Reply #129: The reason most people don't realize how great HCR is-- [View All]

[eridani]

--is that absolutely fuckall has happened to benefit them. They only notice that their premiums have gone up exponentially since passage. True, some people have benefitted, but the numbers are so tiny that they can't possibly be a political force.

--Eliminating lifetime caps-really, really good for the 0.1% of the population that runs up against them.
--Insuring more 23-26 year olds, but only 20% of that narrow demographic slice has taken advantage of that. Some of them because they get their own at work, but most because their parents are either uninsured themselves or can't afford to add their kids.
--12,000 of the 6 million eligible people have signed up for the high risk pool. Sick rich people have benefitted, but no one else. The premiums are just too high.

If 100 people are drowning and a lifeboat comes to pick up 10 of them, whatthefuck do you expect the other 90 to do? Stand up and cheer?