Obamacare is really a tax on healthy single young men for being alive

What percentage of the deficit is associated with Obamacare subsidies? Now do retired military pensions.
Now feel stupid.

Healthy young men have absurdly low premiums, so that's not quite what you think it is.

More a tax on the wealthy (the real reason Republicans hate it) and some business/insurance taxes.

But sure, keep on red pilling if that makes you feel better.

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Obamacare is really a tax on healthy young men for being alive

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What percentage of the deficit is associated with Obamacare subsidies? Now do retired military pensions

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Wat? Took that in a totally different direction, huh?

Illustration of how "conservatives"have been tricked by politicians to focus on drops in the bucket rather than true cost drivers.

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Only 3% of the country is in the individual exchange without a subsidy.

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Exchange plans have had no pricing pressure on private group plans. Nope. None at all. No premium increases. No deductible increases. No OOP increases. No benefit requirements.

They have just been price and plan model stagnant for the past 6 years. Right?

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Again, no.

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Again, you're ideology in favor of reality is both sad and disappointing.

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Exchange plans have had no pricing pressure on private group plans.

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They have, which is why premium costs in those groups have slowed their increase compared to pre-ACA.

You're welcome.

How much of my paycheck goes to the military and how much of my paycheck goes to health insurance. Well, I know 1,400 plus a month is for health insurance, not really sure about the military. Not really a drop in a bucket.

This is why it is so difficult to do politics in the USA.

Obamacare has good and bad points. No-one denies that. Even the biggest Obamacare haters will concede that the pre-existing condition thing is good and even the biggest Obamacare fans will say that maybe people shouldn't have to pay for abortions.

But then you get posts like this.

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This is being done so that young and old women can be "independent" and not have to depend on a man to help them.

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And you throw up your hands because how do you fight lunacy?

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Most healthy young men never have to go to the hospital but under Odumacare they are being forced to pay anyway and their money is being used to pay for the healthcare of both young and old women who go to the hospital every time they catch a cold.

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By that logic you shouldn't have to pay car insurance unless you wreck your car.

I was talking with a guy this weekend who had insurance, but never got to use it because the deductibles were so high and he never reached them.

So what we have done is run around bragging about all the people with insurance, but the hidden factor is that many people in the working class no longer go to the dr.; instead they try and tough things out because now they have to fit the entire doctor's bill until they reach the deductible.

Giving people health insurance isn't the same as giving people healthcare.