ObamaCare…coming soon

[CA renter]

WASHINGTON -Insurance companies aren’t playing nice any more.
Their dire message that health care legislation will drive up premiums for people who already have coverage comes as a warning shot at a crucial point in the debate, and threatens President Barack Obama’s top domestic priority.

Democrats and their allies scrambled on Monday to knock down a new industry-funded study forecasting that Senate legislation, over time, will add thousands of dollars to the cost of a typical policy. “Distorted and flawed,” said White House spokeswoman Linda Douglass. “Fundamentally dishonest,” said AARP’s senior policy strategist, John Rother. “A hatchet job,” said a spokesman for Senate Finance Committee chairman Max Baucus, D-Mont.

But the health insurance industry’s top lobbyist in Washington stood her ground. In a call with reporters, Karen Ignagni, president of America’s Health Insurance Plans, pointedly refused to rule out attack ads on TV featuring the study, though she said she believed the industry’s concerns could be amicably addressed.

At the heart of the industry’s complaint is a decision by lawmakers to weaken the requirement that millions more Americans get coverage. Since the legislation would ban insurance companies from denying coverage on account of poor health, many people will wait to sign up until they get sick, the industry says. And that will drive up costs for everybody else.

http://news.aol.com/article/insurers-warning-shot-has-democrats/713086?cid=12

Proof that the govt ALREADY covers the most expensive patients, while leaving the profitable patients to the private insurance companies. Can we stop already with privatizing profits while socializing the losses? The insurance companies are salivating at the idea of forced insurance. This needs to stop.

This is exactly why I’d like to see a single-payer system with private insurance available for supplemental upgrades and extras.

[Veritas]

“Americans’ opinion of Obamacare has reached an all-time post-passage low according to the Kaiser Health Tracking poll: only 39% of those surveyed have a favorable view of the law, two points below the previous nadir of 41% first set in May 2010. Forty-four percent of Americans have an unfavorable view.”
http://campaign2012.washingtonexaminer.com/blogs/beltway-confidential/poll-obamacare-support-all-time-low

[Veritas]

“Americans’ opinion of Obamacare has reached an all-time post-passage low according to the Kaiser Health Tracking poll: only 39% of those surveyed have a favorable view of the law, two points below the previous nadir of 41% first set in May 2010. Forty-four percent of Americans have an unfavorable view.”
http://campaign2012.washingtonexaminer.com/blogs/beltway-confidential/poll-obamacare-support-all-time-low

[Veritas]

“Americans’ opinion of Obamacare has reached an all-time post-passage low according to the Kaiser Health Tracking poll: only 39% of those surveyed have a favorable view of the law, two points below the previous nadir of 41% first set in May 2010. Forty-four percent of Americans have an unfavorable view.”
http://campaign2012.washingtonexaminer.com/blogs/beltway-confidential/poll-obamacare-support-all-time-low

[Veritas]

“Americans’ opinion of Obamacare has reached an all-time post-passage low according to the Kaiser Health Tracking poll: only 39% of those surveyed have a favorable view of the law, two points below the previous nadir of 41% first set in May 2010. Forty-four percent of Americans have an unfavorable view.”
http://campaign2012.washingtonexaminer.com/blogs/beltway-confidential/poll-obamacare-support-all-time-low

[Veritas]

“Americans’ opinion of Obamacare has reached an all-time post-passage low according to the Kaiser Health Tracking poll: only 39% of those surveyed have a favorable view of the law, two points below the previous nadir of 41% first set in May 2010. Forty-four percent of Americans have an unfavorable view.”
http://campaign2012.washingtonexaminer.com/blogs/beltway-confidential/poll-obamacare-support-all-time-low

[Aecetia]

Maybe it is Hillary’s turn in 2012…
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2011/08/29/carney_grilled_over_potential_hillary_primary_challenge_youll_have_to_ask_her.html

[Aecetia]

Maybe it is Hillary’s turn in 2012…
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2011/08/29/carney_grilled_over_potential_hillary_primary_challenge_youll_have_to_ask_her.html

[Aecetia]

Maybe it is Hillary’s turn in 2012…
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2011/08/29/carney_grilled_over_potential_hillary_primary_challenge_youll_have_to_ask_her.html

