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Crunch time: Democrats ready for shutdown standoff over Republican health cuts
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Obamacare: our biggest legislative victory in over 20 years. Results are in it consolidated power in the hands of insurance companies who abused it for profit.
Boy you obviously did not have medical bills before or after. Its requirement on money going to care and limiting profit make a big deal along with the no prexisting conditions and required care. Unfortunately 2017 was about the best we saw of it. It actually was sorta good to get things approved end of year as the insurers had to meet their spend or give it back.
I defaulted on $20,000 worth of medical debt in 2015 and paid it off for like $2,000 to a creditor. My medical debt from pre-Obama care came with me ❤️ my deductible was $13,000 and I never hit it with Obama care. I just paid for the appointments and the additional insurance fee. So yeah, I guess maybe my experience was different than some.
Honestly it sounds mainly that you are salty that obama care did not come earlie. Which I totally get. I would have liked it in the eighties (barring that fact I would prefer a single payer system that went back to like ww2)
No I’m only salty because for me: when I hit the market place… it resulted in a scam. $3,500 premium with a $13,000 deductible, or else I paid a $3500 tax penalty to Uncle Sam. It did not result in adequate healthcare for me and actually it became harder to get to the doctor every year after. Less practicing doctors in my region.
We all would prefer a single payer system, we are the largest economy in the world. It makes no sense to not do collective bargaining as the wealthiest health care consumers Lmfaoo.