Barry! How's That ObamaCare Thing Working?

[mrplunkey]

Citation? Aren't rights supposed to be written down somewhere? (Not rhetorical; I'm just not knowledgable on this stuff)

Frankly, given his academic pedigree, I easily conceed that he's smarter than everyone on this board.

I can see the idealism in universal healthcare, but I don't know enough about the current system to even attempt an argument one way or the other. Plus there are financial/market ramifications that makes it relevant to my interests, even if by proxy.

I doubt he's that smart.

Consider this: When has his publicity machine ever failed to bring his accolades to the forefront? Let's say he wrote a particularly insightful paper as a professor. Wouldn't it be flaunted in front of us 24/7? What about a particularly great lecture? Or a particularly high-profile case in which he worked. If he had made nothing but "A" grades in law school, do you doubt for a moment that a copy of his transcript wouldn't be on the peel-off backing of every Obama bumper sticker?

 

[raytripp86]

Obama is a genius. He doesn't give a shit about anyone. Obamacare was most likely a secret way of him making millions behind the scene. Now we have to deal with.

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[-SD-]

I doubt he's that smart.

Consider this: When has his publicity machine ever failed to bring his accolades to the forefront? Let's say he wrote a particularly insightful paper as a professor. Wouldn't it be flaunted in front of us 24/7? What about a particularly great lecture? Or a particularly high-profile case in which he worked. If he had made nothing but "A" grades in law school, do you doubt for a moment that a copy of his transcript wouldn't be on the peel-off backing of every Obama bumper sticker?

How we easily forget the lashing bush (R) took over his grades at harvard and yale.
Cant let a republican get away with just graduating from both harvard and yale, gotta dig deeper to discover he was merely a C student.

 

[hanselthecaretaker]

(R) Senator Rand Paul's vacation vs. Obama's.

Those evil, greedy conservatives I tell ya.

 

[hanselthecaretaker]

Food for thought, warning might give indigestion-

Sadly I think things are too far gone for that last one to be relevant anymore.

 

[PICK3]

Administration struggles to sign up young 'invincibles' for ObamaCare


Administration struggles to sign up young 'invincibles' for ObamaCare | Fox News

The average uninsured male between the ages of 21 and 35 will see a physician as seldom as six times during that 14-year period

 

[PICK3]

New HIV Strain More Aggressive, Scientists Say - ABC News


^^^
this shit doesn't cure itself!

 

[mrplunkey]

Exotic strains of HIV are the least of this country's health care problems.

It's going to get reaaaaaaaaaaaally bad soon. Probably for the bottom 90%-97%.

 

[PICK3]

Obamacare enrollment ramps up in days after website fix – CNN Political Ticker - CNN.com Blogs

Post-fix, HealthCare.gov signups exceed first month's total - CBS News

Obamacare Signups Surge As 29,000 Enroll For Health Insurance On Sunday And Monday





Go Barry Go!

Go Barry Go!

Go Barry Go!

 

[-SD-]

lol @ 29000 enrolled in a two day span.
The population of the US is over 300,000,000...
At that rate it would take a year just to make up for the millions taht were dropped by their carriers

 

[hanselthecaretaker]

At least the health care snafu is getting enough attention to make this a dead issue, no pun-

 

[-SD-]

And on to the next shiny object....

 

[PICK3]

Obamacare enrollment ramps up in days after website fix – CNN Political Ticker - CNN.com Blogs

Post-fix, HealthCare.gov signups exceed first month's total - CBS News

Obamacare Signups Surge As 29,000 Enroll For Health Insurance On Sunday And Monday






Go Barry Go!

Go Barry Go!

Go Barry Go!

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[PICK3]

ObamaCare: Another Deadline Slips | Fox Business

 

[mrplunkey]

I'm updating my estimate: We're only about 10% into this iceberg.

It's going to get a lot worse.

 

[-SD-]

I'm updating my estimate: We're only about 10% into this iceberg.

It's going to get a lot worse.

UE rate over 10%? Real UE rate over 15%?

 

[PICK3]

Uncle Sugar needs to send me a cheque!

 

[-SD-]

Uncle Sugar needs to send me a cheque!

cheque drops?

 

[mrplunkey]

UE rate over 10%? Real UE rate over 15%?

I think we're only about 10% into the problems.

We've probably got another 6-15 million people who will lose their plans.

Probably 50M+ people will lose their doctors of choice.

We'll fall at least 5+ million invincibles short of properly balancing the exchanges.

Millions of more will sign up for Medicaid instead.

The deductables and premiums on the exchange plans will skyrocket.

We'll see unprecedented levels of hospital failures that will strain state and local finances.

We'll see unprecedented numbers of doctors leaving the system.

The new doctors that join won't be as productive (on average), and the residency programs will contract for a number of reasons (complex issue).

Employers will skyrocket rates for plans that included spouses and children.

30-hour work week use will be greatly expanded, along with the use of contract employees.

...

We've probably introduced around $200 billion dollars of new cost into the system, that will climb to well over $500 billion over the next 3-5 years. That money will either be picked-up by premiums or taxpayers (and most likely some combination between the two).

Good times!