ObamaKare Screws artists, writers, musicians, actors, et al.

[zimmer]

Nancy Pelosi waxed rhapsodic in 2010 as she imagined the benefits of Obamacare: “Think of an economy where people could be an artist or a photographer or a writer without worrying about keeping their day job in order to have health insurance.”


Well, that was the economy we used to have. But as Obamacare begins to kick in, artists, photographers, writers, and other members of the “creative class” who have access to health insurance programs through numerous professional organizations will lose that coverage.

Up until now professional organizations have worked with insurance providers to craft reduced-rate plans for their members. But thanks to the fine print in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), on January 1, 2014, many of these plans will fail to pass legal muster.

Creative Destruction | The Weekly Standard

Isn't the Iron Fist of government wonderful?

It's time to exempt the nation from Obama's mess. A mess that was passed using parliamentary tricks.

Frau Pelosi... Obama... we've had time now... people have read the bill after you idiots passed it... it's time to kill that bill.

 

[Moot]

When I was a union member I thought the union health insurace was a lot more substantial than what most employers including the government offer. We had a choice which insurance plan to use that included Kaiser, Blue Cross and the unions own non profit health insurance program. I found the later to be the best. So perhaps some union health plans aren't very good but mine sure was. I loved it. It included vison and dental coverage, too.

 

[Greenbeard]

But don’t worry, everyone will be covered, right? As the College Art Association notes in a “Brief message” to its members on its website, “Here’s the good news: PPACA includes comprehensive reform that is designed to provide affordable health coverage for all individuals. The average premium for individuals who purchase coverage directly today (i.e., they do not receive coverage through their employer) is expected to decline significantly.”

They still won't have to worry about keeping their day job in order to have health insurance.

 

[Linc]

Obamakare--The intellectually challenged conservative fright-wing-tard strikes again.

 

[Manc Skipper]

Fascists tend to enjoy injecting a little racism into their comments. Or is it racists and fascism?

 

[Linc]

Southern England--Mom spent 1939-1941 in the bomb shelters in London. I was born in South Ruislip USAF base.

Fascists tend to enjoy injecting a little racism into their comments. Or is it racists and fascism?

 

[274ina]

Isn't the Iron Fist of government wonderful?

It's time to exempt the nation from Obama's mess. A mess that was passed using parliamentary tricks.

Frau Pelosi... Obama... we've had time now... people have read the bill after you idiots passed it... it's time to kill that bill.

More propoganda..................

How can they "lose coverage" when exchanges and Medicaid expansion are there??????

And yes the fake insurance is going to be banned. Thats a GOOD THING, as your favorate felon likes to say !!!

 

[Simon W. Moon]

Reading the article in the OP and some of the sources which the article cited [but didn't link to for some reason], they groups will be offering different plans. e.g. TEIGIT - The Entertainment Industry Group Insurance Trust
Why would the author of the article leave that kind of relevant out?
It creates an impression that there will be nothing to replace these plans when in fact these groups are already offering new plans to replace the ones which they cannot offer any more.

The author's omission makes some wonder. But, obviously, for some the mileage varies on that count.
:shrug: