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Major Hogwash

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15. To me, President Obama's biggest accomplishment by getting the ACA passed is that . . . .
Mon Sep 29, 2014, 05:20 AM
Sep 2014

. . . . junk health insurance policies are no longer allowed to be marketed and sold in this country.

I may be wrong, but by taking junk health insurance policies off of the market in the United States President Obama saved hundreds of millions -- possibly billions -- of dollars that would have been spent on premiums to companies that never ever intended to come through with what their policy said it would do for those people who had to actually use their health insurance due to illness, accident, or injury.

I like to think of that part of the ACA as the biggest "truth in advertising" campaign that the federal government has gotten involved with in the last 65 years, ever since FDR was in the White House!

The Ponzi scheme of selling junk health insurance in this country is over.
Kaput!
Finito!
Done!

And for that alone, we owe the President our gratitude and our respect.




Love you back, sheshe2!... Aristus Sep 2014 #1
I needed that hug tonight, Aristus. sheshe2 Sep 2014 #2
Amen to both! IrishAyes Sep 2014 #21
You got me wondering where I'd filed this, madamesilverspurs Sep 2014 #3
"It isn't about him. It is about US, you and me." sheshe2 Sep 2014 #4
Whoever bought that had better be glad I wasn't there. I'd have kept bidding IrishAyes Sep 2014 #22
Awesome thread and awesome pics and graphics, sheshe! freshwest Sep 2014 #5
Freshwest?! sheshe2 Sep 2014 #6
Never mind...I see you've posted in the BOG. Good luck. nt snappyturtle Sep 2014 #7
Thank you so much, snappyturtle. sheshe2 Sep 2014 #8
Yay, We just got our Electricity back on and I come here to see this Wonderful post.. Cha Sep 2014 #9
Hey Cha!? sheshe2 Sep 2014 #10
Just one among many very important Accomplishments of the Obama Admin.. The Repeal of DADT. Cha Sep 2014 #11
Now those are facts I can believe in. sheshe2 Sep 2014 #18
Great post. Thank you. Loved every bit of it. IrishAyes Sep 2014 #23
You're Welcome, IrishAyes.. Thank you! Cha Sep 2014 #25
And, about our electricity.. yes it went off for over an hour.. no rhyme or reason. And, before Cha Sep 2014 #12
Hang in there, BOGgers Hekate Sep 2014 #13
U2 Hekate~ Cha Sep 2014 #14
Luv ya Hekate. sheshe2 Sep 2014 #19
To me, President Obama's biggest accomplishment by getting the ACA passed is that . . . . Major Hogwash Sep 2014 #15
An additonal uber important aspect of ACA, Major, is Cha Sep 2014 #17
I agree, this will not be his only accomplishment but I think he will be remembered as FDR and LBJ Thinkingabout Sep 2014 #27
Oh P.S. again~ Jump for Joy, she~ Cha Sep 2014 #16
Indeed he did. Bless him forever. IrishAyes Sep 2014 #24
Pretty cute Graphic denoting it, eh, Irish? Cha Sep 2014 #26
Love you all in here for keeping a light in the window. SleeplessinSoCal Sep 2014 #20
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