What do you hate about Obamacare?

There are a few good elements, but I don't like:

(1) The compulsory nature of the ACA.
(2) The incredibly restrictive nature of the coverage - I did not have specialty hospitals like MD Anderson Cancer Center of UT Southwestern Medical center covered under my plan, and I had one of the top Gold-level plans.
(3) Of all of my doctors, only my primary care physician was covered under my plan - through a single United Healthcare Gold package (and United Healthcare is out of it now).
(4) The costs for the ACA were not much less than the COBRA coverage (Cobra was $1175/month). I couldn't afford to see my own doctors on my own dime, because I was forced to have coverage that didn't cover much of anything but consumed an enormous amount of my take-home income at the time.
(5) The reduction to the amount one could set aside in Flex-Spending accounts made a difference.
(6) The increased taxation on medical equipment suppliers made no sense.
(7) The ACA was put together in a way that was designed to force everyone into a simplistic mold without the understanding that life is complicated and illness doesn't follow political agendas.
(8) It was sold to the American public falsely. Leading proponents, including President Obama, knowingly made false claims to sell the policy to the public.

There are no easy answers to healthcare, but most people who were not blinded by political agendas could see that it was not going to be sustainable long before it was passed.

I've always thought that it would be appropriate for the U.S. government to guarantee healthcare for all citizens above a certain catastrophic threshold, and leave the private insurance market to offer various types of policies to cover the gap below the catastrophic level (perhaps $100,000). That would lower the costs for most Americans by eliminating some of the risk for insurers, and they could pass that savings onto citizens. The cost for the unusual catastrophic cases would be much lower than full coverage for all citizens. This would also allow there to be a high level of personal responsibility built into the systems through the private policies.

 

There is not enough room on the cloud to list the problems. It never, NEVER should have been passed ... because it was a disaster waiting to happen.

It had so many lies behind it, Obama should be impeached for misrepresenting the truth to the American public.

I don't care how many people it helped, because like the cost increases, the number of folks harmed ny this bill was more then any number helped. I do not believe it is my place to pay taxes, and insurance increases to subsidize illegal aliens; entitled non productive welfare recipients; and the goldbrickers encouraged by by the politicians of this banana republic to be!

Thanks for asking. I suppose you love Obamacare? After all, it carries the namesake of you favorite president???

 

I dont like being forced to buy something that I can't use. I don't like that my premiums have gone up every year since it past dispite the fact that I never filed any claims. I don't like that there were fewer and fewer choices on the exchange every year and that doctors didn't take the few that were still offered. I don't like that it extended childhood another 8 years ( pandering to a group that will quickly pass the 26 threshold hold and expect the government to continue to pander to them.) I don't like that people can game the system by buying "insurance" after the fact (yes I realize that preexisting is a problem but that could be taken care of by market forces if there was transparency any competition in the market. The fact that their are car insurance companies that cater to people with DUI on their records shows that.)
I don't like that I was lied to when it was passed. And I really don't like that it is just one more way the government is intruding into my life outsides the bounds established by the Constitution.

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Yeah, blessed housewife reminded me of one more thing ... enabling children, who should be earning a living, by making grown adults children eligibale until they are 26. What's next? Can't these kids make it on their own? I was working three jobs, while supporting a wife and two kids by age 23. I had to supply my own health insurance. Kids are enabled because we, as a nation, have made enabling a right of passage. What a shame. BTW - at age 27, I was attending college, working to complete my four year degree. And between school, a family and several part time jobs, God saw fit to help me earn straight "A's!"

The young adults of today have been coddled to the point of being spoiled rotten. It is past time to wean these kids from the parents milk train.

 

Other members have made outstanding cases over the coverage itself, so I'll not bother.

But, in general...

I hate the constant stream of lies and the corrupt process by which it was passed over the objections of the American people.

I hate that Congress exempted themselves from it, as well as the never ending stream of "exemptions" illegally granted to political favorites, like unions.

I hate that it was so poorly written that over 70 illegal changes were made to the legislation, in the Oval office by a rogue president, and without the approval of Congress.

It's totally trash and needs to be shredded and rewritten LEGALLY...BY CONGRESS...with no exemptions for anyone. Or it will never be successful.

 

I do so wish people would check their facts first.
Information on doctors leaving due to "Obamacare"
https://kaiserfamilyfoundation.file...-the-first-year-of-aca-coverage-expansion.pdf

I find this beyond disturbing for someone who claims to follow the one who gave instructions to his followers in Matthew 25:31-46
31 When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:

32 And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:

33 And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.

34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:

35 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:

36 Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.

37 Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?

38 When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?

39 Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?

40 And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.

41 Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:

42 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink:

43 I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.

44 Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee?

45 Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me.

46 And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.

 

Today-- or yesterday, Tuesday-- to how many people did you give meat? To how many did you give 'a drink?' How many strangers did you take in? How many prisoners did you visit?

Yep, I just want to see if you're doing what you accuse others of not doing. Or-- if you think it's up to a government, not individuals, to do these things.

 

I think it takes government AND Individuals AND churches AND other non-profit entities.

And as regards what I have given...let's see...a car, clothing, food, diapers, cat food, dog food, cat litter, had people stay with us, worked with a prison/jail ministry. Good enough for you?

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Thank you sis ... I needed that early morning slap in the face, preach it sister, rant; to snap me back into spiritual reality. What would we do without folks like you to remind us how wrong we are for being upset with a government that is using OUR taxes and other forms of financial revenue collected from hard working Americans to support those who, by way of sin (yes, coming here without permission, setting up homes and securing aide meant for REAL AMERICANS is sin according to the scritpure you quoted at moi) have SNUCK into our country; stolen jobs that those now on welfare should be holding down.

Your sermon, was like a cup of ice water tossed in my sin hardened face, waking me up to the liberal left, bleeding heart liberals way of making scripture fit politically correct ideals. I now see the error of my ways.

I'll try hard to remember what a jerk I am for believing this government has overstepped their boundaries, while leaving millions of REAL AMERICANS behind.

HOW SILLY OF ME FOR CRITICIZING OBAMA and others, for breaking laws, winking and nodding at the sins of illegals and goldbricking Americans who are not living the American dream, but rather creating the American nightmare; trillion dollar debts for our grandchikdren and all their lineage to spend their hard earned taxes to payndown for decades and centuries to.come.

Man I feel so good. Kind of like, the best part of waking up, is Flogers in my cup! Bless you my sister. I only hope I can gain attonement and get back on track, because cookie cutter Christianity is what I should be STRIVING for.

 

That is called anecdotal evidence, not a representative sample. It doesn't say anything about the bigger picture.

 

That is impressive. Really. Good for you. Just don't assume that those you are sort of judging and looking down your nose at, have never given something of personal value to help others, too?!

As for me, I've done a lot. Given a lot. And prayed tens times over for the down-trodden, unemployed, underemployed, disabled, lost and searching, hurting, addicted, suicidal, etc. I just don't brag about it. AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, I try to direct my resources and efforts to REAL, God fearing Americans. Not the cheaters, you know, those who circumvent our laws in order to get a piece of the things that well meaning, God loving Americans are willing to do to help those in need.

WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF OUR OWN FIRST AND FOREMOST, not those who cut into the line, and didn't wait their PROPER turn. Shalom!

 

Forced to pay for it, premiums went way up, as dd co pay!

 

I don't think saved is interested in facts. She only cares about how it affected her. And she never has addressed the obvious holes in her own story that you pointed out.