Comments on: The cost of Obamacare: insurance premiums versus health care itself

By: Charles

Charles — Sun, 29 Sep 2013 15:38:38 +0000

IrateNate: “insurance Ponzi scheme” – that’s exactly what it is.

Here’s what my last temp job offered and called it “healthcare insurance.”

Premiums would have been a little under $2,000 per year, the plan would have allowed ONE doctor visit per year (to a max of $125; above the max would be out of pocket)

For that $2,000 per year I would also get TWO nights in the hospital to a max of $2,000. Above the max would be out of pocket.

So, the bottom line is that for $2,000 I could possible get coverage to a max of $2,125. I don’t call that insurance. I call it giving my money away!

So, I chose to not take it; but, under the Obamacare laws I now have to buy this “insurance” or pay the federal fine. hmm, which is cheaper?

By: J.J. formerly Jimmy J.

J.J. formerly Jimmy J. — Sat, 28 Sep 2013 21:59:59 +0000

A perfect encapsulation of it all:
“Obamacare is something new in American life: the creation of a massive bureaucracy charged with downsizing you – to a world of fewer doctors, higher premiums, lousier care, more debt, fewer jobs, smaller houses, smaller cars, smaller, fewer, less; a world where worse is the new normal.” Said by Mark Steyn here:
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/359778/worse-new-normal-mark-steyn/page/0/1

By: Don Carlos

Don Carlos — Sat, 28 Sep 2013 21:45:05 +0000

HaHaHa.
Found on page 2 of today’s WaPo story about the Shutdown:
“On Saturday, as this drama played out on Capitol Hill, Obama played golf at Fort Belvoir in Virginia.”

Despite his awful jump shot, Baraq still thinks he is politics’ Michael Jordan.

By: J.J. formerly Jimmy J.

J.J. formerly Jimmy J. — Sat, 28 Sep 2013 21:42:57 +0000

Continuing my previous comment: The crafters of the ACA never heard of Murphy’s Law.

By: J.J. formerly Jimmy J.

J.J. formerly Jimmy J. — Sat, 28 Sep 2013 21:41:51 +0000

A 2700 page bill with over 10,000 pages of regulations. What could go wrong? Sigh!

By: n.n

n.n — Sat, 28 Sep 2013 20:01:58 +0000

The fleecing of America did not begin with Obamacare, but it will enjoy substantial progress once it is finally birthed.

It is merely a clump of policies. Dismember it. Vacuum it. Flush it. Obamacare is the wrong choice. It preserves the status quo and the selfish interests which it benefits.

By: expat

expat — Sat, 28 Sep 2013 18:33:21 +0000

Pelosi said we had to pass the law to know what is in it. She didn’t say how long it would take to get to part 2.

By: Matt_SE

Matt_SE — Sat, 28 Sep 2013 15:41:01 +0000

And they’re about to get it “good and hard.”

By: Roy

Roy — Sat, 28 Sep 2013 15:12:58 +0000

Yes – here we are. And we’re here because we have too many damn people in this country who believe “free stuff” is more important than “free-dom”.

By: NeoConScum

NeoConScum — Sat, 28 Sep 2013 15:01:24 +0000

WHEW..! What a relief!!
Just now read at Drudge that NBC will be “explaining” (read:Defending, Boosting, Blathering)ObamsterCare on its broadcasts all through next week. Are we not blessed, Herr Goebbels?