Obamacare Facebook page flooded with horror stories about cost, access

[bsteadman]

Obamacare Facebook page flooded with horror stories about cost, access

American Thinker
Rick Moran
10/5/2013

Excerpt:

I already knew that my insurance was going to triple in cost under Obamacare. But some people had no idea until they hit the exchanges just how bad Obamacare was going to be for their personal finances.

Note that the word that keeps reappearing in these posts on Obamacare's Facebook page is "frightening."

Breitbart:

On Thursday, the government's official Obamacare Facebook page was riddled with people expressing sticker shock over the government's high cost premiums after struggling for hours to wade through the technical failures vexing Obamacare exchanges all across the country.

"I am so disappointed," wrote one woman. "These prices are outrageous and there are huge deductibles. No one can afford this!" The comment received 169 "likes."

"There is NO WAY I can afford it," said one commenter after using the Kaiser Subsidy Calculator. "Heck right now I couldn't afford an extra 10$ [sic] a month...and oh apparently I make to [sic] much at 8.55/hour to get subsidies."

Another person shared a link found on the federal government's main Obamacare page listing premium estimates for small business employers:

The information is not very complete as I don't see anything about deductible or other detailed info, but it does given an actual price as to the "Premium." It is VERY SCARY!! For example, my insurance plan right now for my spouse and I costs $545 a month with 100% coverage after my $2500 deductible. We are both 32 years old. When I looked at this site for 80% coverage it says it will be $954.78 a month!!!! So compare my old Plan: 100% coverage for $545 a month To New Plan: 80% Coverage for $945 a month. This is only only an estimate but it is VERY Scary for me to see this kind of increase in rates and reduction in benefits!

A single mother of two said she is in school and working full-time while living "75% below the poverty level." She said she was shocked to learn she did not qualify for a healthcare subsidy. "Are you F'ing kidding me????" she wrote on the government's Obamacare Facebook page. "Where the HELL am I supposed to get $3,000 more a year to pay for this 'bronze' health insurance plan!?!??? And I DO NOT EVEN WANT INSURANCE to begin with!! This is frightening," she wrote.

Amid scores of comments expressing frustration with technical failures, one woman said she is "just amazed you could even get to the point of seeing pricing" and that she had been trying to access the system for three days to no avail.

To be completely accurate, some of those claiming they are not eligible for subsidies may be eligible for Medicaid's expanded program. And if they live in a state that didn't pick up the Medicaid expansion, someone making $8.50 an hour is almost certainly eligible for a large subsidy.

But this points up the monumental technical problems being experienced by everyone. If someone who is living "75% below the poverty line" is being told she's not eligible for a subsidy, you can imagine what other kinds of false information is being disseminated by those sites.
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What About Obama Legitimacy: Obamacare Facebook Hears From P&E

Birther Report
10/6/2013

Obamacare Facebook Page Hears from The Post & Email
WHAT ABOUT OBAMA’S LEGITIMACY?
By Sharon Rondeau | The Post & Email

(Oct. 6, 2013) — The Facebook page for Obamacare has some new comments on Sunday morning.

While many comments reflect people’s objection to the health care law, whose “individual mandate” portion launched officially last Tuesday, The Post & Email strove to post factual information without opinion to inform government bureaucrats and members of the public that the law may be invalid simply because Obama himself may not be a legal office holder.

On September 20, the House of Representatives attempted to defund Obamacare, which has caused numerous large and small employers to lay off employees, reduce their hours, or eliminate coverage for spouses and families as a result of the cost given the new “law.”

The following Friday, the Senate rejected the measure and stripped it from its version of an appropriations bill. The House and Senate could not agree on a final bill, and a partial government shutdown of approximately 17% of federal departments commenced at midnight on September 30.

However, the launch of Obama’s health care law which he signed on March 23, 2010 occurred on schedule, also on Tuesday, October 1, although thousands of people have reported an inability to buy insurance either because of technical problems with the federal or state websites or what they see as exorbitant costs. Some areas reported no enrollees at all last week.

Over the weekend, the Healthcare.gov website was “down for repairs.”

The health care bill is colloquially called the “Affordable Care Act,” although in the spirit of “compromise” and common ground, a contributing writer to The Post & Email coined a new proposed name.

On Sunday, The Post & Email left the following new comments:

Since the shutdown, Speaker of the House John Boehner has sent several funding bills to the Senate, but Majority Leader Harry Reid has said they are “dead on arrival.“ Obama has also said he refuses to negotiate on any bills which alter or defund his “signature” health care bill as well as individual appropriations bills which the House has proposed since October 1.

While refusing to consider compromise, Obama scolded Republicans for their “attitude.”

A criminal investigation conducted by the Maricopa County, AZ Cold Case Posse has shown that Obama’s long-form birth certificate and Selective Service registration form are forgeries. For the last six months or more, the posse has been working to engage Congress in launching its own investigation into the fraudulent documents, with Rep. Steve Stockman reportedly promoting the effort.

A former and current presidential candidate told The Post & Email that a highly-placed government source has confirmed that Congress is looking at Obama’s eligibility, which could be affected by his presentation of fraudulent documentation.

The White House has not explained why it first said that the only birth certificate Obama possessed was a “short-form” which does not contain details such as birth hospital, attending physician, address of parents and “Date accepted by Registrar.”

Directly after the long-form was posted on April 27, 2011, it was declared a forgery by many experts and analysts. On March 1, 2012, the Cold Case Posse held the first of two formal press conferences declaring its findings of forgery.

Obama has never released school, college or medical records to the public and has given several versions of his life story to the public.

The Post & Email asks why, in the midst of a government shutdown which the Obama regime is admittedly exploiting to inflict the maximum “pain” on Americans, Boehner does not simply call for a vote on an investigation into the forgeries which could remove Obama from office immediately, once proven and made public. We have asked before why the Republicans and others continue to battle with Obama’s policies when it is his legitimacy that is the real issue.

Cold Case Posse lead investigator Mike Zullo has stated that Boehner has been an obstruction to a congressional investigation into the forgeries.

Using false identification is a federal offense. In regard to candidates for federal office and the Federal Elections Commission (FEC), Title 26 of the U.S. Code, Chapter 96, Section 9012 states:

(d) False statements, etc.

(1) It shall be unlawful for any person knowingly and willfully—

(A) to furnish any false, fictitious, or fraudulent evidence, books, or information to the Commission under this subtitle, or to include in any evidence, books, or information so furnished any misrepresentation of a material fact, or to falsify or conceal any evidence, books, or information relevant to a certification by the Commission or an examination and audit by the Commission under this chapter; or…

At least one constitutional attorney believes that if Obama is himself illegitimate, everything he has signed and ordered would become null and void.
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