So, what if Obama just came out and said...

[world wide wally]

"So some people got policies cancelled that are worth shit! (Sorry about the language, but you can change the subject now and talk about how crude I am). But what good is a shit health insurance policy if they won't pay when you need it? If it wasn't a shit policy, they wouldn't have had to cancel it!"


Just wondering

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

1. That would be LBJ speaking ...

... on a day when he felt like being polite.

But yes, that's the right sediment. Might settle this whole issue.

[Skittles]

2. I believe the word is "sentiment"

[BlueMTexpat]

4. "Sediment" could work too ...

in these circumstances.

[Fumesucker]

7. That was probably a pun

Sediments settle.

[treestar]

3. It wouldn't be a bad idea

Just say: you can keep this policy, but the insurance company is, by canceling it, admitting that it does not meet the minimum standards of the ACA. Even the insurance company admits it covers hardly anything. Why do you want to keep it so badly?

[rucky]

5. I think he did, at first

but was drowned out by the poutrage. So he made a concession, but it's still up to the states to decide whether or not to offer non-ACA compliant policies on the exchange. California's opting out, for one. I say let the red staters keep their crap policies if they're too ignorant and impatient to see what else is on the exchanges.

[LisaLynne]

8. But I think that would cause issues with the viability of the ACA overall

and what it's trying to accomplish.

[dotymed]

11. What,IMO, is so detrimental

to the ACA is the red states who refuse to open the Medicaid rolls.

They are purposely doing this so they have citizens who cannot afford any coverage, expecting to be fined for not having healthcare.

It's politics as usual and screw the poor.

[ReRe]

6. He could say...

... "doo-doo" everywhere you said shit. Besides, isn't "shit" one of those seven words the FCC says you can't say over the air waves (remember what George Carlin said!)

[Cryptoad]

10. "Dooky"

for clarity!

[ReRe]

12. "Dooky" is way much better...

... has he used that word before? "Dooky" just sounds like something PO would say.

[LuvNewcastle]

9. They question I have is why did they buy those worthless policies to begin with?

They might as well have been uninsured all this time if that's all they could afford or would afford. You don't get something for nothing, especially from insurance companies, so rest assured that the policy they were paying $75 a month for would have been no good to them in virtually any situation.

The only reason I can think of is that it was a sort of security blanket for them. They had a psychological need to believe they were covered, but they weren't willing or able to buy real coverage. Allowing them to keep those damned policies just feeds their delusions, in my opinion, and I really don't think the government should be a party to that. Obama never should have made the promise to begin with, and I don't think it's the government's responsibility to honor it. Looks like the state of California agrees.