tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1673736213160843245.post1445877937953401163..comments2024-01-09T07:07:27.409-06:00Comments on kathy's kampground kapers: Affordable Health Care .... Promises, PromisesKathy's Klotheslinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17881966393157941515noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1673736213160843245.post-15497701918513094212015-02-13T13:25:35.604-06:002015-02-13T13:25:35.604-06:00I don't usually comment on my comments, but .....I don't usually comment on my comments, but .....<br /><br />My frustration is not with Obama. He is our president and like it or not, deserves our respect as such. My personal feelings. He can only do so much with our government of checks and balances. A Republican will do no better.<br /><br />Our government is broken and there is no one man(or woman)or political party that can fix it.<br /><br />I did not vote for him either, I did not vote at all. I did not like my choices. Kathy's Klotheslinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17881966393157941515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1673736213160843245.post-54716536551875594222015-02-12T15:10:10.559-06:002015-02-12T15:10:10.559-06:00Well, 'the idiot' did the best he could wi...Well, 'the idiot' did the best he could with a congress that would not pass national health care which is what we need. It is still a profit based system, that is not the president's fault. It was a profit based system to begin with. That hasn't changed. What has changed is that they cannot deny you for pre-existing conditions and they have to spend 85% of premiums received on actual health care. There are many more positive changes. If all you are paying is $44 a month, of course you are getting a crappy policy. It is still a profit based system. Some people saw their premiums rise but by less % than the insurance companies raised premiums anyway, some people saw them go down. If you are really poor you can get a subsidy IF your state didn't refuse the Medicare expansion like mine did. Anyway, welcome to health care in the US, a profit driven system that could not give a fuck about the health of the actual people. That is not Obama's fault. If you don't like the state of things, activate for national health care like every other modern nation in the world has. ellen abbotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00535475792150335186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1673736213160843245.post-54303731673314116992015-02-09T11:28:25.157-06:002015-02-09T11:28:25.157-06:00Do you mean the $352 was a line on your federal in...Do you mean the $352 was a line on your federal income tax papers? I was asked questions about our health insurance (we have 3--my employer, Medicare, Tricare) and that was the end of it. I wondered how the income tax form would figure out if you were to be fined, which, in your case, doesn't sound right since you were insured.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1673736213160843245.post-3575504093468759872015-02-09T08:10:17.691-06:002015-02-09T08:10:17.691-06:00Hmphhh....from the beginning I knew that "aff...Hmphhh....from the beginning I knew that "affordable healthcare" would be a disaster. We looked into and came to the conclusion that it was definitely not affordable in any shape or form for us. We are better off paying out of pocket. We also figured if it ever caught up with us we would come out cheaper paying the "fine" of not having it. Luckily neither hubby or I have any health issues that require constant medical attention. But as we age, my concerns grow.lukskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00836456707666850172noreply@blogger.com