Posted on 10/08/2014 5:32:00 PM PDT by Kaslin
In the last few months of 2013, Obamacare suffered a series of embarrassing setbacks dealing with everything from a clunky website to plan cancellations to
the White House feeling compelled to arbitrarily ignore the law.
Since that time, though, people seem to have adapted to this new burden.
But adaptation doesn’t mean approval. There are still serious problems with Obamacare, as evidenced by the fact that the Obama Administration has postponed implementation of various provisions 38 times!
However, the White House wants us to believe the law is a success, even if that requires statistical contortions.
So let’s look at the record.
My Cato colleague Mike Tanner argues that Obamacare has been a disaster, writing for Townhall that “…in the last year we’ve also seen plenty of bad news for consumers, providers, employers and taxpayers.”
In his column, he looks at various groups and assesses whether Obamacare has succeeded or failed.
What about universal coverage?
…the best estimates suggest that roughly 8 million people gained insurance under ObamaCare, but roughly half of those were enrolled in Medicaid (outside of the exchanges), which isn’t really health-care reform so much as adding people to government welfare. And it still leaves 41 million American adults uninsured.
That doesn’t sound too impressive, particularly when you consider all the damagethat Obamacare has imposed.
What about keeping your health plan?
…roughly 6 million Americans were kicked off their insurance because their plans failed to offer a lengthy-enough maternity stay, didn’t provide sufficient drug and alcohol rehabilitation benefits or otherwise fell short of the insurance that federal bureaucrats thought that they should have. …on average, ObamaCare plans were worse than the plans they replaced, in terms of both providers covered and cost-sharing. A new wave of cancellations is about to begin as well. …In several states, insurers have dropped plans that they offered on the exchanges or even withdrawn from the market altogether. And if that was not bad enough, Americans with employer-based insurance may find out their insurance has to be changed starting next year.
So we pay more and get less, while also dealing with lots of uncertainty.
What about consumers?
If judged against President Obama’s promise that health-care reform would save us all at least $2,500 through lower premiums, ObamaCare deserves an F. …In states where the individual market was not already dysfunctional, there were significant premium increases.
So the President was lying? I’m shocked, shocked.
What about taxpayers?
Many Congress Critters need to be Che’d.
There were 40 million uninsured who were the target for Obama Care. There are still 40 million uninsured.
It gets worse: “the Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued a legal opinion in September that concluded HHS would need an additional appropriation in order to make payments in FY 2015 corresponding with the 2014 plan year. Without that appropriation, any money spent to cover insurance company losses under the risk corridor program would be unlawful.”
http://blogs.rollcall.com/wgdb/republicans-obamacare-bailout-showdown/
What is the Obolacare coverage for Ebola treatment?
Probably only good for coverage in the month of October in an election year.
…roughly 6 million Americans were kicked off their insurance because their plans failed to offer a lengthy-enough maternity stay...
Like our 30 year old SINGLE SON! his policy was cancelled because it didn’t include birth control pills, IUD, Maternity care, Pediatric vision and dental. He is a SINGLE MAN he doesn’t need any of that and it is an individual policy only on HIM.
New policy costs twice as much and he hasn’t been to a doctor in about ten years. He asked me last year, “Why do I NEED this!?!?!” He added that a saving account for medical expenses would make more sense. BINGO!
2 million...including 4+ million who newly went on Medicare, and excluding roughly 2 million that didn’t keep paying or were not eligible, and in theory are no longer covered.
Not just the premium cost...but much higher deductibles.
Gov’t that robs Peter to pay Paul...
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