ObamaCare

[BES76]

Read this editorial today. In a nutshell:

"As Yuval Levin of the Ethics and Public Policy Center notes, the Times never paused to ask why it’s okay that “a design flaw in the law somehow empowers” regulators to punish private employers. But this is typical of so much press coverage of Obamacare; it’s a given that it is the government’s job to make sure the law is seen as successful, no matter what."

http://www.nationalreview.com/author/56454/latest

[DaytonIllini]

Well, we got our annual health insurance speech last night.

We are facing an 80-100% increase in premiums for our company next year. That number is still soft but if it is half of that it will cost the company about $2.1M per year or $57,000 per doctor. That is untenable. The costs will be passed on to the employees to the maximum legal amount. Yes, the law limits somewhat how much we can make them pay of it but in a rare moment of blindness we can pass along all of the $11 per week per employee tax to the employees.

That means there will be a line item called: Affordable Care Act Tax $22.00 on each check. You all should expect to see something like that.

We are going to have to go self-insured it appears or we might just get rid of health insurance altogether. Let the staff go uninsured and buy individual policies for ourselves. It's a mess.

[illini80]

One of the most fundamental changes in our history and 42% of people don't even know it is the law.

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics...aware-its-law/

The Kaiser Family Foundation released results of a non-partisan study today finding more than 40 percent did not even know the law was in place.

This makes me feel better.

Democratic Sen. Max Baucus, one of the original crafters of the bill, earlier this month predicted a chaotic implementation process for the Affordable Care Act. “I just see a huge train wreck coming down,” Baucus, D-Mont., said.

And then there is this guy who doesn't have a clue.

The president today defended his health care plan against that claim.

He went on to say those who would have trouble with implementation were the roughly 48 million Americans who are uninsured to begin with, a minority of the population.
“For the 85 to 90 percent of Americans who already have health insurance, this thing’s already happened, and their only impact is that their insurance is stronger, better, more secure than it was before,” President Obama said. “Full stop. That’s it. Now they don’t have to worry about anything else.”

[DaytonIllini]

He's a liar or an idiot. Take your choice.

[IntenselyOrange]

Originally Posted by DaytonIllini

He's a liar or an idiot. Take your choice.

Do I have to? Those two options are not mutually exclusive you know.