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Discussion Boards => Off-Topic => Topic started by: sherryinutah on January 15, 2017, 11:58:24 pm
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It's no secret that a percentage of people were seriously disenchanted with ObamaCare. I'm neutral because ObamaCare didn't apply to me or my situation.
Now, it sounds like ObamaCare might be a thing of the past. Will this change have an impact on you or your situation?
It doesn't seem like it's wise to "do away with it" until after they establish a better option for the American people. That just seems like common sense to me.
What are your thoughts about all this?
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It isn't going to affect me either, as Massachusetts already has it's own state run healthcare program. I agree, it should be replaced for people who need it.
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I don't have Obama Care either, but EVERYONE is affected by this. Who do you think PAYS for this? The people. I would like to see it gone!
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I don't have Obummercare, soooo GLAD to see it go!! It was totally absurd & infuriating that my choice was to either pay HIGH premium so I could say I "had insurance" but deductible was so high (along with the premiums) that it was insurance I could NEVER afford to use---OR---be paying a penalty each year with no insurance, a penalty that ALSO increased ridiculously eash year...............but was STILL cheaper than paying the insurance premiums. Bye & Good Riddance to everything Obummer touched!!!
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I just got medicare recently and my wife is on Obamacare.I think for those that had it it made you feel like you could go to a Dr,hospital or get a prescription without feeling liking a freeloader.Yet i also see why many didnt like it and also see why many have medicaid because they are poor.
This much i know.Man will NEVER fix it as long as he governs himself.And there will come a time when Gods original purpose was for us NEVER to get sick and die.
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It didn't affect me. I didn't have it. I couldn't afford insurance after I lost my job so just held my breath until I turned 65. Only had 6 months to go when I wound up with the knee sarcoma. Oh, well.
I'd love to know what they're going to do about the money they stole from Medicare to help the start up of Obamacare. This is one of the reasons Medicare and Medicaid are in such trouble. They took Medicare money to put in Medicaid for the millions of people they expected to add on Medicaid, calling it Obamacare.
I did like one or 2 things about it, but the minuses certainly outweighed the pluses. Why should medical devices be taxed? They are a necessity for people, not a luxury. And the new taxes that are going into effect this month (I forgot which ones) will only make it harder on those with it.
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I think it has to be replaced with something, 20 million people have coverage that did not before. We are goig to pay for the care one way or another,this way people get in before it is at the most extreme and expensive.
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I think it's good that anyone could possibly get insurance. The problem is, all the insurance companies want so much that you cant afford it anyway. Then they fine you on top of that. I couldn't afford the insurance, they wanted over 600 a month with a 10,000 deductible. I have no health issues (that I know of) and am only 44. So no insurance last year. It is cheaper to just have to pay the fine than deal with the insurance..which we also can not afford. I would be happy if they just eliminate the fine!
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The government just needs to stay out of it.
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I couldn't afford the health insurance with ObamaCare and I know I won't be able to afford it after it is repealed. My policy with a $6,500 deductible is costing me $400 a month and that is after the $212 "government assistance" that I receive for the policy. The last two years I have had to pay back all of the "assistance" I received the prior year when I filed my taxes.
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I don't have Obama Care either, but EVERYONE is affected by this. Who do you think PAYS for this? The people. I would like to see it gone!
What do you expect the millions of people who will have no healthcare if this is repealed without replacement to do? If they all have to go to the emergency room with minor illnesses and cannot pay we will all pay for it in the long run.
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Obamacare was anything BUT affordable, and really needs to go. All it did was make the insurance companies even richer, at the expense of millions of people who used to have affordable insurance, and then lost it because their plans didn't qualify.
I don't have Obama Care either, but EVERYONE is affected by this. Who do you think PAYS for this? The people. I would like to see it gone!
What do you expect the millions of people who will have no healthcare if this is repealed without replacement to do? If they all have to go to the emergency room with minor illnesses and cannot pay we will all pay for it in the long run.
