Jun 16, 2024 ~ "I voted for this shit." Obama voter reveals how he finally figured out that the Democrats have been lying to him all along. "I voted for Obama/Biden in 2008 based on Obamacare." "Everything that they said was not true... Insurance premiums went up instead of down..." His insurance that he had through 2 bouts of cancer ($185 a month with $1000 deductible) was cancelled because Obamacare said it wasn't good enough. They could no longer offer it. After that, the cheapest insurance he could find was $1200 a month with a $6000 deductible. He could not afford to get insurance and keep a roof over his kids' heads. But then for 10 years he had to pay a penalty for not having health insurance. Thanks to Obamacare, he could not afford health insurance anymore and thanks to Obamacare, he had to pay a penalty for the privilege of no longer being able to afford health insurance. "I voted for that shit and it did nothing but hurt me and my family." He wasn't able to do his post-cancer followups. He couldn't keep his plan or his doctor and he had to pay penalties. "Insurance was through the roof. It literally killed the middle class... Obamacare was 100% supported by Democrats and 100% voted against by Republicans. That reason right there alone is why I left the Democratic party." "I also looked at when Trump got elected, I got a tax cut. My employer got a tax cut. My employer then gave all 3000 employees raises and raised the minimum wage to $15 an hour. And I noticed Nancy Pelosi said its just crumbs if anyone got anything out of it. No, I got a $3 an hour raise back in 2017. That was not crumbs. I noticed other companies started giving bonuses, better benefits, better benefits, raises, etc. And I noticed who voted on that. 100% Republicans, not a single Democrat. So we had Republicans wanting me to have more of my money and the Democrats did not want me to have more of my money." "There are people who Obamacare helped... but the majority of Americans, they got it stuck to them." Then he went into how everything was so much more affordable under Trump. "Vote wisely." [Economics, Obamacare, Politics]
Sep 27, 2022 ~ John Kerry admits the ridiculously named Inflation Reduction Act has nothing to do with reducing inflation. "I'm not sure how much it has to do with inflation, but that's OK." Similar to Jonathan Gruber admitting "Lack of transparency is a huge political advantage. … [The] stupidity of the American voter … was really, really critical for [Obamacare] to pass." [Economics, Obamacare, Politics]
Apr 10, 2022 ~ What's happened to health care costs since Obama passed the "Affordable" Care Act. @charliebilello, "The average family health insurance premium in the US has more than tripled since the "affordable" care act was signed into law back in 2010." Insurers making out like bandits. [Health Care, Obamacare]
Oct 20, 2020 ~ Average Obamacare premiums and deductibles doubled under Obama admin but thanks to Trump admin reforms, exchange premiums have fallen for the third year in a row. And new insurers entering. CMS Administrator Seema Verma, 'The President has delivered, lower cost and more choice.' [Health Care, Obamacare, Trump Win]
Jul 9, 2020 ~ Supreme Court upholds Trump Administration rule exempting conscientious objectors from Obamacare's birth-control and abortifacient mandate. The Little Sisters of the Poor celebrate. Biden promises if he is elected, he will restore the mandate forcing the sisters to fund abortion. [Abortion, Health Care, Obamacare, Religious Freedom, SCOTUS]
Jan 6, 2020 ~ Young voter calls Biden on what PolitiFact called 'Lie of the year'. Obama said 'if you like your plan you can keep your plan' and plans would be 'cheaper' but the voter said his dad's heath insurance cost doubled after Obamacare. Biden said 'no one did understand Obamacare.' [Biden, Health Care, Obamacare, Politics]
Jun 14, 2019 ~ Biden claims 'For eight years there wasn't one single hint of a scandal or a lie.' Harsanyi reminds him of the PolitiFact 'lie of the year' about Obamacare. Fast and Furious, cash planes to Iran, spying on journalists and leg, IRS targeting, destroying evidence, Lynch tarmac [Obamacare, Politics]
