Health care law's ground game: Armies of paid workers, volunteers fan out throughout state

San Jose Mercury ^ | 11/04/2013 | Tracy Seipel

[artichokegrower]

When she answered her front door the other day, East Oakland resident Cynthia Williams, who's been unemployed and without medical insurance for nine years, was greeted by a bubbly 25-year-old woman wondering if she'd heard about the new health care law.

Williams said she had, but didn't know how it would affect her. So outreach worker Dominique Gipson asked her a few more questions and quickly determined that Williams now qualifies for When she answered her front door the other day, East Oakland resident Cynthia Williams, who's been unemployed and without medical insurance for nine years, was greeted by a bubbly 25-year-old woman wondering if she'd heard about the new health care law.

Williams said she had, but didn't know how it would affect her. So outreach worker Dominique Gipson asked her a few more questions and quickly determined that Williams now qualifies for free health coverage..

[artichokegrower]

"free health coverage"

Free my butt! How come in all of these articles the interviewed retired people are much younger than me?

[ExTexasRedhead]

Free identity fraud, ya think?

[Zathras]

Acorn pushing Obamalies.

[sickoflibs]

"Let me take down some personal info and we can set you up for an affordable plan with the most discounts. I need your gross income and your social security number and we can get you started"

[1010RD]

Think of the potential for fraud. Who vetted these people? Are they beneath the quality of, say, a TSA agent?

[Buckeye McFrog]

Even if it crashes and burns they will have picked up an enduring 15-20% increase in the Medicaid rolls.

[rktman]

Guess there’s a reason I keep that gate locked after all. Was watching some football last night and an ad came on for NevadaHealth.gov and the female stated that she and her husband both work and with the two kids (all present in the ad) she said they “still couldn’t afford health insurance. Luckily (or thankfully, I can’t remember) under the new plan, the government will pay for it”. WHAT! OMG! Don’t know who the ad agency is but momma and I both about came off the couch. Why are my tax dollars paying her and her families medical anymore than we already do. (we all know the answer. it’s getting harder and harder to take the pill though)

[sickoflibs]

RE :”Think of the potential for fraud. Who vetted these people? Are they beneath the quality of, say, a TSA agent?”

Look, just because some of them were convicted of fraud or theft doesn't mean they will do it again.

They paid their debt to society.

Now we must give them another chance.

‘Now Please give me your Social Security number, DOB, full name and any credit card accounts and we can get started and get you the best deal. I bet you will will qualify for a full subsidy’

[Junk Silver]

This is why we can’t just wait around for Obamacare to “implode”. There is a vigorous concerted effort underway to get as many people as possible signed up for Medicaid and heavily subsidized plans so that they can out-vote all the productive citizens who are being forced to pay for this.

[Dilbert San Diego]

The Medicaid expansion was a big piece of Obamacare.

And, Medicaid recipients see it as “free”, but in reality, we taxpayers pay for it.

[ThunderSleeps]

I really wish they would knock on my door.

Them: "...blah blah ... ACA ... "

Me: {laughing} "You mean obamacare? It is a f***ing disaster!" {laughing harder} "Anyone and everyone with better than a room temperature IQ saw this coming!" {turning serious} "You are obviously an obama-bot, you are not welcome here. Get off my property and never return." {slam}

[LucianOfSamasota]

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ITS FREE! ITS FREE! ITS FREE! ITS FREE! ITS FREE! ITS FREE! ITS FREE! ITS FREE! ITS FREE! ITS FREE! ITS FREE! ITS FREE!

Fields plant themselves, crops grow by themselves, cars and refrigerators build themselves, scientific innovations discover themselves, AND ALL MEDICAL TREATMENTS, SURGERIES, AND PROCEDURES PERFORM THEMSELVES!!!!!

ITS FREE! ITS FREE! ITS FREE! ITS FREE! ITS FREE! ITS FREE! ITS FREE! ITS FREE! ITS FREE! ITS FREE! ITS FREE! ITS FREE!

And its all because Obama farts faerie dust!

I believe! I believe! I believe! I believe! I believe! I believe! I believe! I believe! I believe! I believe! I believe!

[SpaceBar]

This is why we can’t just wait around for Obamacare to “implode”...

It's also the reason people need to resist paying into the system and subsidizing the initial push that will be topheavy with the freeriders.

[catnipman]

Uh, are any of these ARMY of PAID workers ACTUAL doctors or medical care personnel? No? I didn’t think so. Stay tuned folks for more of that kind of fabulously efficient “medical care” delivery from KommieKare!