On the other hand, someone who relies on the ACA to get healthcare might think twice about voting for a candidate who has promised to repeal it and has no real plan to replace it.Health care, health insurance, and how each is paid for are complex issues in our society.
The Affordable Care Act (a.k.a. “Obamacare”) has had winners and losers. The system in place prior to ACA had winners and losers. Single payer systems have winners and losers. Whatever comes after ACA, in modification, repeal, or replacement will have winners and losers. Medicaid and Medicare have winners and losers.
This is a fact of economics.
It could just as easily be that what comes after the ACA may be better for you than the ACA. Worry about today, not tomorrow and what mayn never happen.
Well, by the same token someone who lost their health insurance or lost their job due to Obamacare might think twice about voting for a candidate who has promised to defend it.On the other hand, someone who relies on the ACA to get healthcare might think twice about voting for a candidate who has promised to repeal it and has no real plan to replace it.
Yeah, I can sympathize with people being forced to buy health care they don’t want or necessarily need. (And I’m not happy myself that I’m paying for abortion services.) What I most want to see is something that covers working adults like me on a scale where coverage is affordable - including those of us who need coverage for pre-existing conditions. The job market trend is for lower-level jobs to stay part-time so as to avoid paying for benefits, and that’s the sector a lot of people my age are getting caught in. I’m trying to wind my way out of that mess but it’s not easy.Well, by the same token someone who lost their health insurance or lost their job due to Obamacare might think twice about voting for a candidate who has promised to defend it.
Besides, other than some obscure candidates such as Elizabeth Gray, everyone running for President has proposed a plan to replace it, even those who has promised to repeal it. But as 1ke said, there is not plan with all winners - it’s always gain at someone else’s expense.
you are working now, but would have to go on disability if Obamacare repealed. That doesn’t even make sense.I’m literally terrified of this - Obamacare for me is my only hope of being able to live a productive life right now. I can’t find a job that offers insurance. Without insurance I’d have to go on disability and not work, so I can get health care. Where do people like me turn if it gets repealed?
Apparently the purpose of the ACA is realized.On the other hand, someone who relies on the ACA to get healthcare might think twice about voting for a candidate who has promised to repeal it and has no real plan to replace it.
Basically, it takes enough money to keep me healthy enough to work each month, that I would not be able to afford my medical care. I would need to make it so I could qualify for medicaid (right now I make just barely too much) in order to afford my health bills.you are working now, but would have to go on disability if Obamacare repealed. That doesn’t even make sense.
The trouble is, for someone like me at this stage of life, I’m going to be dependent on something no matter what, because I simply don’t make enough to cover medical expenses. I’d rather have the option that allows me the most freedom to live my life and contribute to society.Apparently the purpose of the ACA is realized.
Dependence.
For many people with serious pre-existing conditions, having healthcare coverage is not a luxury but rather a necessity. They would get sick and possibly die without it.Apparently the purpose of the ACA is realized.
Dependence.
No. It didn’t take 60 to pass it even with all the backdoor shenanigans that Americans are all supposedly worked up about.Since when will they have the votes for repeal? Will it take 60? That number is almost never attained.
There is insurance FOR pre-existing conditions.For many people with serious pre-existing conditions, having healthcare coverage is not a luxury but rather a necessity. They would get sick and possibly die without it.
I doubt that would ever be your only option. If ObamaCare goes away, more companies will offer health insurance. Your state might have a program as well.I’m literally terrified of this - Obamacare for me is my only hope of being able to live a productive life right now. I can’t find a job that offers insurance. Without insurance I’d have to go on disability and not work, so I can get health care. Where do people like me turn if it gets repealed?
Pre-obamacare, there wasn’t much, and what was out there was usubsidized so it would be likely out of reach for someone like me.There is insurance FOR pre-existing conditions.
Right. It only needed a majority on budget issues.No. It didn’t take 60 to pass it even with all the backdoor shenanigans that Americans are all supposedly worked up about.
if they can afford Obamacare, how can they not afford the penalty.If Obamacare is repealed, then my relative who cannot afford health care will no longer be given a multi-hundred dollar penalty per family member, for being too poor to afford healthcare.
It is most unfortunate that a struggling worker is penalized through the taxation system and forced to surrender hard-earned money which might support better nutrition, a warmer home in the winter-things which actually support good health.