More evidence Obamacare is working to provide the health care people need

Daily Kos :: More evidence Obamacare is working to provide the health care people need
http://bit.ly/1eeH5vq

"Bang-up statistics for rates of insurance under Obamacare are one thing, but for the truly human benefit of the law, you have to look deeper. And here's an excellent example: Actual health care, in the form of prescription drugs, is getting to the people who need it."

The early data isn't showing a lot of birth control, instead it is showing treatment for life-threatening illnesses, like cancer, HIV/AIDS, intractable pain, rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, other rheumatologic illnesses & autoimmune diseases, multiple sclerosis, and other neurological illnesses. Although inadequate (& wasteful, thanks to the Republican solution of including private insurers), the ACA has had meaningful impact on the lives of so many people.

So many more could be helped (for a lot less money) if we could switch to single payer and cut out the middle men. This would also avoid the complication and confusion that had plagued HeritageCare (aka ObamaCare).

Remember, HeritageCare (private insurers getting tax dollars to cover lie income people) was the Heritage Foundation's "solution" to single payer & the public option. They're fighting their own creation.

OT?- Obamacare Headline in Rural Arkansas- Daily Kos

Obamacare Headline in Rural Arkansas- Daily Kos
http://bit.ly/1eeDqxH

"In a real life example of how Obamacare is changing everything, our local newspaper ran an article about the closing of the 9th Street Ministry Medical Clinic.

"It was announced last week that 9th Street Ministries will be concluding their medical clinic mission, which had been ongoing monthly to offer free medical services to those in need since first starting in 1998. The final day for the medical clinic will be Thursday, April 24, and that will conclude the mission that has been in place for almost 16 years."

The article tells how the ministry has been operating once a month for years to give people healthcare on a first come, first served basis.  This care was provided by volunteers. My mother actually volunteered at the clinic and they would see as many as 300 a day.  Many of these people would wait all day for the chance to see a doctor.  Most of the patients were people who could not afford to see a doctor, but were not eligible for Medicaid or Medicare.  Why would they close this clinic down?

"We’ve gone from seeing around 300 people a month on a regular basis, but as people were enrolling in Obamacare, the numbers we were seeing have dropped. We were down to 80 people that came through the medical clinic in February, all the way down to three people at the medical clinic in March. Our services won’t be needed anymore, and this will conclude our mission.”

We live in one of the most conservative places in Arkansas.

The Repub's want to tell those people that once a month waiting all day for a chance to see a doctor was good enough.

Thankfully, President Obama did not think so."
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The "Tip Jar" (comments) are worth reading too.

I see that MI has enrolled over 50K ...
... in Medicaid since it expanded on 4/1.   I think the "single payer" option that is Medicaid has been the most important effect of the whole ACA.  Red state Guvs and legislators who have been blocking expansion are going to be facing an enraged public all the way up until election day this November and they will pay a price.  Polling is showing incumbent Guvs in GA and Kansas behind in their reelections!  People love their Obamacare.

Apr 9, 7:16a- Reinvented Daddy

People find it difficult to believe that THEIR representatives would be out to hurt them. Then, after a while, they remember their daddy's razor strop and they ask whether those whippings really hurt daddy more than it hurt them.
After a while, some people don't deserve the benefit of the doubt."

Apr 9, 7:30a- Hannah

17,000 DEATHS - GOP's Obamacare spite means death toll for red states - Daily Kos

Daily Kos :: GOP's Obamacare spite means death toll for red states

http://bit.ly/1gUFjjJ

"Yet as damaging as that uncertainty and chaos has been, the Republican Party's scorched-earth opposition to Obamacare is producing something far worse: a body count. That's not hyperbole, but a grim reality. Due to what might be the greatest act of political spite in modern American history, Republicans will needlessly leave millions of people uninsured, many hospitals on the edge of financial ruin and thousands of Americans dead, mostly in the states the GOP itself controls."

17,000 deaths from rejected Medicaid expansion

Despicable- California GOP creates fake health care website to discourage constituents from obtaining insurance

Daily Kos :: California GOP creates fake health care website to discourage constituents from obtaining insurance
http://bit.ly/1eMeHg4

What more can I add?...
Got forbid they protect themselves and keep health care costs down. God forbid even a penny of healthy policy holders premiums goes to us unhealthy "leeches".

As a pain (& cancer) patient and a citizen, I find this the lowest of low. Disability is not a crime, or even a choice.

Steve

Here’s how GOP Obamacare hypocrisy backfires

Here’s how GOP Obamacare hypocrisy backfires
http://bit.ly/16i1NEC


I know that it is political, but the politics of healthcare effect us all, especially those of us on Medicare and/or Medicaid.

Steve

ACA Health Exchanges

Many people have been throwing problems with HealthCare.gov, so I wanted to remind everyone that they're are several other methods for although for health insurance through the exchanges, including calling 800-318-2596 or finding a local certified healthcare navigator.

Please don't let the problems with HealthCare.gov stop you from getting health insurance through the exchanges for reasonable prices.

My wife's aunt can get a bronze plan for FREE or a silver plan for less than a dollar a day with the credits. She's currently uninsured and doesn't qualify for Medicare for about nine more months. She doesn't qualify for Medicaid and even if our asshole governor had approved the Medicaid expansion, her income would still be too high for Medicaid.

Even those without preexisting conditions should sign up because if you don't sign up by March 31, 2014, you'll have to wait until 2015 to get coverage. Maybe you'll be lucky and stay healthy, maybe you'll lost everything. I know far too many people who lost their homes because they couldn't afford or chose not to purchase health insurance.

Steve

Open Enrollment

The Affordable Care Act of 2009 (HeritageCare, aka ObamaCare)'s exchanges opened yesterday, October 1, 2013, so now seems like a great time to remember everyone to ignore the propaganda and get the real information and/or sign up at:
HealthCare.gov

Remember, coverage begins January 1, 2014 and open enrollment ends in 180 days (March 31, 2014) NM

For those considering opting out, remember... Even if the fine is a little cheaper than getting coverage, opting out means your not insured if you get hurt or sick. Please think through your decision. None of us are invincible!

Steve