What’s more, there’s a grandfather clause that says that insurance companies can keep offering their bad policies if they want. The cancellation letters are due to business decisions by the insurance companies, not the ACA.
I really don’t care much about Obama. I’m much more concerned with policy. The US really needs universal health insurance. The ACA is not a particularly good way of providing universal health insurance, though it’s probably better than nothing, which is what was in place before. There are much better ways. The Canadian single-payer system is one, but there are others. If we’re really interested in improving the country, we should be talking about how to provide health insurance for everyone.
I think we are in agreement. When I say universal insurance, I don’t (necessarily) mean private insurance. In Ontario, where I live, we have single-payer, but it’s called OHIP, which I believe stands for Ontario Health Insurance Plan. It’s insurance, but single-payer government insurance. It’s not a perfect system, but most people like it pretty much. But there are other systems, and some of them, I gather, involve private companies, though (if I understand rightly) they aren’t allowed to make a profit on the basic plan, but just on the extras. I don’t have experience of such systems, so I can’t judge them, but I wouldn’t exclude them from consideration. But I think we can agree first that profit should be removed from the system, and second that single-payer is at least one of the attractive options.
You should hear the Arabic version of Al Jabber-zeera. Much like the difference between Arafat’s English speeches and the speeches given in Arabic. Chilling
ConserveGov over 10 years ago
And the low-information folks just drank it up…….
wolfhoundblues1 over 10 years ago
This strip is perfect.
Enoki over 10 years ago
“…but that’s your fault not mine!”
ColonelClaus over 10 years ago
Whats really sad is that many still trust Obamaramalaladingdong
retpost over 10 years ago
You only get to keep it if it is real insurance.
ARodney over 10 years ago
Follow the link to see that it’s Michael wme who is lying… the NYT says no such thing.
ARodney over 10 years ago
What’s more, there’s a grandfather clause that says that insurance companies can keep offering their bad policies if they want. The cancellation letters are due to business decisions by the insurance companies, not the ACA.
mlester101 creator over 10 years ago
from Forbes: http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2013/10/31/forbes-obama-officials-predicted-2010-93-million-would-lose-health-pl#ixzz2jJGbh1b1
Dave Ferro over 10 years ago
“Face it, Kent. You f’ed up, you trusted us!” – Animal House
trm over 10 years ago
Translation: Obozo’s claim that “you can keep your existing coverage” is a lie, and he’s been lying about it since at least 2010.
Here’s an article from DNC house-organ The Washington Post that flatly states that Obozo is a liar:http://goo.gl/8lVqf0
lonecat over 10 years ago
I really don’t care much about Obama. I’m much more concerned with policy. The US really needs universal health insurance. The ACA is not a particularly good way of providing universal health insurance, though it’s probably better than nothing, which is what was in place before. There are much better ways. The Canadian single-payer system is one, but there are others. If we’re really interested in improving the country, we should be talking about how to provide health insurance for everyone.
lonecat over 10 years ago
I think we are in agreement. When I say universal insurance, I don’t (necessarily) mean private insurance. In Ontario, where I live, we have single-payer, but it’s called OHIP, which I believe stands for Ontario Health Insurance Plan. It’s insurance, but single-payer government insurance. It’s not a perfect system, but most people like it pretty much. But there are other systems, and some of them, I gather, involve private companies, though (if I understand rightly) they aren’t allowed to make a profit on the basic plan, but just on the extras. I don’t have experience of such systems, so I can’t judge them, but I wouldn’t exclude them from consideration. But I think we can agree first that profit should be removed from the system, and second that single-payer is at least one of the attractive options.
trm over 10 years ago
Yeah, I know… the truth hurts.Keep suckin’ that koolaid!
phdtogo over 10 years ago
You should hear the Arabic version of Al Jabber-zeera. Much like the difference between Arafat’s English speeches and the speeches given in Arabic. Chilling