{{
`${userDetail.user.displayName}${userDetail.user.cachedBungieGlobalDisplayNameCode ? `#${standardizeBungieGlobalCode(userDetail.user.cachedBungieGlobalDisplayNameCode)}` : ""}`}}
{{getUserClans()}}
Edited by Hoggs Bison:
6/25/2015 4:41:25 PM
35
Obamacare has been upheld by the Supreme Court
[url=http://www.vox.com/2015/6/25/8804053/king-v-burwell-obamacare-scotus-in-favor]Linky[/url]
[quote][b]Why was this case such a big deal?[/b]
In King v. Burwell, health law challengers argued that the federal exchange, Healthcare.gov, doesn't have the legal authority to distribute Obamacare tax credits that help low- and middle-income Americans purchase coverage. Since most states rely on Healthcare.gov as their Obamacare marketplace, a decision in favor of the challengers would have a sweeping impact.
In Obamacare's first year, 34 states defaulted to Healthcare.gov, the federally coordinated exchange. An estimated 87 percent of individuals who enrolled through the website are receiving subsidies — the precise subsidies that this court case calls into question.
Without subsidies, private insurance would have become unaffordable for many people who have already enrolled. The Obama administration estimates that 6.4 million Americans currently get financial subsidies through Healthcare.gov.
If the plaintiffs prevailed and subsidies were withdrawn, healthy people would have dropped their coverage, and only the people who are very sick — and therefore very expensive to insure — would keep their plans.
This would have set up the classic insurance "death spiral." By putting coverage out of financial reach for so many people, it would undermine the entire purpose of the Affordable Care Act.[/quote]
So Obamacare has lived to see another day. Do you think that's a good thing?
-
1 ReplyI don't really care about the act because I think insurance is a scam and I'd rather not be profited off of by some fatcat that does nothing to better the planet. But if the republicans won this court case, it would just make things worse. It's better to have the bill working (even if you don't want it) then to have the bill half-functioning.
-
-
To all the anti Obama republicans! Cherish the time with Obama because the Clinton Menace will fuk us all.
-
2 RepliesWell, due to my financial situation the ACA has -blam!-ed me on my taxes. It's going to cut my check in half to keep from having to pay shitty fines for something I cannot afford but, thankfully our govt has the right to tell me what I must spend my money on! Thanks Obama.
-
4 RepliesI really stuggle with the american healthcare system. o.O
-
1 ReplyWhere is the results option
-
I'm mixed about Obamacare it helps the poor but screws middle class
-
Well, it doesn't take an economist to see that the middle class is shrinking. I'm glad the bottom of the barrel has a safety net.
-
Obamacare also limits the amount of doctors/medical personnel you can go to, taking us a step towards socialism.
-
God dammit, fūcking Obama and his shit
-
23 RepliesMy dad is doctor and obamacare cuts my dads pay check into fourths Obama is literally fukcing my dad
-
9 RepliesSo how similar is Obamacare to the NHS we have in the UK?
-
Cannot be denied by "preexsisting condition"major step. It may not be as good as our neighbors an ocean away but it's a step
-
10 RepliesWho doesn't want free healthcare?
-
I think your Socialism tag speaks for itself. It is not a good thing.
-
That's what I want. Being fined for refusing to pay for something I never had and never wanted.
-
9 RepliesInb4angryconservatives
-
1 ReplyDamn it
-
Good thing! about time you yanks tried to copy our NHS :)
-
You know what else is unaffordable? Trillions of dollars in debt, and counting! #thanksobama
-
The ACA is shit. We need to switch to a system that utilizes HSAs.
-
Enjoy your socialism
-
This rustles my jimmies
-
10 RepliesACA should give people the money to get insurance, not give them the insurance itself. That way, people would be able to keep their doctors, decide what doctors they want and not be run by the idiots in the government who don't know (and don't care) how to run the current system.
-
1 Reply52% yay are on some type of government assistance
-
FREE HEALTHCARE FOR ALL
