Obamacare fixed as much as it could under the circumstances. -- SixerHoo 03/26/2024 11:01AM
What's the Trump plan? ** -- HptHokie 03/26/2024 09:37AM
"I have a great plan. The best health care plan EVER. Such a good plan." -- Skeets 03/26/2024 3:05PM
Must be third-and-one. Offer nothing, criticize all other efforts... -- Cav113 03/26/2024 08:58AM
Moving last year across states while wife is pregnant makes me glad we can -- JohnHoo2 03/26/2024 08:08AM
People are paying $20K+ year for so-called 'health' 'insurance.' -- ryno hoo 03/26/2024 08:04AM
So you undoubtedly forgo buying health insurance. Amirite? ** -- WaxHoo 03/26/2024 08:57AM
My insurance has saved us about $3 million in medical expenses over the -- BocaHoo91 03/26/2024 08:52AM
Not even to mention that your dear wife is now otherwise uninsurable. ** -- Shenhoo 03/26/2024 09:16AM
She is for sure, but she is on medicare through disability so the benefit -- BocaHoo91 03/26/2024 09:18AM
When my daughter got leukemia at 5, we were poorer than dirt. -- Shenhoo 03/26/2024 09:30AM
I‘ll second that figure but just over the last 3 months. -- Cold Hoober Hoo 03/26/2024 09:12AM
What SHOULD insurance cost? Seriously... Insurance is nothing more than a -- 81_Hokie 03/26/2024 08:28AM
It expanded access, didn't do much to alter the cost curve of -- Capital City Hoo 03/26/2024 08:00AM
“Who knew that health care could be so complicated?” ** -- SixerHoo 03/26/2024 11:17AM
Spot on. ** -- BocaHoo91 03/26/2024 09:20AM
Yep, access to healthcare insurance was about the only problem they could -- 111Balz 03/26/2024 08:59AM
MAGAts don’t do history, not even recent history or maybe they are just -- Chuck Taylor 03/26/2024 07:41AM
I like this MAGA .... -- DexterLake 03/26/2024 08:03AM
No, Trump's 10,000 blank pages fixed it ** -- 81_Hokie 03/26/2024 07:26AM
As usual, you’re pretty uninformed. The ACA helped millions of people, -- 111Balz 03/26/2024 07:25AM
Whatever they have in mind will only make it worse, like all of their -- Lupos 03/26/2024 06:47AM
What's the Trump plan? ** -- HptHokie 03/26/2024 09:42AM
Just 2 more weeks of fine tuning ** -- Hoo TV 03/26/2024 1:23PM
The ACA has its flaws, but it definitely did not make things worse ** -- BocaHoo91 03/26/2024 07:10AM
It made costs go up and quality of care go down for the people that already -- Tuckahokie 03/26/2024 08:58AM
How did it do that? I just don't seem to recall there being a bunch of -- BocaHoo91 03/26/2024 09:05AM
There were some people here, primarily from Central Virginia IIRC, whom I -- southdenverhoo 03/26/2024 5:22PM
It made cost for some people go up, but I’m not sure what you’re talking -- 111Balz 03/26/2024 09:01AM
My company had to move to a different provider to try and mitigate the -- Tuckahokie 03/26/2024 09:06AM
I remember you and a few others talking about how it caused your -- 111Balz 03/26/2024 10:20AM
Like I said earlier...I'm not really upset about the cost increases, they -- Tuckahokie 03/26/2024 10:28AM
The data doesn't seem to bear out your anecdote. I'm not saying it didn't -- BocaHoo91 03/26/2024 09:16AM
Costs have doubled since the ACA was passed...I don't recall that was how -- Tuckahokie 03/26/2024 09:29AM
And costs doubled in the 10 years before the ACA was passed. -- BocaHoo91 03/26/2024 09:34AM
...but it was advertised as a cost cutter (or at least a controller) ** -- Tuckahokie 03/26/2024 09:41AM
