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Botany

(70,504 posts)
Sat Sep 1, 2012, 08:20 AM Sep 2012

Damn that President Obama and his Obama care!

My health insurance just went down by 20%.

Although it is still a tough nut to pay every month but this will save about $1,400.00 per year
and since I am not in Mitt Romney's pay grade that will make a difference. I think I might give
Obama another $50.00 too.

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Damn that President Obama and his Obama care! (Original Post) Botany Sep 2012 OP
That's great news lillypaddle Sep 2012 #1
k&r bigtree Sep 2012 #2
I won't have to pay a co-pay or a percentage on Lars39 Sep 2012 #3
Yay! And don't you just love that birth control savings! Squinch Sep 2012 #4
Here's what ObamaCare is doing for my dad right now! Heather MC Sep 2012 #5
YAY! rox63 Sep 2012 #6
Every Dollar Counts!!!! Daayyummmboi Sep 2012 #7
Welcome to DU Botany Sep 2012 #10
The RW media was chiming on how much premiums would go up under the ACA.... Swede Atlanta Sep 2012 #8
The big part of the ACA was that 80% of the money had to go to health care and ... Botany Sep 2012 #11
If you have a good Obamacare story to tell, share it with the Obama campaign YBR31 Sep 2012 #9
My health insurance has skyrocketed LWolf Sep 2012 #12
Don't forget some of the members of Congress who voted for it, too! valerief Sep 2012 #13

Lars39

(26,109 posts)
3. I won't have to pay a co-pay or a percentage on
Sat Sep 1, 2012, 09:05 AM
Sep 2012

a colonoscopy this year. That money can now go towards dental needs.

rox63

(9,464 posts)
6. YAY!
Sat Sep 1, 2012, 09:33 AM
Sep 2012

I hope enough other people also recognize the benefits they are getting from the ACA before November gets here.

Daayyummmboi

(50 posts)
7. Every Dollar Counts!!!!
Sat Sep 1, 2012, 10:02 AM
Sep 2012

I don't have a lot of money either but, every time I see the GOP do something especially outrageous, I click on the Obama link and send a $25er for that month. I think the sacrifice is well worth it.

Botany

(70,504 posts)
10. Welcome to DU
Sat Sep 1, 2012, 10:37 AM
Sep 2012

BTW if you are going to give $25.00 every time a republican does something
outrageous* you will be dropping major bucks.

* Such as putting up a debt clock @ the RNC and blaming Obama for the debt.

 

Swede Atlanta

(3,596 posts)
8. The RW media was chiming on how much premiums would go up under the ACA....
Sat Sep 1, 2012, 10:03 AM
Sep 2012

My experience since it was passed, and not even fully implemented, is my portion of the premiums of my employer-provided health insurance have not increased more than about 3% a year which is much better than the 5-8% increases I had seen during the Bush years. Further I got a small refund from my premiums from the past year because the insurance company failed to spend the required minimum on actually providing health care.

I think as more and more people see the benefits of the ACA they will forget the scare tactics of the right - the death panels (exist today - they are called health care executives), etc.

Botany

(70,504 posts)
11. The big part of the ACA was that 80% of the money had to go to health care and ...
Sat Sep 1, 2012, 10:47 AM
Sep 2012

..... not to administrative costs. These rebates and cost reductions is why the republicans
worked so hard to kill "Obama-care" because they knew it would be popular w. the people
and also someday we will join the rest of the world and have universal single payer insurance
too.

YBR31

(152 posts)
9. If you have a good Obamacare story to tell, share it with the Obama campaign
Sat Sep 1, 2012, 10:23 AM
Sep 2012

They can use those stories.

LWolf

(46,179 posts)
12. My health insurance has skyrocketed
Sat Sep 1, 2012, 11:00 AM
Sep 2012

each year since 2010; it had been rising every year anyway, but the slope got a hell of a lot steeper when Obamacare passed.

As of next month, it is increasing by about $1200 for the next year.

I rarely use it; I have high deductibles and copays that the budget doesn't cover once the premiums are paid.

I support universal, single-payer, not-for-profit health CARE. Not that I expect to see that in my lifetime.

valerief

(53,235 posts)
13. Don't forget some of the members of Congress who voted for it, too!
Sat Sep 1, 2012, 11:17 AM
Sep 2012

I think Congress affects our lives more than the President does.

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