Obamacare Day One: Companies are already warning about higher health-care costs.

[Soggy in NOLA]

Stupid fuckers... but, this is what happens when you have a generation that grew up believeing it was owed something.

And here we are.

 

[SwingVoter]

Then the company will eventually go out of business.

Verizon's not going out of business because of this, but I've yet to meet an HC supporter who understands how this bill will blow up costs.

When Obamabots chant "yes, we can!", they're not referring to their ability to pass an economics exam.

 

[beowolfe]

It's ok, Obama will dictate that companies will just have to lose money to make sure nobody loses their health insurance. Then the company will eventually go out of business and Obama will blame it on George Bush and the Iraq war. Then Obama will print more money, establish 10 more Czars and create 5 new entitlements.

It will all be ok. No worries.

god, you're so stupid................HAHAHAHAHAHA...........

You all are whining like 'stuck pigs'...........ROFLMAO!!!

 

[LibocalypseNow]

The Socialists/Progressives just passed anything to say they passed something. It is a terrible piece of Legislation and most independent analysts have reached that conclusion. Costs will go up and not down. It is what it is.

 

[Some Guy]

It was like watching a Simpson's episode.... Remember the one where he ran for Sanitation Manager? This was the "Can't Somebody Else Do It?" bill...

Haha! Good analogy!

 

[beowolfe]

Then the company will eventually go out of business.

Verizon's not going out of business because of this, but I've yet to meet an HC supporter who understands how this bill will blow up costs.

When Obamabots chant "yes, we can!", they're not referring to their ability to pass an economics exam.

1. Initially, because a subsidy companies recieve to help cover Rx coverage for their retirees, costs will go up. But according to the affected companies, this is a one time expense.

2. Once the 30-odd million uninsured are added, costs will go up. (This one will be countered to some degree (and I don't know how much) by insured people no longer having to pay premiums to cover the medical costs for the uninsured).

3. As we transitiion from 'fee for service' to (for lack of a better phrase) a 'whole care' fee, costs are expected to fall.

There are two ways the cost will increase and two ways money should be saved.

Now, lets see how smart you are.

Do you know any additional ways cost will go up? And do you have a clue as to how this will help to reduce the deficit over time?


See, you're worried about the increase. To me, the attraction of this bill (once all of the boondogle deals are removed) is it's ability to positively impact the deficit over the long term. And it puts us on a track to have options for how healthcare and insurance will look in the future. PS.... It's no secret here that I was an advocate for a single payer system.