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Joseph Goebbels a German politician and Reich Minister of Propaganda in Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945 is attributed to saying:"If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it"
Well in spite of these FACTS let's see via the following poll how many still believe this myth: "50 million people that have no health insurance that want insurance".
The importance of this myth is that it was the MAJOR factor in passage of Obamacare which in TURN has directly caused health insurance premiums to rise AND PER MEDICARE will cause people to spend more out of pocket for health!
From THIS SOURCE: https://www.cms.gov/NationalHealthExpendData/.../proj2010.pdf
(YOU REALLY should down load this document and become INFORMED!!!)
Page 1 of Medicare's National Health Expenditure Projections 2010-2020
says YOUR pocket costs will INCREASE 200% due to Obamacare!!!
"Out-of-pocket spending is projected to grow 3.9 percent in 2013, up from 1.8 percent in 2010, as growth in household incomes is expected to lead to more health care spending and as employers are anticipated to increase cost-sharing requirements in employer-sponsored insurance plans"
In laymen's terms BECAUSE of Obamacare insurance companies NOW have to exclude "pre-existing conditions".
This means for EXAMPLE...
smokers and non smokers alike are charged the same premium as smokers because the companies CAN'T ASSESS RISK!!!
If insurance companies can't assess risk i.e. "pre-existing conditions"
THEY HAVE TO RAISE Premiums!
Rather then raise employer premiums..
EMPLOYERS are asking employees to pay MORE IN DEDUCTIBLES!!
Do you understand...OUT OF POCKET and that is what OBAMACARE DID!
AND idiots who believed that Obamacare would cover the mythical 50 million uninsured!
FALSE PREMISE.. there were NEVER 50 million "uninsured"!
From the US CENSUS....Current Population Survey (CPS) Main Page
10 million are not citizens
18 million counted as Uninsured earn $50,000 or more and don't want insurance!
14 million In 2003, a BlueCross BlueShield Association study estimated of uninsured were eligible for Medicaid and SCHIP. THEY ARE covered already!!!
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42 million of 50 million counted as "uninsured" ARE:
either not citizens, --- don't want insurance --- or are already covered!
The American Spectator : The Myth of the 46 Million
So in spite of the PROOF there are really less then 10 million "truly uninsured" that need to be covered.. THIS HUGE LIE (remember Goebbels??) I am confident there will be some who STILL believe IN SPITE of the above there are 50 million!!!
YOU are going to pay the price for your ignoring the FACTS!
This is why Obama MUST be NOT re-elected and Obamacare REPEALED!
Well in spite of these FACTS let's see via the following poll how many still believe this myth: "50 million people that have no health insurance that want insurance".
The importance of this myth is that it was the MAJOR factor in passage of Obamacare which in TURN has directly caused health insurance premiums to rise AND PER MEDICARE will cause people to spend more out of pocket for health!
From THIS SOURCE: https://www.cms.gov/NationalHealthExpendData/.../proj2010.pdf
(YOU REALLY should down load this document and become INFORMED!!!)
Page 1 of Medicare's National Health Expenditure Projections 2010-2020
says YOUR pocket costs will INCREASE 200% due to Obamacare!!!
"Out-of-pocket spending is projected to grow 3.9 percent in 2013, up from 1.8 percent in 2010, as growth in household incomes is expected to lead to more health care spending and as employers are anticipated to increase cost-sharing requirements in employer-sponsored insurance plans"
In laymen's terms BECAUSE of Obamacare insurance companies NOW have to exclude "pre-existing conditions".
This means for EXAMPLE...
smokers and non smokers alike are charged the same premium as smokers because the companies CAN'T ASSESS RISK!!!
If insurance companies can't assess risk i.e. "pre-existing conditions"
THEY HAVE TO RAISE Premiums!
Rather then raise employer premiums..
EMPLOYERS are asking employees to pay MORE IN DEDUCTIBLES!!
Do you understand...OUT OF POCKET and that is what OBAMACARE DID!
AND idiots who believed that Obamacare would cover the mythical 50 million uninsured!
FALSE PREMISE.. there were NEVER 50 million "uninsured"!
From the US CENSUS....Current Population Survey (CPS) Main Page
10 million are not citizens
18 million counted as Uninsured earn $50,000 or more and don't want insurance!
14 million In 2003, a BlueCross BlueShield Association study estimated of uninsured were eligible for Medicaid and SCHIP. THEY ARE covered already!!!
===========
42 million of 50 million counted as "uninsured" ARE:
either not citizens, --- don't want insurance --- or are already covered!
The American Spectator : The Myth of the 46 Million
So in spite of the PROOF there are really less then 10 million "truly uninsured" that need to be covered.. THIS HUGE LIE (remember Goebbels??) I am confident there will be some who STILL believe IN SPITE of the above there are 50 million!!!
YOU are going to pay the price for your ignoring the FACTS!
This is why Obama MUST be NOT re-elected and Obamacare REPEALED!
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