What do you expect the millions of people to do who currently have no health insurance, because Obamacare is unaffordable, and the fines are cheaper than the huge deductibles? With or without insurance, people shouldn't be going to the ER with minor illnesses; that's what walk-in clinics are for. Even a doctor visit is cheaper than an ER visit, so they should be more responsible and not go to the ER unless it's necessary.
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Personnally I'm glad it is getting repealed, it has been bad news from the start. I can't see where it has helped anyone. More people just got added to Medicaid. Then they can't find doctors who take it. People who have paid for their insurance can't afford to anymore because of Obamacare. I have insurance through my employer, have only had to use it once, but it was just like I didn't have insurance, because my deductable is so high, so what is the point of having it at all if it doesn't help when you need it?
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I live in Minnesota and the MN-Sure has been running me into the ground for 2 years. I file on the Mn-sure site that only works half of the time if ever, Minnesota paid some insane fee for the web site over 30 Million dollars and it never works. The site tells me to file with my county social services because I got hurt at work and am dealing with a work related injury. So I file with the county and they give me the run around for about a month then send me a NOPE letter saying you need to file with the state..... If i would have treated my mother while sick, like Mn has treated me I'd have gone to jail for abuse. OBAMA-DON'T and never has Cared! Minnesota health care had gone up 65 % in the last year! IT NEEDS TO BE Repealed and fast!
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People need insurance so something needs to be done besides just talking. I think of the ones that have i,t 20 million is nothing to ignore.
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It doesn't affect me. But I haven't been thrilled with the cost of it. Maybe they can come up with something better.
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I have read these post and some say you have Medicaid well guess what not only are they repealing the ACA is what its real name is, they are going to screw with Social security and Medicaid so that leaves everyone with problems. Thanks to Ryan and This idiot POTUS. I say good luck to all Americans cause this is going to be a heck of a ride. When 2018 come we will see who gets to stay and who will go. I think the majority will change again and the ones with the most in office now will be seeing themselves back where they started in the dog house. Have a nice day.
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If they want to fix the Affordable Care Act that would be great. They should not repeal it with nothing in it's place leaving hundreds of thousands of people without healthcare! I do not have Obamacare but working in healthcare it will be detrimental to too many people.
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I seem to lean towards repealing parts of it but not all....there are just a bunch of other problems with health care that need to be addressed that have caused prices to get so high..
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If they want to fix the Affordable Care Act that would be great. They should not repeal it with nothing in it's place leaving hundreds of thousands of people without healthcare! I do not have Obamacare but working in healthcare it will be detrimental to too many people.
100% agree! For so many people to be excited to get rid of healthcare for thousands of people is completely heartbreaking. Instead of focusing on repealing it, the focus should be on how to make it better.
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I did not have it so it does not effect me, but I agree with most, if they want to appeal it have something in it's place. The Affordable Care Act was for people who could not AFFORD to buy health insurance, so with you all saying get rid of it, I hope one day YOU are not face with NO health insurance and existing conditions. It helped thousands of people with no health insurance. THINK PEOPLE!!!!
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It will definately help me because insurance will be cheaper
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I don't think Trump will be getting rid of all of it all at once. I believe they will be keeping the good parts and throwing away the bad. It does tick me off that most of this has gone through medicare along with medicaid. we the seniors who worked all of our lives to earn some back are being totally screwed over it. We have not had a cost of living in 8 years while congress has voted them selves raise off and on. I pray Trump will get some things straightened out.
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I don't personally use it but have a daughter that is still in school that uses it. She is obtaining her master degree and is in the internship phase which does not pay at all. With paying for my insurance and my husband's insurance plus all the other bills to run our household we cannot afford to pay for her insurance also. So at least she was able to qualify for insurance thru Obamacare not that she likes being on medicaid. Thankfully she has something because she was hospitalized over the New Year and to let you know medicaid does not cover everything. We are starting to receiving bills already and denials from Medicaid. I agree it needs to be fixed but at least people have something if they chose to and not pay the penalty.
