Congress is NOT exempt from the AHA:
The Lie that Obamacare Exempts Members of Congress - Susan Milligan (usnews.com)
If you choose a plan in the exchange that doesn't have your doctor as a provider, yes, you would lose your doctor.
But you don't have to choose that plan!! Jesus. That is just
exactly as it is now when you switch employers.
Exactly.
As to health insurance premiums raising 4% per your 8/14/13 link, what do you think they rose in previous years?? That particular increase (as all the ones before it)
had absolutely NOTHING to do with Obamacare. Obamacare has not been implemented yet.
One of the major issues is that premiums are rising exponentially.
This is nothing new! Further, the AHA provides for preventive care
without any copays and without regard to deductibles. Lets one's children be on their policies through their employer or individually until their age 26, completely REMOVES the lifetime benefits cap, and increases annual coverage limits. Is that free? Probably not. What the hell is?
Your answer to just how the government is going to control your healthcare is, in essence, "Well, it must. It's there, isn't it?" What kind of answer is that?? I'll tell you what kind it is -- it's the kind of meat I sometimes put on my sandwich at noontime.
I'll tell you at least one person who hasn't read the bill -- and doesn't understand it -- and makes assumptions about how it's going to be run:
You