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2300 pages
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It is a "comprehensive" bill... so yes it deals with alot of different things and that is why it's 2300 pages... most "comprehensive" bills are alot of pages.
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1. Premiums Have Gone Up: Obama promised that families will pay less for their healthcare premiums under his plan. Quite the opposite has happened. Insurance companies are making double-digit rate increases to consumer premiums in anticipation of the cost of new mandates by ObamaCare.
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Actually, he said that the premiums would go up in the short term and they haven't started the exchange yet... this is why.
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2. You Can’t Keep Your Current Plan And Doctor: Businesses will be forced to change their employees’ healthcare plans in order to meet the new regulations. An estimated 69% of businesses will be forced to change their plans, forcing countless millions of Americans to change plans and doctors.
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Actually, this is false... you can keep your current plan. The only reason an employer would have to change plans is if the plan they currently have doesn't meet the minimum standard of coverage... such as the case of many Restaurant companies that offer plans where you pay $800/year, have high deductibles/copays and can only claim a maximum benefit of $1000/year or something similar... and btw... those numbers are from an actual plan that was offered to my daughter by the restaurant she works at.
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3. National Budget Deficit Is Worse: Sixty-one percent (61%) of all voters nationwide say the healthcare law will increase the federal deficit.
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There is no credible evidence that the bill increases the deficit at all. Almost all of the CBO estimates say it will save money over the long term... the majority of the money in the short term is to set up the exchange and handle administration costs. If you can show me an example, I am more than willing to look at it with an open mind and study up on it.
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4. More Children Are Uninsured: Anthem Blue Cross, Aetna Inc. and other insurance agencies are dropping child-only policies, citing huge, unexpected costs from ObamaCare. An estimated half a million children in the United States will be affected by the policies.
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You should check out this video -
http://charlotte.news14.com/content/...e-reform---you
The reason they are dropping those plans is because of the pre-existing conditions clause. They anticipated that and it's why they increased funding for SCHIP.
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5. Small Business Taxes Increased: Small businesses—the engine of the U.S. economy—are suffering from increased tax filing regulations and anticipated healthcare mandates. Over 40 million small businesses will be required to file new tax reports for health care. The tax credit for the regulations only covers one-tenth of these business’s losses.
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If you are referring to the 1099 issue, I know that this is on the table for change... I seem to remember hearing that it was already fixed but I may be mistaken... at any rate it is supposed to be fixed.
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6. Small Businesses Health Care Burden Increased: Almost half of all smaller employers are anticipating “significant increases in healthcare costs in the short term.” These business owners are likely to cut back on hiring and expansion because they fear a new healthcare burden.
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Obama has taken quite a few steps to offset that cost including passing the small business bill not to long ago when they extended the Bush tax cuts... Republicans filibustered a bill that the administration offered earlier to accomplish the same goal.
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7. More Government Spending: The Congressional Budget Office has already adjusted the cost for ObamaCare since it passed, adding another $115 billion to the taxpayer’s tab. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has adjusted upwards its cost prediction since the bill took effect from 6.1% per year to 6.3%. By 2019, U.S. spending on health care will reach $4.6 trillion.
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I haven't read about this so I shouldn't comment on it.
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8. Senior Citizens Suffer from Medicare Cuts: The Medicare Advantage program which covers nearly a quarter of seniors will cut plans from $3-$5,000 per beneficiary. Doctors are refusing to take seniors because Medicare only covers part of their bills.
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Actually, this is somewhat misleading. What really happened is that Medicare Advantage paid doctors more than Medicare by an average of 13%. The bill just made the payments equal and didn't reduce any benefits. What they did was take that extra money and use it to close the "doughnut hole" to reduce out of pocket costs to seniors.
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9. Minorities Get Worse Health Care: ObamaCare forces 16 million Americans into Medicaid, a poorly performing welfare program. The President considers moving Hispanic and blacks into Medicaid an improvement in their healthcare. No one else does.
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That is the dumbest thing I have ever heard. The idiot that wrote that (because I know you copy and pasted this mess) should be slapped.
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10. Democrats Losing Elections: Current polls show that 61% of likely voters want the bill repealed and the Tea Party movement has demonstrated America’s anger toward ObamaCare. The primaries this summer have shown that Americans are voting for members of congress who will repeal Obamacare.
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Propaganda is a bitch...