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steve2470

(37,456 posts)
Sat Mar 15, 2014, 11:04 AM Mar 2014

Obama says enough people signed up to make U.S. healthcare law work

http://in.reuters.com/article/2014/03/14/usa-healthcare-obama-idINL2N0MB0T820140314

(Reuters) - President Barack Obama, aiming to allay concerns about the viability of his signature healthcare law, said on Friday enough people have enrolled to make its insurance marketplaces stable.

"Well, at this point, enough people are signing up that the Affordable Care Act is going to work," Obama said in an interview with the medical website WebMD. "The insurance companies will continue to offer these plans."

The Obama administration is mounting an enrollment drive aimed at adults aged 18 to 34, whose participation in the marketplaces is vital to the success of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. In his latest bid to persuade people to enroll before a March 31 deadline for 2014 coverage, Obama found himself on the defensive, noting for example that some enrollees might have to change doctors.

"For the average person, many folks who don't have health insurance initially, they're going to have to make some choices. And they might end up having to switch doctors, in part because they're saving money," said Obama. That was a change from his assurance to Americans in 2009, when he was trying to get the law passed, that "if you like the doctor you have, you can keep your doctor."

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Good news, on our way to single payer !
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Obama says enough people signed up to make U.S. healthcare law work (Original Post) steve2470 Mar 2014 OP
I was with someone the other day whining because they could not afford healthcare. So I RKP5637 Mar 2014 #1
it's easier to complain steve2470 Mar 2014 #2
Quite true! I had another friend that did not even know what ACA meant, and they RKP5637 Mar 2014 #3
A direct snail mailing to every household Freddie Mar 2014 #4
that would be the ticket, yes nt steve2470 Mar 2014 #5

RKP5637

(67,030 posts)
1. I was with someone the other day whining because they could not afford healthcare. So I
Sat Mar 15, 2014, 11:09 AM
Mar 2014

asked if they had checked into ACA, no, they had not. Why not, oh, I don't know, but I know I have no healthcare. Like WTF, just WTF is wrong with some people.

steve2470

(37,456 posts)
2. it's easier to complain
Sat Mar 15, 2014, 11:15 AM
Mar 2014

I think a lot of people are just ignorant about ACA. That's not making a value judgment, just a statement of fact. We here on DU are highly aware of health care/health insurance issues. Many people, I suspect, are not.

RKP5637

(67,030 posts)
3. Quite true! I had another friend that did not even know what ACA meant, and they
Sat Mar 15, 2014, 11:22 AM
Mar 2014

feel quite astute about current events.

I had said, you know, so and so should just get ACA, because they will have to in the future. They did not know ACA = Obamacare.
Yes, you are quite correct!

Well, at least it's better than some fool I met awhile ago, all they could mutter was "we have to take back the country and get rid of Obamacare." Some people I don't even bother talking too!



Freddie

(9,231 posts)
4. A direct snail mailing to every household
Sat Mar 15, 2014, 11:59 AM
Mar 2014

Or to everyone that is not on Medicare. This has been addressed in other threads. Some people just don't keep up with the news and/or only believe the garbage on Fox. A direct mailing, tailored to state, with the facts, info about subsidies, where and how to sign up.

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