and would be able to buy a home. I will never stop fighting for single payer.

[nadinbrzezinski]

11. There is a class element to this

Yes.

By the way, we are, no complaints from me. I want everybody, 100% insured. That is my *only* complaint.

[joshcryer]

14. Heh, I know a truly crazy example.

They spend three times as much on health insurance as my mom gets from Social Security in an entire year. And they dared complain that their rates may go up a couple of hundred. Yeah, OK. Granted, single payer would be great, but we're not there, and anything to lower costs for the working poor is fine by me.

[GoCubsGo]

17. Nope. Not just you.

Propaganda sure works well, doesn't it?

[LWolf]

19. Maybe.

I'm one of them.

Here's why:

I'm already insured. I have been for decades.

I can't afford to use that insurance.

I still can't afford to use that insurance.

Insurance does not equal care. That's a false equivalency.

As long as health care is held hostage by for-profit insurance companies, having insurance will not mean care for all insured, or for all conditions.

What don't you get about this?

[Proud Liberal Dem]

21. and usually not just those whom are insured

but also have- in most instances- very good coverage. Some people seem to believe that allowing other people to get something means that something will necessarily be taken away from them, though that is not the case.

[madokie]

22. My neighbor is one of those

He keeps trying to convince me its costing him more and I keep telling him to look at his governor and congress critters if that is true. Which of course it isn't. He's a teabagger supreme, doesn't like O because of everything except the black part when in reality that is the leading cause he doesn't. I can read him like a book and it pisses him off but nothing he can to about it. 72 and being led around by the teahadist like a puppy and too stupid to realize it

[Chorophyll]

23. I'm insured and I'm not complaining at all.

Everyone deserves the same excellent level of health care I've been enjoying. No exceptions.

And honestly, I'm glad there's finally a backup plan just in case. Would have preferred single-payer, but we've got to start somewhere.