Some Very Good News For Obamacare - GoFuckYourself.com

GrantMercury · 05-26-2013, 08:53 PM

It's not perfect, but it improves our fucked up system somewhat.

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Obamacare got some very good news on Thursday.

In 2009, the Congressional Budget Office predicted that a medium-level ?silver? plan ? which covers 70 percent of a beneficiary?s expected health costs ? on the California health exchange would cost $5,200 annually. More recently, a report from the consulting firm Milliman predicted it would carry a $450 monthly premium. Yesterday, we got the real numbers. And they?re lower than anyone thought.

As always, Sarah Kliff has the details. The California exchange will have 13 insurance options, and the heavy competition appears to be driving down prices. The most affordable silver-level plan is charging $276-a-month. The second-most affordable plan is charging $294. And all this is before subsidies. Someone making twice the poverty line, say, will only pay $104-a-month.

Sparer plans are even cheaper. A young person buying the cheapest ?bronze?-level plan will pay $172 ? and that, again, is before any subsidies.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/...for-obamacare/

SuckOnThis · 05-26-2013, 09:10 PM

Rochard · 05-26-2013, 09:32 PM

Our healthcare is out of control. Our government, instead of doing something about it, is bickering like old ladies in a retirement home.

I have a friend of mine who works in law enforcement for a state government office for the past fourteen years. Every year she makes less money - pay raises have been frozen for eight years now, and every year her healthcare goes up.

Another one of my friends works in construction. His wife has full time health issues that cannot be cured and requires monthly treatment. Their son has a similar health issue that will effect him for the rest of his life, and will require constant medical care. Over half of his salary goes to healthcare because they have "pre existing conditions" and cannot change out healthcare providers.

This is fucking insane.

Joshua G · 05-26-2013, 11:58 PM

everything looks great on paper...until the bill comes in for the govt subsidizing half the middle class. then you will have nobody to blame but yourself when the government defaults. no repubs to blame this time child.

arock10 · 05-27-2013, 05:06 AM

Versus just the middle class going bankrupt on its own due to high medical care costs

05-26-2013, 09:32 PM	#3
Rochard Jägermeister Test Pilot Industry Role: Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: NORCAL Posts: 70,254	Our healthcare is out of control. Our government, instead of doing something about it, is bickering like old ladies in a retirement home. I have a friend of mine who works in law enforcement for a state government office for the past fourteen years. Every year she makes less money - pay raises have been frozen for eight years now, and every year her healthcare goes up. Another one of my friends works in construction. His wife has full time health issues that cannot be cured and requires monthly treatment. Their son has a similar health issue that will effect him for the rest of his life, and will require constant medical care. Over half of his salary goes to healthcare because they have "pre existing conditions" and cannot change out healthcare providers. This is fucking insane. __________________ “The choice is no longer between right or left. The choice is between normal and crazy.” - Sarah Huckabee Sanders YNOT MAIL \| THE BEST ADULT MAILING SOLUTION

05-27-2013, 05:06 AM	#5
arock10 Confirmed User Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 6,218	Versus just the middle class going bankrupt on its own due to high medical care costs __________________ Sup

05-26-2013, 09:10 PM	#2
SuckOnThis So Fucking Banned Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: In my head Posts: 6,844

05-26-2013, 11:58 PM	#4
Joshua G dumb libs love censorship Industry Role: Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 8,198	everything looks great on paper...until the bill comes in for the govt subsidizing half the middle class. then you will have nobody to blame but yourself when the government defaults. no repubs to blame this time child.