2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumKentuckians Hate Obamacare But Love It By Another Name
This is the biggest fear of every Republican that should not have been if they had simply been party to the solution. Instead they lied, misinformed, and ultimately made what would be a great law, a law that will need improvement.
Kentucky is geared up with their health exchanges. They are now informing residents of how to get access to health insurance. They market their Obamacare state exchange under the Kynect name. The following reported encounter with a Kentuckian shows the dangers of being misinformed.
The man is impressed. This beats Obamacare I hope, he mutters to one of the workers.
Do I burst his bubble? wonders Reina Diaz-Dempsey, overseeing the operation. She doesnt. If he signs up, its a win-win, whether he knows hes been ensnared by Obamacare or not. Source
Right Wing Republicans have so maligned the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) that they actually began to believe their own lying and misinforming rhetoric. Fortunately all the data suggest that Obamacare is actually working. Americans will now have brochures with actual plans and options to choose from. They can now compare reality with the lies they heard.
Anyone wondering why Right Wing Republicans are in overdrive to shut the government down lest Obamacare is defunded realizes the eyes of many Americans are about to be opened. The millions that will see not a giveaway but help in getting access to affordable health insurance, screenings, and healthcare for the first time in years are also voters. They are voters that will wonder how a politician could be so convincingly evil to have wanted them denied something many needed for their healthcare or financial survival.
Kentucky Republican Senator Mitch McConnell is adamant that Obamacare be defunded. But Kentucky citizens are yearning for health insurance.
They wonder if they could get coverage despite having a pre-existing medical condition, how much it will cost them. They ask if Indiana has a similar program, or if this was only for Kentucky. Could they just enroll their child? They talk about their sons and daughters, neighbors going without health care, and ask about the subsidies.
The vast majority are relieved to learn about the health exchange. Linda Parrish, 47, showed up at the table and gushed to Diaz-Dempsey: This is what Ive been waiting on. Parrish has health insurance, but her best friend doesnt. Source
It is not all roses in Kentucky. The Tea Party has been calling people telling them not to sign up because they falsely claim there are no real health insurance exchanges. Many low income workers are against it because they were lied to about what the costs would be.
The McClures under Obamacare would be fully subsidized. They are so misinformed that they have no clue that Obamacare is that one leg on the stool that removes a financial burden that is materially affecting their access to real financial independence. It makes sense to remove the healthcare anchor from peoples neck giving them the wherewithal to go seek a job or make their own job.
The reelection of President Obama which makes it impossible to kill Obamacare before implementation is the best thing that has happened to the uninsured, the poor, and the working middle class. The pilfering of the last disposable dollar by insurance companies will eventually end. Medical bankruptcy will cease and families economic stabilization will begin.
Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)Working overtime to try and figure a way to tell everyone this has been their idea.
jzodda
(2,124 posts)On the one hand when hear the names of certain states (Alabama, South Carolina- you guys know the usual suspects)
I get a negative visceral reaction. I want to say FUCK YOU.
Then I read the stories of how poor many people are there and how little help they get. It saddens me. I hope they come to realize that these policies will really help them.
Rozlee
(2,529 posts)So many of them firmly believe that getting on Obamacare will result in getting implanted with microchips, but still are signing up for Expanded Medicaid for their diabetes, uncontrolled blood pressure and other serious problems. The age old name Medicaid reassures them. They seem to think that the new medical care will have a logo of OBAMACARE stamped on it with '666' after it and enveloped in flames with grinning devils dancing all over it.
blkmusclmachine
(16,149 posts)aka BobDoleCare
davidpdx
(22,000 posts)than benefit from a program because of their own political bias. Go figure!