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Watch: Employees in Pennsylvania Company Learn of Increased Health Costs Due to Obamacare
Weekly Standard ^ | January 30, 2013 | DANIEL HALPER

Posted on 01/30/2014 12:20:23 PM PST by grundle

A local news station brings viewers inside one Pennsylvania company as the employees their learn about their new health care plans under Obamacare:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuA2_P-m4Sk

"Look at the numbers," says the reporter of two employees. "Jeff and Dave used to have a $1,250 deductible. Since Obamacare went into effect, it's now jumped 60 percent to $2,000. That's nothing compared to Brian, Kristi, and Judy who have kids. they are going to pay twice that, four grand." The reporter adds that co-pays are being increased, too.

"I don't know how President Obama thinks he's helping us because we can't afford this, we can't afford to pay these co-pays, to pay these deductibles on what we're making," says one of the workers.

Another worker adds, "They call it the affordable health plan. There's nothing affordable about it. I can't afford it."

(Excerpt) Read more at weeklystandard.com ...


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KEYWORDS: obamacare
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To: randita; fatima; Fresh Wind; st.eqed; xsmommy; House Atreides; Nowhere Man; South Hawthorne; ...
PA Ping!

If you see posts of interest to Pennsylvanians, please ping me.

Thanks!

Thanks randita for the heads up

81 posted on 01/30/2014 3:44:42 PM PST by P.O.E. (Pray for America)
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To: Timber Rattler

I know the majority of the counties voted for Romney. I live in Southwestern PA, well, in Allegheny County, they voted for Obongo of course. Still, I think we are too dominated by the East and Philly.


82 posted on 01/30/2014 4:59:30 PM PST by Nowhere Man (Mom I miss you! (8-20-1938 to 11-18-2013) Cancer sucks)
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To: fatnotlazy

I’ve seen Obongo stickers too. Like you, I am troubled by those who refuse to see and would die for their ghod.


83 posted on 01/30/2014 5:02:30 PM PST by Nowhere Man (Mom I miss you! (8-20-1938 to 11-18-2013) Cancer sucks)
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To: KeyLargo
It does not matter how many rural counties are blue and vote for the GOP outside of the Democrat controlled big cities it is all about the numbers of Obama voters in those big cities overwhelming the suburban and rural votes.

Maybe what we need is some sort of electoral college reform. Instead of a state by state, we should go county by county where each county has one vote.
84 posted on 01/30/2014 5:04:49 PM PST by Nowhere Man (Mom I miss you! (8-20-1938 to 11-18-2013) Cancer sucks)
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To: grundle
"Jeff and Dave used to have a $1,250 deductible. Since Obamacare went into effect, it's now jumped 60 percent to $2,000.

Obama hates the middle class...

85 posted on 01/30/2014 5:56:37 PM PST by GOPJ (Liberals never let something as petty as being 100% wrong stop them - Blood of Tyrants)
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To: steve86

Are you in PA?


86 posted on 01/30/2014 6:54:27 PM PST by Jim from C-Town (The government is rarely benevolent, often malevolent and never benign!)
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To: GOPJ

The middle class just can’t figure things our, or they wouldn’t nominate such poor candidates and then pick the wrong ones in the general election.


87 posted on 01/31/2014 3:55:25 PM PST by Theodore R. (TX Republicans to endorse Cornball and George P! Stay tuned March 4)
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To: Nowhere Man

It can’t be done by counties very easily, but by U.S. House districts and with two electoral votes per state. That is automatically constitutional.


88 posted on 01/31/2014 3:56:36 PM PST by Theodore R. (TX Republicans to endorse Cornball and George P! Stay tuned March 4)
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To: Zeneta
Here's the part that impressed me: it wasn't a pro-Obamacare piece!

They weren't showing people "dancing for joy" that they had healthcare insurance. Rather, this was a portrayal of what's happening in small - medium sized companies across America.

Staged? Not Staged? I don't know and I'm not sure I care. It was factual and IMO that's what counts.

89 posted on 01/31/2014 5:16:29 PM PST by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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To: Theodore R.
It can’t be done by counties very easily, but by U.S. House districts and with two electoral votes per state. That is automatically constitutional.

Not a bad idea, a good compromise. We should drop the winner take all of the State entirely and do it this way.
90 posted on 01/31/2014 10:02:38 PM PST by Nowhere Man (Mom I miss you! (8-20-1938 to 11-18-2013) Cancer sucks)
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To: Theodore R.
Obama’s lies are so outrageous even people in the middle class - people who must spend most of their time working and taking care of their families - are starting to notice.

Each year it gets harder for liberals to pull off lies - pushing them to lies so extreme they're comical...

91 posted on 02/01/2014 7:06:33 AM PST by GOPJ (Liberals never let something as petty as being 100% wrong stop them - Blood of Tyrants)
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