Wednesday, October 30, 2013

Obamacare gets more headline news

With all of the American population being affected by this Affordable Care Act in more ways then one, now it's starting to affect Health Services Secretary Sebelius and the company behind this Obamacare. There is no shock that Obamacare is making more negative headlines in America's media.  Now the news is that Secretary Sebelius, like President Obama, is defending all of the negative criticism coming with the ACA. The most negative news in Obamacare, minus the website not working, is that in the ACA is making other insurance plans ineligible under Obamacare. Now that goes against what President Obama and the Senate Democrats have said all along.  They have constantly stated and defending the ACA saying that under the ACA, Americans are still able to keep their existing medical insurance if they have it already with no problem.  But is that really true? With thousands, yes I said thousands, of cancellations of the other medical plans its starting to seem like Obamacare is NOT keeping its word on being able to keep other insurances. Sebelius said that its only because of the cheaper plans being under the ACA. That is only true because of the ACA passing it makes having other medical insurance impossible to keep because of the higher cost.  People that have had insurance for years are now faced with the decision to keep it and pay much higher cost or be FORCED to move to Obamacare, simply because they are not able to afford it. With political polarization clear on Obamacare, the Republican ruled House is making it clear on their standing and taking full advantage of this hearing.  But no matter what negative criticism this ACA gets, Obama and Sebelius keep defending their beliefs and stating that all of the rumors of it not being true is "simply not true". Although they are keeping their belief on the other insurance even though the statistics go against it, they are actually saying sorry for the issues with the websites.  Sebelius stated that "You deserve better. I apologize. I'm accountable to you for fixing these problems." I guess only time will tell. Lastly, the House Republicans are now stating that Secretary Sebelius needs to step down and some order needs to be placed to fix these issues.  Senator Alexander from Tennessee stated " Mr. President, at some point there has to be accountability. Expecting this secretary to be able to fix what she hasn't been able to fix during the last three-and-a-half years is unrealistic."  Is he right? Is this the time, the issues, and the money worth it? Personally, all of this time and money is not worth something that hasn't worked from day 1.

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