I didn't know Ben had had cancer. I'm glad it was caught early and that he's cancer-free.
But Ben should understand, and acknowledge, the full, 360-degree effect of the program he says saved his life. In order for him to get insurance while having cancer, many, many other people are paying way, way more for health care than they ever have…
I didn't know Ben had had cancer. I'm glad it was caught early and that he's cancer-free.
But Ben should understand, and acknowledge, the full, 360-degree effect of the program he says saved his life. In order for him to get insurance while having cancer, many, many other people are paying way, way more for health care than they ever have. Insurance companies were never going to absorb that cost. The cost of insuring sick people. They passed it along to the rest of us.
The program also failed in its promise to insure "everybody." Millions (I don't know the official stat) are still uninsured because health insurance is not "affordable" for them. They earn too much to qualify for Medicaid but not enough to afford a Marketplace plan.
And just speaking for myself, I still have fear of getting a serious illness even with Obamacare, because the out-of-pocket and "annual OOP maximums" are so high that it would decimate my bank account. I would like to see some research on what has happened with medical-debt bankruptcies since Obamacare was enacted. That was supposed to be one of the justifications for it. It's very hard for me to believe that medical-debt bankruptcies are not still taking place, with all the out-of-pocket costs which are many thousands of dollars.
I didn't know Ben had had cancer. I'm glad it was caught early and that he's cancer-free.
But Ben should understand, and acknowledge, the full, 360-degree effect of the program he says saved his life. In order for him to get insurance while having cancer, many, many other people are paying way, way more for health care than they ever have. Insurance companies were never going to absorb that cost. The cost of insuring sick people. They passed it along to the rest of us.
The program also failed in its promise to insure "everybody." Millions (I don't know the official stat) are still uninsured because health insurance is not "affordable" for them. They earn too much to qualify for Medicaid but not enough to afford a Marketplace plan.
And just speaking for myself, I still have fear of getting a serious illness even with Obamacare, because the out-of-pocket and "annual OOP maximums" are so high that it would decimate my bank account. I would like to see some research on what has happened with medical-debt bankruptcies since Obamacare was enacted. That was supposed to be one of the justifications for it. It's very hard for me to believe that medical-debt bankruptcies are not still taking place, with all the out-of-pocket costs which are many thousands of dollars.