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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