Obama Care vs Republicans

[DanaC]

Which is a s lightly different thing to demanding bang from her buck... ;p

[Griff]

Originally Posted by DanaC

Which is a s lightly different thing to demanding bang from her buck... ;p

I'm not sure anybody's had a buck bang since 1929.

[Lamplighter]

I did not see this last September... but here is something of a surprise (at least to me).

Forbes
9/15/13

Wal-Mart, the nation’s largest employer, announced Monday that
35,000 part-time employees will soon be moved to full-time status,
entitling them to the full health care benefits that were scheduled to be denied them
as a result of Wal-Mart’s efforts to avoid the requirements of Obamacare.

While some analysts believe that the move comes as Wal-Mart is attempting to deal
with the negative view many Americans have of its worker benefits program,
a closer look reveals the real reason for the shift—

Wal-Mart’s business is going south due to the company’s penchant for putting politics
and the squeeze on Wal-Mart employees ahead of the kind of customer satisfaction
that produces prosperity over the long-term.<snip>

The result?
Empty shelves, ridiculously long check-out lines, helpless customers
wandering through the electronics section and general disorganization at Wal-Mart store locations.

I'll count each of those 35k improved health care plans indirect WIN's for the A.C.A.

[glatt]

This whole health care topic is spread through about a dozen threads here. I don't know where to post.

This should possibly even go in the post whore thread, because it's really not contributing to the discussion. But...

It's open enrollment here at work. Today I got the breakdown of the 3 plans I can choose from: the good expensive plan, the crappy expensive plan, and a new high deductible plan that is slightly cheaper but it so crappy, it's almost like not being insured. It only kicks in after a $3000 deductible. But then you'll be glad you have it, because you are SICK.

Anyway, looking at the price tags on all these plans, it occurred to me that when you count my employer's premium contributions, and my premium contributions, and also consider that we recently refinanced our house for a lower payment, we are now spending about double for health insurance what we are spending for housing here in expensive Arlington VA.

We are healthy, and we(including my employer) are spending twice as much for health insurance as we are for housing. I think that's messed up.

[Lamplighter]

This should possibly even go in the post whore thread,
because it's really not contributing to the discussion. But...

Well, excuse me ~

[BigV]

Originally Posted by glatt

This whole health care topic is spread through about a dozen threads here. I don't know where to post.

This should possibly even go in the post whore thread, because it's really not contributing to the discussion. But...

It's open enrollment here at work. Today I got the breakdown of the 3 plans I can choose from: the good expensive plan, the crappy expensive plan, and a new high deductible plan that is slightly cheaper but it so crappy, it's almost like not being insured. It only kicks in after a $3000 deductible. But then you'll be glad you have it, because you are SICK.

Anyway, looking at the price tags on all these plans, it occurred to me that when you count my employer's premium contributions, and my premium contributions, and also consider that we recently refinanced our house for a lower payment, we are now spending about double for health insurance what we are spending for housing here in expensive Arlington VA.

We are healthy, and we(including my employer) are spending twice as much for health insurance as we are for housing. I think that's messed up.

holy shit.