Feb 8, 2019 ~ Study by the CEA, Council of Economic Advisers, shows Trump's Obamacare Reforms Will Save Americans $450 Billion over 10 years - combination of individual mandate repeal, the expansion of more flexible plans like AHPs and short-term plans. [Trump Win, Health Care, Obamacare]
Dec 27, 2018 ~ Betsy McCaughey, 'Trump is Making Health Insurance More Affordable. Allows 'short term plans' not allowed by Obamacare. 'These plans cost 80 percent less than Obamacare on average, according to eHealth, Inc.' Blue states like NY, NJ, CA outraged they can't take advantage. [California, Health Care, Obamacare, Regulations, Trump Win]
Nov 8, 2018 ~ Hal Scherz, "The Fallacy of 'Pre-existing Conditions'" - most people have health issues that qualify as a pre-existing condition - almost all were already covered before Obamacare - there are far better options than Obamacare for those that weren't. [Health Care, Obamacare]
Oct 8, 2018 ~ Thanks to Obamacare, Health insurance deductibles have skyrocketed. Deductibles have grown by 212 percent since 2008 - eight times faster than wage growth, and 12 times faster than inflation - went from $300 to $1300 on average. [Health Care, Obamacare]
Aug 25, 2018 ~ 2109 will be lowest increase in premiums since ObamaCare started due to Trump reforms - media predictably ignores this good news - Obamacare has already made healthcare unaffordable for many but at least the premium growth is slowing. [Health Care, Obamacare, Trump Win]
Aug 13, 2018 ~ Justin Haskins, 'Trump Is Quietly Destroying Obamacare While Helping Millions of Americans' get off of the sinking ship of Obamacare - dems want to try to patch the leaks but it's destined to go down anyway, the best that can be done is get as many as possible off the ship [Health Care, Obamacare, Trump Win]
Jun 9, 2018 ~ 6 ways Obamacare has made things worse - premiums have more than doubled, deductibles have skyrocketed also, health care costs have risen dramatically, fewer choices, 30 million still uninsured, Medicaid rolls exploding [Entitlements, Health Care, Obamacare]
Feb 21, 2018 ~ Trump administration to allow sale of cheaper, more flexible alternatives to Obamacare - little by little keeping his promise to repeal and replace Obamacare. [Health Care, Obamacare, Trump Win]
Dec 27, 2017 ~ The GOP Tax Bill Repeals the unpopular Obamacare's Individual Mandate [Health Care, Obamacare, Trump Win]
Dec 10, 2017 ~ Obamacare continues to implode - A wave of hospital and other medical company bankruptcies have already begun with many more to come - more than triple the previous rate - democrats celebrate stopping Republicans from fixing. [Health Care, Obamacare]
Oct 29, 2017 ~ David Harsanyi, 'Trump's Executive Moves Have Strengthened Checks And Balances' . Rather than use them to grab power as others have done, these relinquished power unconstitutionally grabbed by previous presidents. DACA, Obamacare insurance co. subsidies, Paris Climate Accord etc. [David Harsanyi, Obamacare, Trump Win]
Oct 23, 2017 ~ Trump signs a Rand Paul authored Executive Order legalizing the sale of health insurance across state lines. Allows for the creation of 'Health Associations'. Huge for people stuck in bad exchanges. Step by step Trump is keeping his promise to repeal and replace Obamacare. [Health Care, Obamacare, Trump Win]
Oct 21, 2017 ~ Trump signs executive order allowing cheaper, shorter term health care plans instead as options to the one size fits all Obamacare plans that no one can afford. [Health Care, Obamacare, Trump Win]
Oct 14, 2017 ~ National Review, 'A Win for Freedom of Conscience' - Trump EO broadens exceptions of conscience for Obamacare birth control mandate - does not go far enough because government never had the right to mandate 'free birth control' in the first place [Health Care, Obamacare, Trump Win]
Aug 14, 2017 ~ Chris Pope, 'On Health-Care Reform, George W. Bush Was Misunderestimated - Medicare Part D did more to rein in health care costs than Obamacare ever could' - but price controls on drugs would ruin the success of Medicare Part D [Health Care, Obamacare]
