I've never felt comfortable with the idea of a private. What if the gov't cuts it off or runs out. It's like people who rely solely on social security, they are the most financially vulnerable members of our nation

(08-07-2017 10:51 AM)solohawks Wrote:  I've never felt comfortable with the idea of a private. What if the gov't cuts it off or runs out. It's like people who rely solely on social security, they are the most financially vulnerable members of our nation

Remember when the republicans threatened a shutdown over raising the debt ceiling, and Obama said I cant promise grandma she will get her check? Funny, because we had enough money at the time to cover SS, medicare, and the military, but Obama wanted to immediately but grandmas check.

(08-07-2017 08:49 AM)bullet Wrote:  http://www.weeklystandard.com/why-so-exp...le/2009144

Article says community rating and guaranteed issue are the primary cause of the rapid increase in premiums.

"...The increased risk for insurers from guaranteed issue and community rating caused between 73 percent and 76 percent of the rise in premiums in Tennessee from 2013 to 2017, between 44 percent and 52 percent in Georgia, between 53 percent and 62 percent in Pennsylvania, and between 41 percent to 50 percent in Ohio.
For a 40-year-old male in Tennessee, the monthly premium increased from $104 in 2013 to $431 in 2017 (for the Obamacare silver plan). The increase was from $94 to $323 in Georgia, from $119 to $373 in Pennsylvania, and from $102 to $264 in Ohio.
Those are not bland results. HHS learned of them in May but was nervous about releasing them. They might have created a problem for congressional Republicans. The House and Senate had already accepted guaranteed issue and community rating in their proposed replacements for Obamacare...."

“Had we never passed Obamacare, premiums should be somewhere in the $300 per month level versus $574,” Johnson said in a Senate floor speech in July. “This is the damage done by Obamacare. And this, I’m very sad to report, is what we are not adequately addressing....”

So, covering people who didnt have insurance but were already are sick has been a problem. Shocking. And if home insurance can be purchased after a house catches fire, guess what will happen to the cost of Home Insurance....Democrats truly are morons.