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I'm torn on this one. I have been against obamacare but by hook or by crook it was put into law and people have been planning their finances around that law. Now that certain Republicans are threatening to defund it everything is once again in turmoil. How can you plan for anything when this is on again off again. I for instance was going to see a dramatic decrease in my health care cost because I am semi retired and have a very low income. We went out and bought a new car thinking we could afford the payments with the money we would save on health insurance premiums but if obamacare is defunded we will now have those car payments plus our original health insurance cost. I even started a thread when we bought the car asking if obamacare might stimulate the economy by freeing up money to buy things like we did but some people made a good point when they said some will lose money and won't buy things so it's at best a wash. I'm sure other individuals and businesses have made similar financial decisions based on this new system and I have to think pulling the rug out at this late time will do more harm than good for our economy. It makes me want to grab these politicians by the collar and say, "Will you guys pick a f***** plan and stay with it please!"
[B said:CalGun;1062127845]leftist all over must be jumping for joy....the republicans just took possession of obamacare....had they not said they could stop it and opened up the debate the program would have been 100% stuck on the left. When people got their 40 hrs cut to 28, when employers laid off 6 people to get under 50 and when those who don't want insurance have to pay a percentage of their income for it the left would have been crucified[/B] (as they should be). But no, a few tea party type republicans huffed, puffed, and now if it passes its no longer the lefts fault it's all their faults.
I would like them to stop it, now more than ever.
leftist all over must be jumping for joy....the republicans just took possession of obamacare....had they not said they could stop it and opened up the debate the program would have been 100% stuck on the left. When people got their 40 hrs cut to 28, when employers laid off 6 people to get under 50 and when those who don't want insurance have to pay a percentage of their income for it the left would have been crucified (as they should be). But no, a few tea party type republicans huffed, puffed, and now if it passes its no longer the lefts fault it's all their faults.
I would like them to stop it, now more than ever.
I'm torn on this one. I have been against obamacare but by hook or by crook it was put into law and people have been planning their finances around that law. Now that certain Republicans are threatening to defund it everything is once again in turmoil. How can you plan for anything when this is on again off again. I for instance was going to see a dramatic decrease in my health care cost because I am semi retired and have a very low income. We went out and bought a new car thinking we could afford the payments with the money we would save on health insurance premiums but if obamacare is defunded we will now have those car payments plus our original health insurance cost. I even started a thread when we bought the car asking if obamacare might stimulate the economy by freeing up money to buy things like we did but some people made a good point when they said some will lose money and won't buy things so it's at best a wash. I'm sure other individuals and businesses have made similar financial decisions based on this new system and I have to think pulling the rug out at this late time will do more harm than good for our economy. It makes me want to grab these politicians by the collar and say, "Will you guys pick a f***** plan and stay with it please!"
I don't like Obamacare. I think the initial idea of a government option competing with the private sector was a good idea in theory, given the framework of our health care system in the U.S, but of course, as we know now, it did not end up that way. Of course, there are some benefits of Obamacare that I have seen first hand, particularly living in an area where many people (unfortunately) depend on government assistance, now more than ever given the decline in coal jobs throughout the region. I know many people personally who were able to get health care thanks to the plan when they were previously unable. I'm a professor at a local college where many students have told me that if they had to purchase their own insurance, they would be unable to do so with their current wages.
So I voted I am not sure what to do, because it's very complex. Defunding it would certainly disrupt things, and the alternatives would magnify that. I don't think the system is what we need in the long term, so in the event that it is defunded, it would be good to know what the alternative plan would be.
I don't like Obamacare. I think the initial idea of a government option competing with the private sector was a good idea in theory, given the framework of our health care system in the U.S, but of course, as we know now, it did not end up that way. Of course, there are some benefits of Obamacare that I have seen first hand, particularly living in an area where many people (unfortunately) depend on government assistance, now more than ever given the decline in coal jobs throughout the region. I know many people personally who were able to get health care thanks to the plan when they were previously unable. I'm a professor at a local college where many students have told me that if they had to purchase their own insurance, they would be unable to do so with their current wages.
So I voted I am not sure what to do, because it's very complex. Defunding it would certainly disrupt things, and the alternatives would magnify that. I don't think the system is what we need in the long term, so in the event that it is defunded, it would be good to know what the alternative plan would be.
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