The Affordable Care Act

[Ike Bana]

Originally Posted by piece-itpete

Specifically premiums going up and people being dropped. 'ACA'

Pete

Like premiums never went up and people were never dropped before the
ACA. Like my premiums went up every year and every time employers of mine decided they couldn't afford the current plan I was forced to accept a POS or an HMO and a new plan and new doctors.

Like when I went self-employed I wasn't refused coverage by a half-dozen major insurance carriers...and for what? Cancer? No. Heart disease? No. Diabetes? No. High blood pressure? No.

Because I take a statin. BCBS, Humana, United Health Care, Aetna, Coventry...half wouldn't cover me unless I signed a heart disease coverage waver, the other half wouldn't cover me at all. I finally ended up with POS (that's Piece Of Shit) Assurant health for catastrophic coverage for the blonde and me...10K in premiums per year, 10K in out of pocket per year. The same Assurant Health that's been fined numerous times for unlawful policy cancellations, and refusal to pay for HIV treatment, and breach of contract fines in accident cases...and fines for their automatic fraud investigations of any member with HIV treatment in their history. Yep...just the kind of thoughtful business practices that conservatives all across the fruited plain embrace with joy.

I don't give a shit if the ACA is not a cost savings. It's coverage for everybody...and hopefully when it goes under from it's own weight it will be too late for the health insurance industry, and the country converts to single payer...which it should have over 40 years ago.

But I get it pete...you're happy with a health care system that's twice as expensive as in any other developed nation, and that for twice the money we get shit outcomes compared with them. It's fine...just as long as Obama doesn't have a success during his time in office. I guess 45,000 fellow citizens dead every year from otherwise treatable conditions is worth not to have to suffer an Obama win...eh pete?

Go on now...cute reply with a cute little smiley. I'm already in the swing of things.