For the hundredth time, no it wasn’t. It was about access to affordable -- 111Balz 03/26/2024 10:27AM
See my post above...its the cost of insuring the uninsured ** -- Tuckahokie 03/26/2024 10:30AM
Oh, sorry, I misunderstood what you were saying. -- 111Balz 03/26/2024 10:38AM
False advertising. ** -- BocaHoo91 03/26/2024 09:48AM
How much do those plans cost? ** -- Lupos 03/26/2024 07:37AM
About the same as an employer sponsored plan... which is $24K for -- BocaHoo91 03/26/2024 08:44AM
All of these wonderful new technologies and pharmaceuticals for health -- Lupos 03/26/2024 09:49AM
Yes. Although our costs are 2-3 times the rest of the -- BocaHoo91 03/26/2024 10:26AM
A lot less than most with preexisting conditions would pay otherwise. ** -- FxHoo 03/26/2024 08:10AM
Primum non nocere ** -- DexterLake 03/26/2024 07:13AM
How did the ACA do harm? Other than the tax impact of the ACA -- BocaHoo91 03/26/2024 08:54AM
Please do some research. Your "high earner" definition may be surprising. ** -- DexterLake 03/26/2024 12:23PM
Wait, we didn't get our $2500 savings and to keep our docs and plans? ** -- Hoodafan 03/26/2024 08:41AM
The vast majority of people got to keep their docs. I'm shopping for an -- BocaHoo91 03/26/2024 08:51AM
My pre ACA plan was 1/2 the price and lower deductibles. I was also -- Cold Hoober Hoo 03/26/2024 09:33AM
I have no idea if this was the case with your pre-ACA plan, but I think -- 111Balz 03/26/2024 10:35AM
Yeah either focus on the ones who wanted insurance but couldn’t -- Cold Hoober Hoo 03/26/2024 11:08AM
Insurance ought not be tied to any employer. -- DexterLake 03/26/2024 12:28PM
Your solution increases worker leverage and decreases employer leverage -- Fuzzy Dunlop 03/26/2024 2:10PM
I went on Medicare when I retired a year and a half ago and it is -- 111Balz 03/26/2024 12:00PM
Medicare, like subsidized ACA, is funded by other taxpayers -- DexterLake 03/26/2024 12:25PM
Like defense, roads, bridges, airports etc. I have paid taxes -- 111Balz 03/26/2024 1:05PM
Interesting... I just don't remember there being very good options -- BocaHoo91 03/26/2024 09:36AM
This was 10 years ago and the independent plan was still expensive -- Cold Hoober Hoo 03/26/2024 09:46AM
It made things better for millions. ** -- 111Balz 03/26/2024 07:26AM
At the expense of others ** -- DexterLake 03/26/2024 08:01AM
The main expense to others was the ACA surcharge for high earners. -- BocaHoo91 03/26/2024 08:46AM
How much were you billed? ** -- Chuck Taylor 03/26/2024 08:12AM
3k/mo (wife and I) plus 8k ea dedud for bronze plan -- DexterLake 03/26/2024 10:47AM
3K per month? c'mon? I'm seeing rates of half that for myself plus 2 -- BocaHoo91 03/26/2024 11:08AM
Like real estate it's all about location ..... -- DexterLake 03/26/2024 12:22PM
So where do you get from $600 to $900 to $1300 per month to $35-$40K -- BocaHoo91 03/26/2024 1:27PM
2015, 2016, 2017 -- DexterLake 03/26/2024 2:54PM
You seem like someone who would lie to make a point. -- BocaHoo91 03/26/2024 3:20PM
Maybe instead of posting a million times each day ..... -- DexterLake 03/26/2024 4:10PM
That’s an article from 6 years ago. If bronze plans were $35-$40k, Fox -- BocaHoo91 03/26/2024 4:20PM
Well you are already at 22 posts today ...... -- DexterLake 03/26/2024 4:33PM
And you continue to make up stuff to prove points. The ironic thing is if -- BocaHoo91 03/26/2024 5:26PM
Don’t worry. Trump will unveil his alternative healthcare plan next week. -- Blah 03/26/2024 06:20AM