Obamacare about to decide the midterms — again

The Washington Times ^ | 9/3/2014

[markomalley]

The @#%& is about to hit the fan.

No, not ISIS moving to attack the West, not Russia invading Ukraine, not Ebola coming to America, not the Middle East, not Libya (where al Qaeda — surprise — now rules), not even Ferguson.

Health care costs are about to explode — again — and just in time for the 2014 midterm elections.

When the supermajority of Democrats in the Senate passed the ironically named Affordable Care Act in 2009, one of the chief requirements of the bill was to force health insurers, pharmaceutical companies, hospitals and health care centers to share in the staggering $2 trillion cost over the next decade. But once made law, President Obama pushed off the cost until well, just later — certainly not before the 2012 election.

[lightman]

Local machinist union is stiking because new contract would raise deductables from $200/individual and $400/family to $2000/individual and $4000/family PLUS cap payments at $11,000 per famiily.

Thank you, Øbama!

[upchuck]

From the article:

Right about now, across the country, Americans are either getting their monthly bills for drastically higher premiums, or they’ve already got them and are beginning to shop for new insurance in preparation for the coming open-enrollment season this fall. But they’re no doubt finding that the new policies mandated by Obamacare are raising costs sky-high — there’s nothing cheaper.

With all due respect, there is something which will probably be cheaper. So-called "sharing" systems where everybody chips in and the plan is self insured.

There are many of these plans. Here is one.

Here are some others.

[tflabo]

They should ‘strike’ their own stupid heads for voting for Zero and their DemRats.

[2ndDivisionVet]

Millions Qualify For ACA Exemptions (Christians and others)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3200177/posts

[VideoDoctor]

America is like a helicopter that has lost its tail rotor.

[cableguymn]

And the oil pressure warning light just came on..

PREPARE FOR IMPACT!

[kvanbrunt2]

i’ve looked at these and they seem to be great. back to an insurance model works.

[upchuck]

Self insurance with a Christian twist.

[cibco]

bm

[Liz]

FR posted by Hojczyk--- Brand new numbers from a fresh Politico/GWU nationwide survey — all of which are among likely voters, with a partisan sample of 41/40/17 (D/R/I):

<><> (1) Republicans hold a four-point lead (43/39) on the generic Congressional ballot, a measure that traditionally favors Democrats. Including leaners, the margin is unchanged (46/42). Republicans have a strong edge on this question among independent (+15) and middle class voters (+11). And then there’s this, with all the obvious caveats about the reliability of small sub-samples firmly in place:

“In states with a competitive US Senate race, Republicans hold a sixteen point advantage (52%-36%) on this generic ballot.” I suspect 16 percentage points is outside even the most ardent skeptic’s margin of error.

<><> (2) President Obama is a drag on his party. A majority of likely 2014 voters disapprove of his job performance (44/51), with strong disapproval outpacing strong approval by 18 points (27/45).

<><> (3) The public’s overall mood is quite sour. Just 21 percent of respondents say the country is on the right track, with fully 70 percent saying America is on the wrong track. Other polling on this question is similarly grim.

<><> (4) When the two parties go head-to-head, Republicans hold clear advantages on several of the issues that are most likely to drive the 2014 campaign: Economy: GOP +7, Federal budget/spending: GOP +13, Taxes: GOP +6, Foreign policy: GOP +10, Immigration +7

<><> (5) Finally, a word on voter enthusiasm and intensity, again via the pollsters: The vote intensity of Republican voters is strong – a net twelve-points more than their Democratic counterparts (Excerpt) Read more at hotair.com

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OMG---those figures mean Dummycrats' voter fraud machine will go into overdrive. Watch out for flying tacos.

Valerie's on the phone w/ Mexican cartels and drug lords as we type......speeding up deliveries of taco boxes full of “eight balls” of cocaine baggies delivered by latino mules..... used as bribes to get Dummycrat votes.

The cartels are rounding up latino "politiqueras" to work for desperate Democrat candidates:

<><> to encourage people to vote Democrat,

<><> to bring latino Democrats to the polls,

<><> to ensure that ignorant latinos voters select the Democrat candidate,

<><> to pay-off illiterate latino voters for voting Democrat.

Vote-crazed Dummycrats need assurances that swarms of latino campaign workers will distribute cocaine in baggies to campaign workers, and $10 bills in exchange for the "ignoramusitos" to vote Democrat.

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(Sniffle) I'm just worried sick this will take time from Dummycrats' favorite occupation---wire-transferring tax dollars to numbered accounts offshore (sob).