Obama Care is a disaster

“If Obama was supposed to close those gaps whether that would be racial, economic, or corporate versus small business, it has gotten worse under his watch.” All the parade of horribles, the worst predictions about healthcare reform never came true. They’re the same arguments you’re hearing now. Businesses didn’t stop covering workers. The share of employers who offered insurance increased. People didn’t get left behind. Racial disparities decreased. Care didn’t become unaffordable. Costs tracked what was happening in other places that wasn’t covering everybody. “Despite the claims that there are no "death panels" that Sarah Palin was mocked for saying, there was.” Most Republicans have made a whole bunch of predictions about this law that haven't come through. There are no death panels. When I have people who just a couple of years ago thought this was a good idea now getting on television suggesting that it’s a plot against Grandma or to sneak euthanasia into our health care system, that feels dishonest to me. “Out of pocket costs are going up for each person with preexisting, so those with preexisting conditions are being rationed or denied.” This new marketplace was built on the Mass. Model. It allows these Americans who have been locked out to get a better deal from insurers. They are pooling their purchasing power as one big group and insurers want their business, which means they give em a better deal. And they compete for that business.And as a result insurers in the marketplace they can’t use your medical history to charge you more. If you’ve been sick you finally have the same chance to buy quality affordable healthcare same as everybody else. “Most doctors don't like Obama Care. 83% have considered quiting and 90% say that healthcare is going onto the wrong track.” The Affordable Care Act created a new marketplace for quality private insurance plans for the 15% or so of Americans who don’t have health care. And for the 5% of Americans who have to buy it on their own and they’re not part of a group. “The Senate Democrats cut the "grandfather clause" that Obama said would be in there. This would allow people who already like their insurance to keep it.” Young people can stay on their parents plan until they turn 26. All of this is in place right now. It is working right now. If you had one of these substandard plans before the Affordable Care Act became law, and you really liked that plan, you are able to keep it. That’s what I said when I was running for office. That was part of the promise we made. But ever since the law was passed, if insurers decided to downgrade or cancel these substandard plans, well,what we said under the law is you got to replace them with quality coverage. “Medicaid related companies are making a lot of money off of the Patient Protected Affordable Care Act while private medical companies are not. This is a monopoly devoid of competition and work ethic.” So far choice and competition in the new national marketplaces have helped keep costs lower than even we’ve projected. Nearly half of all single uninsured 18-34 year olds may be able to buy insurance for 50 bucks a month or less. Less than your cell phone bill, less than your cable bill. And one study shows nearly 6 in 10 uninsured Americans may find coverage for 100 bucks a month or less even if they’re over 34. And frankly if every governor was working as hard as Deval or Governor O’Malley in Maryland or Gov. Cuomo in NY to make this law work for their citizens instead of thinking politically, about 8 in 10 Americans would be getting health insurance for less than 100 bucks a month. And by the way it’s not just in Mass. Look at Kentucky. Gov. Steve Bashear is like a man possessed trying to get more people covered because he thinks it’s the right thing to do. Keep in mind I did not win in Kentucky. There are a lot of uninsured people in Kentucky and they’re still signing up. Oregon has signed up 10% of its uninsured citizens already because of the affordable care act. 10% are already covered. So that’s the Affordable Care Act. This marketplace is open now. Insurance companies are competing for that business. The deal is good, the prices are low.