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Jan 18 2015 02:58pm
I'm seeing alot of conflicting story's on obamacare figured i'd make a poll. pretty self explanatory.
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Jan 18 2015 03:27pm
Up but I don't think that's Obama's fault :lol:
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Jan 18 2015 03:36pm
Went up something like $10 a pay period and benefits dropped slightly.
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Jan 18 2015 03:37pm
You missed some options like "haven't changed" or "going up same amount before and after obamacare?
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Jan 18 2015 03:48pm
Don't have any healthcare
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Jan 18 2015 03:56pm
Quote (j0ltk0la @ Jan 18 2015 04:48pm)
Don't have any healthcare


A healthy 20-something year old without health care insurance? Oh my!
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Jan 18 2015 04:24pm
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A healthy 20-something year old without health care insurance?  Oh my!


I used to have it but I can't afford it anymore with Obama increasing the prices
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Jan 18 2015 04:32pm
I've saved up to $2500 a year on my health insurance by switching to Geico Obamacareā„¢*


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Jan 18 2015 04:35pm
Who's cares if it's gone up or done, the point is Obamacare didn't solve any of the issues with healthcare in the US. Insurance is a Band-Aid fix to the real problem that is predatory business practices by American doctors and health professionals, as well as an incredibly inefficient system for government funding in healthcare. The US spends 18% of their GDP on healthcare yet the country has the most expensive healthcare in the world. For comparisons sakes, Sweden spends 9%, Canada 11%, Germany 11%, China 5%, UK 9%, Japan 10%, Switzerland 11%, Russia 6%, South Africa 9%, Mexico 6%, Saudi Arabia 3%. Six countries spend more than 12.5%, all developing countries except for the USA. USA has a system where its citizens pay exorbitant prices on healthcare while their government literally is burning money on the same thing.

Obama will claim at the end of his presidency that he helped solve issues of healthcare in the US. In actuality he has simply delayed progress and continued to allow Americans to have medical bills be by far the number one cause of bankruptcy, despite 3/4 of those cases involving people with medical insurance. Sorry Barry, insurance wasn't the problem.
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Jan 18 2015 05:06pm
The only way to change our health care system for the better is to make health insurance nonprofit.

Obama half assed it, most of the problem falls on Max Baucus because he more or less single-handed blocked any meaningful reform. He used his influential post to make single payer a nonstarter at the same time taking hand over fist in bribes from the health insurance and pharmaceutical industries.

The reason I voted for Clinton in the primary is that I thought that she might have the political capital and know-how to get a real health care bill passed. Instead we got Barry and the handout to private insurance.
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