Say it isn't so Joe !!

James P. Hoffa
General President
International Brotherhood of Teamsters

Joseph Hansen
International President
UFCW

D. Taylor
President
UNITE-HERE

When you and the President sought our support for the Affordable Care Act (ACA), you pledged that if we liked the health plans we have now, we could keep them. Sadly, that promise is under threat. Right now, unless you and the Obama Administration enact an equitable fix, the ACA will shatter not only our hard-earned health benefits, but destroy the foundation of the 40 hour work week that is the backbone of the American middle class.

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Since the (ACA )was enacted, we have been bringing our deep concerns to the Administration, seeking reasonable regulatory interpretations to the statute that would help prevent the destruction of non-profit health plans. As you both know first-hand, our persuasive arguments have been disregarded and met with a stone wall by the White House and the pertinent agencies.

View the whole letter here----->https://www.newsreview.com/reno/newsview/blogs/post?oid=10870678

Quote Originally Posted by darkhorse12:

Slim, compare that to the republicans plan.

I despise this argument. So if the Republicans don't have a plan to fix the HC system it means we should just leave and accept a horrible, corrupt law like the ACA?

True, but if the new shitty system is so bad that it makes the old shitty system look good/better, wouldn't reverting to the old system as a starting point be a better option?

I fully agree that what we had before Obamacare was not working, but to say we can't get rid of the new shitty system because you don't have anything better than the old shitty system is madness. I honestly believe that they made this law so bad on purpose that people will be begging for a single payer system within a few years.

Won't matter to me if I am able to pull off my plan of moving out of the US by the end of next year. I won't be subject to the ACA or it's fines/taxes. But it has the potential to further ruin this country financially. The system is dependant on the young people signing up in mass numbers but they simply cannot afford it.

I can see your point on this, but if I'm walking down the sidewalk and see some dog crap, I will certainly complain about it even if I have nothing with me to clean it up.

WASHINGTON — In another setback for President Obama’s health care initiative, the administration has delayed until 2015 a significant consumer protection in the law that limits how much people may have to spend on their own health care.

The limit on out-of-pocket costs, including deductibles and co-payments, was not supposed to exceed $6,350 for an individual and $12,700 for a family. But under a little-noticed ruling, federal officials have granted a one-year grace period to some insurers, allowing them to set higher limits, or no limit at all on some costs, in 2014.

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Under the policy, many group health plans will be able to maintain separate out-of-pocket limits for benefits in 2014. As a result, a consumer may be required to pay $6,350 for doctors’ services and hospital care, and an additional $6,350 for prescription drugs under a plan administered by a pharmacy benefit manager.

https://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/13/us/a-limit-on-consumer-costs-is-delayed-in-health-care-law.html?pagewanted=all&_r=1&

The Republicans introduced alternatives to ObamaCare.

Links were provided.

Here is a more recent effort

https://blogs.rollcall.com/goppers/republican-study-committee-looks-to-replace-health-care-law/

Can you stop with this meme now?