• boaratio@lemmy.world
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    23 hours ago

    It’s not called Obamacare, it’s called the affordable care act and every time a media outlet does this it hurts the program that helps millions of people.

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      23 hours ago

      helps people to purchase insurance with subsidies but does not help citizens have healthcare

      minimum wage is still stuck at $7.25 and any healthcare solution involving subsidies that go directly to megacorps that are actually causing the healthcare crisis while still requiring massive payouts from citizens just to have healthcare does not help at all

      democrat mindset of less bad=good enough is not sufficient to tackle the healthcare needs of any country

      throwing some Febreze on a pile of shit definitely does not help agree but at the end of the day no matter what do or don’t do still a pile of horseshit and bad for you

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      20 hours ago

      The Affordable Care Act “enrolleee sees premium spike over 300% as sign-up period begins: ‘This will devastate us.’”

      -You’re right, that does sound nicer

      /s

      I’ve used the program for both market insurance and medicaid and beside the expanded medicaid I consider the program a failure from inception. -Insurance doesn’t have to pay if they refuse to acknowledge a person’s claims which renders all other benefits a moot point.

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        20 hours ago

        Expanded medicaid was the point, we were supposed to have single-payer and mandated insurance with ACA, and then Republicans stripped those out, which hobbled the program and took away the main advantages. It’s worth revisiting this because this is how 32/33 of the most developed nations on earth do it, surely there’s something worth salvaging and trying again on.

        Quick edit just to add, during the first year of ACA, I had to get it due to the mandate even tho I was healthy and young. My lung spontaneously collapsed that year, and I had to have $330,000 worth of surgeries. I paid $19 for a medication that was optional, otherwise I saw no bill. The program can work.

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          then Republicans stripped those out

          when the democrats had control of the house and senate? -That’s akin to the current repubs blaming the democrats for the shutdown.

          -Also if it’s really about expanded medicaid then it’s not particularly related to the post. Medicaid premiums I highly doubt are going up 300%