[Aecetia]

Maybe it is Hillary’s turn in 2012…
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2011/08/29/carney_grilled_over_potential_hillary_primary_challenge_youll_have_to_ask_her.html

[Aecetia]

Maybe it is Hillary’s turn in 2012…
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2011/08/29/carney_grilled_over_potential_hillary_primary_challenge_youll_have_to_ask_her.html

[poorgradstudent]

[quote=Veritas]”Americans’ opinion of Obamacare has reached an all-time post-passage low according to the Kaiser Health Tracking poll: only 39% of those surveyed have a favorable view of the law, two points below the previous nadir of 41% first set in May 2010. Forty-four percent of Americans have an unfavorable view.”
http://campaign2012.washingtonexaminer.com/blogs/beltway-confidential/poll-obamacare-support-all-time-low%5B/quote%5D
Interestingly, “47%, believe the law “won’t make much difference” in their own lives while 31% believe it will help and 14% say it will hurt.” This is probably accurate, as the new law is unlikely to have much impact either way on most of the middle class, help the working class and have a small negative impact on the rich.

Also bear in mind that a portion of those with an unfavorable view of Obamacare are opposed from the Left, those who think it doesn’t go far enough and is a poor substitute for Single Payer. Many of those against Obamacare probably view options floated by the right just as unfavorably or worse.

[poorgradstudent]

[quote=Veritas]”Americans’ opinion of Obamacare has reached an all-time post-passage low according to the Kaiser Health Tracking poll: only 39% of those surveyed have a favorable view of the law, two points below the previous nadir of 41% first set in May 2010. Forty-four percent of Americans have an unfavorable view.”
http://campaign2012.washingtonexaminer.com/blogs/beltway-confidential/poll-obamacare-support-all-time-low%5B/quote%5D
Interestingly, “47%, believe the law “won’t make much difference” in their own lives while 31% believe it will help and 14% say it will hurt.” This is probably accurate, as the new law is unlikely to have much impact either way on most of the middle class, help the working class and have a small negative impact on the rich.

Also bear in mind that a portion of those with an unfavorable view of Obamacare are opposed from the Left, those who think it doesn’t go far enough and is a poor substitute for Single Payer. Many of those against Obamacare probably view options floated by the right just as unfavorably or worse.

[poorgradstudent]

[quote=Veritas]”Americans’ opinion of Obamacare has reached an all-time post-passage low according to the Kaiser Health Tracking poll: only 39% of those surveyed have a favorable view of the law, two points below the previous nadir of 41% first set in May 2010. Forty-four percent of Americans have an unfavorable view.”
http://campaign2012.washingtonexaminer.com/blogs/beltway-confidential/poll-obamacare-support-all-time-low%5B/quote%5D
Interestingly, “47%, believe the law “won’t make much difference” in their own lives while 31% believe it will help and 14% say it will hurt.” This is probably accurate, as the new law is unlikely to have much impact either way on most of the middle class, help the working class and have a small negative impact on the rich.

Also bear in mind that a portion of those with an unfavorable view of Obamacare are opposed from the Left, those who think it doesn’t go far enough and is a poor substitute for Single Payer. Many of those against Obamacare probably view options floated by the right just as unfavorably or worse.

[poorgradstudent]

[quote=Veritas]”Americans’ opinion of Obamacare has reached an all-time post-passage low according to the Kaiser Health Tracking poll: only 39% of those surveyed have a favorable view of the law, two points below the previous nadir of 41% first set in May 2010. Forty-four percent of Americans have an unfavorable view.”
http://campaign2012.washingtonexaminer.com/blogs/beltway-confidential/poll-obamacare-support-all-time-low%5B/quote%5D
Interestingly, “47%, believe the law “won’t make much difference” in their own lives while 31% believe it will help and 14% say it will hurt.” This is probably accurate, as the new law is unlikely to have much impact either way on most of the middle class, help the working class and have a small negative impact on the rich.

Also bear in mind that a portion of those with an unfavorable view of Obamacare are opposed from the Left, those who think it doesn’t go far enough and is a poor substitute for Single Payer. Many of those against Obamacare probably view options floated by the right just as unfavorably or worse.

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