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The jury is still out on ACA. It relies on young people buying expensive plans instead of paying the relatively small fines. The switchover itself was undeniabl

The jury is still out on ACA. It relies on young people buying expensive plans instead of paying the relatively small fines. The switchover itself was undeniably a complete disaster and makes the midterms look grim for the Dems. On the plus side, at some point in the future we could have the GOP support single payer just because it would save money.

silencio 13y ago
You're right. It also doesn't help that people keep putting out stories like the one above that make ACA sound terrible even though I'll bet that the woman in the example ends up paying less out of pocket over the course of a year than she used to. Like people expect ACA to be some magical cure for expensive and/or chronic illnesses - nope, it just makes it a little bit more bearable. Like, I still just paid $40 for an office visit and some tests/xrays and another $200 for meds this month where when I had the same problem (bronchitis+asthma exacerbation) in ~2010 I was out like $400 with samples for the same drugs (that would have doubled the cost) and that was without the hour of tests and coaching with a wonderful respiratory therapist last week (which was, I'm convinced, the only reason I wasn't totally fucked up in a bunch of different ways leading up to and during my wedding on Saturday). Your theoretical sounds hysterical and amazing if it actually happens, but I'm not holding my breath. I don't know what it will take for people to start supporting single payer but I hope it happens soon. Maybe if everyone just gets seriously sick or knows an immediate family member that is sick? Too many people seem to be in denial about the fact that we need serious reform still.
ceejayoz 13y ago
> It relies on young people buying expensive plans instead of paying the relatively small fines. IIRC, the fines are only temporarily small.

silencio 13y ago

You're right. It also doesn't help that people keep putting out stories like the one above that make ACA sound terrible even though I'll bet that the woman in the example ends up paying less out of pocket over the course of a year than she used to. Like people expect ACA to be some magical cure for expensive and/or chronic illnesses - nope, it just makes it a little bit more bearable. Like, I still just paid $40 for an office visit and some tests/xrays and another $200 for meds this month where when I had the same problem (bronchitis+asthma exacerbation) in ~2010 I was out like $400 with samples for the same drugs (that would have doubled the cost) and that was without the hour of tests and coaching with a wonderful respiratory therapist last week (which was, I'm convinced, the only reason I wasn't totally fucked up in a bunch of different ways leading up to and during my wedding on Saturday). Your theoretical sounds hysterical and amazing if it actually happens, but I'm not holding my breath. I don't know what it will take for people to start supporting single payer but I hope it happens soon. Maybe if everyone just gets seriously sick or knows an immediate family member that is sick? Too many people seem to be in denial about the fact that we need serious reform still.

ceejayoz 13y ago

> It relies on young people buying expensive plans instead of paying the relatively small fines. IIRC, the fines are only temporarily small.