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If they want to fix the Affordable Care Act that would be great. They should not repeal it with nothing in it's place leaving hundreds of thousands of people without healthcare! I do not have Obamacare but working in healthcare it will be detrimental to too many people.
100% agree! For so many people to be excited to get rid of healthcare for thousands of people is completely heartbreaking. Instead of focusing on repealing it, the focus should be on how to make it better.
Did your heartbreak for the millions that lost their insurance when ACA was passed? It's been a huge failure and needed to be scraped.
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I did not have it so it does not effect me, but I agree with most, if they want to appeal it have something in it's place. The Affordable Care Act was for people who could not AFFORD to buy health insurance, so with you all saying get rid of it, I hope one day YOU are not face with NO health insurance and existing conditions. It helped thousands of people with no health insurance. THINK PEOPLE!!!!
I've thought about it and have been critical of it from the beginning. It's not a sustainable model. To make it affordable for some, it has been become unaffordable for others. This has forced many healthy individuals to decide to not buy insurance and just pay a small penalty. Since insurance companies rely on healthy people to cover the costs of the sick, it has become nearly impossible to break even for these insurance companies. This is why millions were notified this fall that their insurance company would no longer offer ACA plans, and the ones left saw premiums skyrocket. Which means its only going to get worse.
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finally I won't have to pay for someone else
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Obama Care has to be fine tuned and get the kinks out of it. Trump has no clue as to what he's gonna do to "repair" Obama Care - he just knows it needs to go. That's not a plan by any stretch of the imagination. ::)
Obama Care was not a well thought out plan and it seems like Trump is going down this same road. :-\
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It will not affect me, but the healthcare system is a mess... Liberals and Conservatives have different ideas on how Americans get insured... Haven't looked into Rand Paul's health care proposal, but if Trump and the Republicans want to repeal Obamacare with a replacement, they should look there
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We'll see if trump has a better plan.
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I think ObamaCare had an affect on everyone, even if insurance is included in your job. It caused everyone's premiums to go up.
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Obamacare is so confusing to me.
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just hope they have something that works better.
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The changes with regards to healthcare is uncertain right now. We know something is going to happen, but what exact will happen is not sure.
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I'm glad its gone some of my family members were seriously ticked off about it but now happy as can be with there own health coverage they picked.
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California has it's own health care program, so even if ACA gets repealed in total - which it won't - Californian's still has its own health care. A single person who makes less than $1300 a month gets free health care from the state of California - considered the working poor.
Wish they'd get it together & make a health care system accessible for everyone. The USA pays more per person for health care than any other nation, there is no excuse.
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Obamacare only costed people in the long run didn't really help much that all so im glad to see it go
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I'll be thrilled to see it completely gone. I don't have insurance and I pay the fine because it's a couple thousand dollars a year cheaper to do that than pay hundreds and hundreds for insurance with an 8 thousand dollar deductible when I never go to the doctor to start with.
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Last year, my Mom qualified for Obama Care, but this year they say she does not qualify and should apply for medicaid. The is just one problem, the State of Georgia does not participate in the extra help with Obama Care. Thank goodness my Mom is in good health because all of these rich people could care less if you have insurance or not. All they care about is taking your money. :'(
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The Obama Care this affect me at all. I'm insured by my employer.
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I know people who have benefited from the Affordable Care Act. But I think revisions need to be made.
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Obamacare/Romneycare...would have been pretty much the same thing regardless of who got in office. It killed my benefits and increased my premiums substantially. I am very healthy, as is my family. My premium was at least eighty percent less prior to the socialized health insurance plans. I used to have a fifty dollar deductible and all prescriptions were covered. My family now pays horrendous premiums and we have a fifteen hundred deductible. I had a return of DVT (clots in my legs from sitting all day). Warfarin/Coumadin ruined my body for two years with the first round of clots. The doctor prescriber a different drug and it ended up being over four hundred and fifty dollars-I declined-would rather have a heart attack then pay for highway robbery. Figured my wife would find someone to sue, if I died, because of the horrible insurance change.