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Playinghardball

(11,665 posts) Wed Oct 30, 2013, 12:42 PM Oct 2013

What President Obama should have said about your current health plan...

techweenie @techweenie

I guess the president should have said: "if you like your current healthcare plan, you can keep it, unless it's a shitty plan." #obamacare

12:18 PM - 29 Oct 2013

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What President Obama should have said about your current health plan... (Original Post) Playinghardball Oct 2013 OP

LOL leftstreet Oct 2013 #1

Or ...... oldhippie Oct 2013 #2

Or if your insurance company doesn't want to comply with ACA standards.... VanillaRhapsody Oct 2013 #3

That's true only in bizarro-Obamacare. tridim Oct 2013 #4

Many people didn't have insurance, they were getting ripped off. moriah Oct 2013 #5

Well, .... oldhippie Oct 2013 #7

She thought she was getting something very different from what she was. moriah Oct 2013 #8

She wasn't as smart as we are ..... oldhippie Oct 2013 #9

I suspect she was misled. Can happen to anyone. moriah Oct 2013 #10

Why would I need .... oldhippie Oct 2013 #11

I never said that and you're missing the point. moriah Oct 2013 #12

I'm sorry, ..... oldhippie Oct 2013 #13

After Obama leaves office, I imagine... randome Oct 2013 #6

leftstreet

(36,108 posts)

1. LOL

Reply to Playinghardball (Original post)

Wed Oct 30, 2013, 12:43 PM

Oct 2013

Well that would have covered it!

oldhippie

(3,249 posts)

2. Or ......

Reply to Playinghardball (Original post)

Wed Oct 30, 2013, 12:44 PM

Oct 2013

.... "If we like your current health plan, you can keep it."

VanillaRhapsody

(21,115 posts)

3. Or if your insurance company doesn't want to comply with ACA standards....

Reply to oldhippie (Reply #2)

Wed Oct 30, 2013, 12:46 PM

Oct 2013

they may cancel your policy. BUT you are in luck...NOW you can go on the exchange and find one that is!

tridim

(45,358 posts)

4. That's true only in bizarro-Obamacare.

Reply to oldhippie (Reply #2)

Wed Oct 30, 2013, 01:07 PM

Oct 2013

What you just typed is 180 degrees out-of-whack wrong.

Now, why did you type that?

moriah

(8,311 posts)

5. Many people didn't have insurance, they were getting ripped off.

Reply to oldhippie (Reply #2)

Wed Oct 30, 2013, 01:11 PM

Oct 2013

That woman paying $56 a month for $50 off a doctor's visit? That's not insurance, that's just got scam written all over it.

oldhippie

(3,249 posts)

7. Well, ....

Reply to moriah (Reply #5)

Wed Oct 30, 2013, 02:00 PM

Oct 2013

... we didn't like her policy, did we?

moriah

(8,311 posts)

8. She thought she was getting something very different from what she was.

Reply to oldhippie (Reply #7)

Wed Oct 30, 2013, 02:01 PM

Oct 2013

Which says consumer protection statutes ought to come into play for the insurance industry.

People ought to at least know what they're buying instead of being scammed.

oldhippie

(3,249 posts)

9. She wasn't as smart as we are .....

Reply to moriah (Reply #8)

Wed Oct 30, 2013, 02:21 PM

Oct 2013

.... was she?

moriah

(8,311 posts)

10. I suspect she was misled. Can happen to anyone.

Reply to oldhippie (Reply #9)

Wed Oct 30, 2013, 02:45 PM

Oct 2013

You aren't deliberately trying to twist my words ... are you?

oldhippie

(3,249 posts)

11. Why would I need ....

Reply to moriah (Reply #10)

Wed Oct 30, 2013, 02:54 PM

Oct 2013

.... to try to twist your words? She thought wrongly.

moriah

(8,311 posts)

12. I never said that and you're missing the point.

Reply to oldhippie (Reply #11)

Wed Oct 30, 2013, 02:58 PM

Oct 2013

If being scammed is "thinking wrongly" to you, you have a remarkable lack of sympathy for consumers. But I really don't want to play your game. Buh-bye.

oldhippie

(3,249 posts)

13. I'm sorry, .....

Reply to moriah (Reply #12)

Wed Oct 30, 2013, 03:12 PM

Oct 2013

... did I say something to disagree with you? I never said that you said that.

As to the point, who gets scammed, smart people or not so smart people? (Think teabaggers.)

But thanks anyway for participating.

randome

(34,845 posts)

6. After Obama leaves office, I imagine...

Reply to Playinghardball (Original post)

Wed Oct 30, 2013, 01:14 PM

Oct 2013

...he will spend 2 years kickboxing dummies and punching trees.

The vitriol leveled at him boggles my mind.
[hr][font color="blue"][center]Treat your body like a machine. Your mind like a castle.[/center][/font][hr]

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