Forbes Magazine Pro Obamacare Article:

[mucifer]

The results are guaranteed to both surprise and depress those who have built their narrative around the effort to destroy the Affordable Care Act.

As a result of at least half of those cancelled being able to either enroll in a Medicaid program or receive subsidies on the healthcare exchanges, many—if not most—will now find health care coverage at a price lower than previously paid while greatly improving the quality of coverage.

Still, roughly one million people will have to replace their cancelled policy with something that may cost them more. This is not a good thing but it is far, far less dramatic than what we’ve been hearing. It is also a part of the expected upheaval that has always—and will always—result from the passage of reforms designed to benefit the greatest number of people. Traditionally, those who are disadvantaged in this way find that things are sorted out in amendments to the initial legislation, amendments that can only result when Republicans in Congress stop playing politics and begin the serious work of making the law better for Americans.

The Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index is out this morning and reveals that 15.9 percent of American adults are now uninsured, down from 17.1 percent for the last three months of 2013 and has shown improvements in every major demographic group with the exception of Hispanics who did not advance. That translates roughly to 3 million to 4 million people getting coverage who did not have it before.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/rickungar/2014/03/10/the-real-numbers-on-the-obamacare-effect-are-in-now-let-the-crow-eating-begin/3/

[Cha]

1. Good news, mucifer and it will only get better!

thanks

[BlueMTexpat]

2. Uh-oh -

does this mean that Forbes will now get thrown under the GOP bus?

[Cha]

4. Or maybe under a du bus that some are driving..

[okaawhatever]

3. Good news. I'm bummed about Hispanics, though. I'm betting having a large population

in states like Texas and Arizona hasn't helped their awareness. Hopefully the word will be out soon enough and they'll be able to benefit as well

[pangaia]

5. "....that 15.9 percent of American adults are now uninsured, down from 17.1 percent

for the last three months of 2013."

That's only 1%. ???

[Politicub]

6. Great news!

The ACA is working.

Now - if we can get a dem majority in both houses of congress we have a chance of getting a public option included.

[TBF]

7. "Getting a public option included" - NO

"Getting a public option included" is not the goal.

Replacing health care insurance WITH single payer is the goal.

It is our health care and we need to demand it. It's been working in other industrialized countries for decades and it is time for single payer in the US.

[jeff47]

10. Public option is how you get there.

A public option doesn't profit. So it's going to be 20% cheaper than private plans. That's going to attract some people.

When those people don't end up in a massive pile of dead bodies, that's going to attract more people. With the larger risk pool, the public option will be able to be even cheaper. That continues the snowball effect.

Eventually, you've driven the private plans out of the state.

[Politicub]

11. This I agree with

It's going to take a stepped approach.

[ProSense]

8. See the chart

posted here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024689326

[n2doc]

9. Whatever fits your worldview

I've been repeatedly told here that Forbes is unreliable GOP propaganda.

[Jim Lane]

12. Ungar isn't typical of Forbes.

I'd say that most of what's in Forbes is indeed unreliable GOP propaganda. Ungar is consistently an exception. Per his Wikipedia bio, he writes "on health care policy and politics from a more liberal perspective than what is typically found at Forbes." In particular, he's written some very informative columns about the ACA.