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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsForbes Magazine Pro Obamacare Article:
Still, roughly one million people will have to replace their cancelled policy with something that may cost them more. This is not a good thing but it is far, far less dramatic than what weve been hearing. It is also a part of the expected upheaval that has alwaysand will alwaysresult from the passage of reforms designed to benefit the greatest number of people. Traditionally, those who are disadvantaged in this way find that things are sorted out in amendments to the initial legislation, amendments that can only result when Republicans in Congress stop playing politics and begin the serious work of making the law better for Americans.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/rickungar/2014/03/10/the-real-numbers-on-the-obamacare-effect-are-in-now-let-the-crow-eating-begin/3/
Cha
(297,652 posts)thanks
BlueMTexpat
(15,373 posts)does this mean that Forbes will now get thrown under the GOP bus?
Cha
(297,652 posts)okaawhatever
(9,462 posts)in states like Texas and Arizona hasn't helped their awareness. Hopefully the word will be out soon enough and they'll be able to benefit as well
pangaia
(24,324 posts)for the last three months of 2013."
That's only 1%. ???
Politicub
(12,165 posts)The ACA is working.
Now - if we can get a dem majority in both houses of congress we have a chance of getting a public option included.
TBF
(32,090 posts)"Getting a public option included" is not the goal.
Replacing health care insurance WITH single payer is the goal.
It is our health care and we need to demand it. It's been working in other industrialized countries for decades and it is time for single payer in the US.
jeff47
(26,549 posts)A public option doesn't profit. So it's going to be 20% cheaper than private plans. That's going to attract some people.
When those people don't end up in a massive pile of dead bodies, that's going to attract more people. With the larger risk pool, the public option will be able to be even cheaper. That continues the snowball effect.
Eventually, you've driven the private plans out of the state.
Politicub
(12,165 posts)It's going to take a stepped approach.
ProSense
(116,464 posts)posted here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024689326
n2doc
(47,953 posts)I've been repeatedly told here that Forbes is unreliable GOP propaganda.
Jim Lane
(11,175 posts)I'd say that most of what's in Forbes is indeed unreliable GOP propaganda. Ungar is consistently an exception. Per his Wikipedia bio, he writes "on health care policy and politics from a more liberal perspective than what is typically found at Forbes." In particular, he's written some very informative columns about the ACA.