Affordable Care Act
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57Brave
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Rand survey: 16.9 million have gained coverage under Obamacare
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Joan McCarter
A new study from the Rand Corporation finds that 16.9 million people became newly enrolled in insurance of all types as of February 2015.
Researchers estimate that from September 2013 to February 2015, 22.8 million Americans became newly insured and 5.9 million lost coverage, for a net of 16.9 million newly insured Americans.
Among those newly gaining coverage, 9.6 million people enrolled in employer-sponsored health plans, followed by Medicaid (6.5 million), the individual marketplaces (4.1 million), nonmarketplace individual plans (1.2 million) and other insurance sources (1.5 million).
The study also estimates that 125.2 million Americans—about 80 percent of the nonelderly population that had insurance in September 2013—experienced no change in the source of insurance during the period, according to findings published online by the journal Health Affairs.
Get that? Eighty percent of insured people kept the plans they liked! Rand finds that there are 11.2 million covered through the Obamacare marketplaces, and that 4.1 million of them are newly covered—they were previously uninsured. The other 7.1 million transitioned from some other kind of insurance. For example, they may have been covered by a previous employer, but Obamacare gave them the chance to quit their job and start a new venture. Over half of the people enrolling in expanded Medicaid—6.5 million—were previously uninsured. So that's a total of 10.6 million Americans who had no insurance finally able to get coverage thanks to Obamacare.
That's a few Republican myths busted: the vast, vast majority of people saw no change at all in their insurance, contrary to Republican claims that the law would upend everyone's health insurance; Obamacare attracted millions, despite the fact that Republicans insisted it would be an unpopular failure; more than half gained coverage for the first time, defying Republican claims that it wouldn't really help with the uninsured rate. But they've got an answer to that, too, albeit a bull**** one. None of this counts because it's not "real" insurance, it's Obamacare insurance and Medicaid
by
Joan McCarter
A new study from the Rand Corporation finds that 16.9 million people became newly enrolled in insurance of all types as of February 2015.
Researchers estimate that from September 2013 to February 2015, 22.8 million Americans became newly insured and 5.9 million lost coverage, for a net of 16.9 million newly insured Americans.
Among those newly gaining coverage, 9.6 million people enrolled in employer-sponsored health plans, followed by Medicaid (6.5 million), the individual marketplaces (4.1 million), nonmarketplace individual plans (1.2 million) and other insurance sources (1.5 million).
The study also estimates that 125.2 million Americans—about 80 percent of the nonelderly population that had insurance in September 2013—experienced no change in the source of insurance during the period, according to findings published online by the journal Health Affairs.
Get that? Eighty percent of insured people kept the plans they liked! Rand finds that there are 11.2 million covered through the Obamacare marketplaces, and that 4.1 million of them are newly covered—they were previously uninsured. The other 7.1 million transitioned from some other kind of insurance. For example, they may have been covered by a previous employer, but Obamacare gave them the chance to quit their job and start a new venture. Over half of the people enrolling in expanded Medicaid—6.5 million—were previously uninsured. So that's a total of 10.6 million Americans who had no insurance finally able to get coverage thanks to Obamacare.
That's a few Republican myths busted: the vast, vast majority of people saw no change at all in their insurance, contrary to Republican claims that the law would upend everyone's health insurance; Obamacare attracted millions, despite the fact that Republicans insisted it would be an unpopular failure; more than half gained coverage for the first time, defying Republican claims that it wouldn't really help with the uninsured rate. But they've got an answer to that, too, albeit a bull**** one. None of this counts because it's not "real" insurance, it's Obamacare insurance and Medicaid
57Brave
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/06/02/obamacare-provider-directories_n_7496662.html
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The new rule also requires insurers to publish which drugs are covered by which plans, along with a long list of other benefit and payment information (PDF).
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The new rule also requires insurers to publish which drugs are covered by which plans, along with a long list of other benefit and payment information (PDF).
57Brave
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Have you heard the scary and shocking news? In 2016, health insurers are looking to dramatically hike insurance premiums for plans sold through the Affordable Care Act’s federally facilitated marketplaces. That, at least, is the takeaway from stories published by Fox News, The Hill, and other outlets reporting on preliminary data on the ACA released by the White House recently. Conservative news outlets jumped on the news as proof that the Affordable Care Act is failing to live up to the promise of its name. John Boehner’s office rounded up literally every scary headline about Obamacare premium hikes to claim that the law “is set to deliver an even bigger blow to working families next year.” It’s a huge scandal! Obamacare is failing! The lies are finally being exposed! And so forth.
http://www.salon.com/2015/06/03/dej..._skyrocketing_obamacare_premium_handwringing/
57Brave
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“In a democracy, the power to make the law rests with those chosen by the people,” Roberts wrote in the 21-page ruling — relatively sparse in light of all the media frenzy and conservative doomsday surrounding the decision. “Our role is more confined — to say what the law is ... Congress passed the Affordable Care Act to improve health insurance markets, not to destroy them. If at all possible, we must interpret the Act in a way that is consistent with the former, and avoids the latter.”
-John Roberts
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from The WashPost:
But today’s victory may have been even more decisive than it looks at first glance.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs...win-for-obamacare/?postshare=6111435252356517
-John Roberts
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from The WashPost:
But today’s victory may have been even more decisive than it looks at first glance.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs...win-for-obamacare/?postshare=6111435252356517
57Brave
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Don't know how much more constitutional you want it to be. In this day and age on this court --- 6-3 is a landslide.
Read this out loud.
“In a democracy, the power to make the law rests with those chosen by the people,"
"... Our role is more confined — to say what the law is ... Congress passed the Affordable Care Act..."
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When will you get something right on this forum? -- you seem to wind up on the wrong side of every issue.
I would take that as a red flag that I am reading the wrong material or that my outlook need some other calibrations
acesfull86
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"The wrong side of every issue"
Seems like a bizarre claim when we're dealing almost exclusively with opinions.
Seems like a bizarre claim when we're dealing almost exclusively with opinions.
sturg33
I
1. We're not a democracy
2. The supreme court wasn't chosen by the people
3. What wrong side am I on? I made a comment about what the court is supposed to be doing.. do you disagree?
goldfly
<B>if my thought dreams could be seen</B>
That's a pretty strong statement there Mossy. Would've expected better from you.
AerchAngel
<B>Secretary of Statistics</B>
It's true, but since I am on my company's dime and it is cheap, I have no fight in this.
Call me selfish.
How exactly does one quantify another's "contribution to society"? In the context Mossy is using, it simply implies not make enough money to qualify for a subsidy. Or in other words, you're poor thus you clearly don't contribute anything to society.
The argument Mossy makes is exactly why we should have universal healthcare.
Instead of poking at the poor and those bordering poor and middle class over health insurance and whether or not they deserve to have access to basic healthcare, the misguided hate should be directed at insurance companies whom are using human life as a game of numbers.
Instead of poking at the poor and those bordering poor and middle class over health insurance and whether or not they deserve to have access to basic healthcare, the misguided hate should be directed at insurance companies whom are using human life as a game of numbers.
It's always someone else's fault? What Mossy said was correct. I wonder if you'll change your tune once your premiums go up.
goldfly
<B>if my thought dreams could be seen</B>
sounds like you should stop being a slave and get on the gravy train of free healthcare
i really don't understand why you go to work