Pic Of The Moment: Another Obamacare Myth Bites The Dust

[EarlG]

Turns Out Obamacare Premiums Aren't More Expensive After All

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[titanicdave]

1. Benghazi is all they have

so that they have something to say other than "repeal Obamacare"..........HOW SWEET IT IS!!!

[uppityperson]

2. Mine is more expensive but what I had was catastrophic unusable before. Now I can use it

and it works out better in the long run.

[Shadowflash]

3. Yup.

I signed on to BC/BS directly because, through the ACA, the policy was less than half what my plan through my employer is.

And the nice thing about it is that if I lose my job I don't lose my coverage.

The ACA has been a win/win for me.

[TRoN33]

4. Mine is expensive and...

I'm happy about it because?

No more lifetime cap bullshit.

No more pre-existing condition bullshit.

No more cancellation policies bullshit.

No more insurance corporate death panel bullshit.

No more decision-making by insurance corporations on my children's health.

No more limitations on treatment bullshit.

My wife and I are very happy about it even if it costs more but we have guaranteed lifetime healthcare. If republicans take it away from us, they're finished for good.

[underpants]

5. Duh, economy of scale

And the buyer, the exchanges, being able to set the framework including pricing*

*the insurance companies were allowed to negotiate these factors

[Tarheel_Dem]

6. K&R!

[rhett o rick]

7. k&r thanks for posting. nm

[Spitfire of ATJ]

8. Next up: Republicans claim Hillary was having an affair with U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens....

....and he was going to go public with it so she had Obama send his Muslim Terrorist friends in to take him out.

[IronLionZion]

9. Good, now expand catastrophic coverage to anyone who wants it

and fix the family glitch! Fix the damn websites too.

In the mean time Dems, GOTV! The more Dems we have in congress, the more likely we are to see some improvements to the law.

[MADem]

10. And the orange man sobs!

[shawn703]

11. I was hoping that would be true for me

I checked out the ACA website last year, but I didn't qualify for any subsidies. My employer pays for at least half of my premium in my case.

The other wrinkle is that my portion of my health insurance premiums are deducted from my paycheck pre-tax, and it doesn't appear I would be able to deduct my health insurance premiums if I bought them off the exchange, since the cost of the premiums wouldn't exceed 10% of my income.

I'm very happy the ACA is making insurance affordable so everyone can get covered, but I really hope employers don't start dropping health care as a benefit at some point.

[DesertDiamond]

12. As I am now unemployed, I just got health insurance through Covered California, our state exchange..

No only am I paying less per month than I did at my old job, but my employer's health care plan only kicked in after a $3000 deductible - so, essentially, I paid out of pocket for everything anyway, and couldn't afford to get appointments to take care of my sinus problem that I have now had for four years. My new Obamacare plan makes it affordable, and now I can finally get some testing done to find out what's wrong. Thank you Mr. President!!!

[Cha]

13. I'm bummed.. I still can't see pics of the moments on DU.. However.. K&R.. thanks EarlG

[SummerSnow]

14. roflmao...

[arcane1]

15. My employer-based premiums went down for 2014 :)