Aug 13, 2017 ~ Doug Badger, 'Obamacare Is Uninsuring the Insured' - Not only are the Obamacare Exchanges collapsing, The number of people with individual health-insurance coverage is shrinking. They had insurance but now they don't have insurance or soon won't. [Health Care, Obamacare]
Aug 12, 2017 ~ Aetna, Humana Blue Cross confirm Obamacare is in a death spiral - losing hundreds of millions of dollars - Humana Completely Abandoning Obamacare Marketplaces After 2017 - Now Aetna is out - Blue Cross pulling out - Now Anthem [Health Care, Obamacare]
Jul 29, 2017 ~ No, repealing Obamacare will not kill 1000s - as many unhinged liberals are claiming - because it is primarily an expansion of Medicaid expanding which has been shown to have no effect - mortality rates have not changed since Obamacare which is evidence that its saved 0 lives. [Fake News, Health Care, Obamacare]
Jun 27, 2017 ~ No, 16 Million People won't be kicked off health insurance with the BCA - CBO shows 15 million of those people only got insurance to avoid the Obamacare fine and didn't want it in the first place. [Health Care, Obamacare]
Jun 11, 2017 ~ There are now 45 counties in the U.S. with no Obamacare insurer - the death spiral implosion continues. [Health Care, Obamacare]
May 30, 2017 ~ Stephen Moore, 'No, Trump Didn't Cause Obamacare to Fail' - new ridiculous argument from the left trying to explain Obamacare's long predicted implosion as now Blue Cross follows other major carriers by pulling out of markets - lost $100 million [Health Care, Obamacare, TDS]
May 28, 2017 ~ Sean Moran, 'Average Health Insurance Premiums Doubled Under Obamacare according to HHS Report' [Budget, Health Care, Obamacare]
May 28, 2017 ~ National Review, 'A Grain of Salt on CBO' - The many many reasons why the CBO scoring of the AHCA is very inaccurate and overly pessimistic - CBO was also very inaccurate regarding Obamacare. [Budget, Health Care, Obamacare]
May 16, 2017 ~ Stephen Moore, 'Obamacare Taxes Are Dangerous to Your Health and Wallet' Repeal of Obamacare Taxes help everyone by allowing hiring and the economy to grow - they are not tax cuts for the rich. 'every one of the taxes was counterproductive' [Economics, Health Care, Obamacare, Taxes]
Apr 2, 2017 ~ Guy Benson, 'Death Spiral Disaster, Last Major Insurer Reportedly Plans to Abandon Most Obamacare Markets Next Year'. The much predicted death spiral is happening. 'Humana Inc, Aetna Inc, and UnitedHealth' pulled out after 100s of millions in losses. Anthem leaning toward exit. [Health Care, Obamacare]
Mar 1, 2017 ~ Stephen Moore, 'States Are Going Broke Because They Broke the Bank' Many States, mostly blue Are Going Bankrupt. Combination of slow Obama economy growth, additional Obamacare spending and out of control budgets. Can't tax their way out. People leaving as they raise taxes. [Debt, Obamacare, Taxes]
Feb 22, 2017 ~ Woman who owns a hairdresser businesses tries to explain to Bernie Sanders why Obamacare prevents her from expanding and being able to provide more jobs - he is clueless like most dems trying to rule over us. [Health Care, Obamacare, Regulations, Sanders]
Jan 31, 2017 ~ Trump's whirlwind first week - pipelines, wall, sanctuary cities, immigration pause from states sponsoring terrorism, mostly good cabinet appointments, Obamacare rollback started. [Energy, Immigration, Obamacare, Terrorism, Trump Win]
Jan 22, 2017 ~ Rick Moran, 'Obamacare cost small businesses 300,000 jobs' and $19 billion in lost wages - 10,000 small businesses were forced out of business - has cost the economy a net $51 billion, and regulations added an astonishing 172 million hours in paperwork [Health Care, Obamacare]
Dec 31, 2016 ~ Numerous articles on Obamacare Imploding - Insurers warn losses are unsustainable - big rate increases have happened - more coming - death spiral happening - 3 main 'predicted' reasons Obamacare is fiscally unsustainable are detailed - Even Bill Clinton Agrees [Health Care, Obamacare]
Dec 13, 2016 ~ Nicholas Horton, 'Hundreds on Medicaid Waiting List Die After Illinois Expands ObamaCare' Expanded to include able-bodied adults. More than 650,000 able-bodies adults enroll since expansion. Crowded out the people Medicare was supposed to help. 750 have died waiting for care. [Entitlements, Health Care, Obamacare]