the good that is obamacare
By utaustinliberalInformation is power. ObamaCare works and is here to stay, so go out into the world and educate people. 2014 is around the corner and we have to be our own news and become even more proactive. Don’t let the media, so called progressive experts or the GOP demoralize you. Even if you only inform one person about the fantastic awesomeness that is ObamaCare, you have created a ripple effect because that person will tell another and another and another. Nobody said implementation of ObamaCare would be easy; Medicare and Social Security had a rough ride initially, but now? Try to mess with them negatively and watch the backlash explode. I will keep on providing tools that will help you disseminate facts and stop the lies.
Nerdy Wonka @NerdyWonka
Thanks to #ObamaCare, 3.1M young adults saved $147M in high medical bills in 2011 alone. http://thinkprogress.org/health/2013/05/31/2083071/obamacare-147-million-savings/ …
The White House Blog: The Medicare Trustees reported some good news for seniors and taxpayers: The Medicare program will be solvent through 2026, nearly a decade longer than projected at the time of passage of the Affordable Care Act. This is 2 years longer than projected last year. Their annual report also shows that the long run actuarial deficit in the Hospital Insurance Trust Fund – a measure of its long-term fiscal health – has been cut by more than 70 percent since enactment of the health care law. The long-run Medicare deficit has fallen from 3.88 percent of taxable payroll in the 2009 Trustees Report to 1.11 percent in this report.
These long-run gains are matched by short-term relief: the Trustees also project that the Part B premium will not increase between 2013 and 2014, keeping out-of-pocket costs for beneficiaries down. Medicare cost growth has remained at historically low levels over the past three years even as new benefits for preventive care and prescription drugs have helped tens of millions of beneficiaries access care at lower cost. The law reduces prescription drug costs by closing the donut hole, a policy that has already saved more than 6 million seniors more than $700 each. And more than 32 million seniors have accessed a free preventive service under the law, helping them stay healthy and avoid future illness.
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http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2013/05/31/medicare-trustees-medicare-growing-stronger-help-affordable-care-act
The law works.
10:32 AM - 1 Jun 2013
Thanks To Obamacare, Young Adults And Hospitals Saved $147 Million In...
An estimated 3.1 million young Americans who would have lacked health coverage gained access to it thanks to an Obamacare provision that allows adults up to age 26 to remain on their parents’ health...
ThinkProgress @thinkprogress
Ezra Klein and Evan Soltas: In 2009, the Congressional Budget Office predicted that a medium-level “silver” plan — which covers 70 percent of a beneficiary’s expected health costs — on the California health exchange would cost $5,200 annually. More recently, a report from the consulting firm Milliman predicted it would carry a $450 monthly premium. Yesterday, we got the real numbers. And they’re lower than anyone thought.
The way this competition can drive down rates is already evident in Oregon. There, one insurer came in with monthly premium costs in the $169 range, while other insurers asked to charge more than $400. But then, seeing what their competitors were charging, two insurers came back to the state’s regulators and asked if they could refile at lower rates. Otherwise, they wouldn’t be competitive in the exchange. The Obama administration was ecstatic to see this: It’s exactly what they’re hoping will happen across the country.
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/05/24/wonkbook-some-very-good-news-for-obamacare/
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http://theobamadiary.com/2013/07/03/the-good-that-is-obamacare/
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health, Politicub. They did what they had to do to give your Dad a chance to be healthy.
I hope they're doing well now. 
It's really a miracle that we have Obamacare now so that others don't have to go through what your family and other fams had to experience.
mahalo for the link.
You are right, it is fantastic.
The end of "the pre-existing condition" as to deny health care will help some many. People like your mom and dad will no longer have to bear such a burden.
Thank you for sharing that story. You were so very young to have shouldered that heart-wrenching decision over your families home or health care.
Obamacare does offer us the dignity we all deserve in those times of illness or when we seek preventative care.
thank you, Politicub~
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A word that rightly sums up what Obama strives to give to everyone.
I hope it gets better for you.
She and all of the TOD fam really know how to work on getting Good Positive information out there. Which isn't always easy in itself when there's so many pushing everything negative to bring people down to their level.
Snip from your Wapo link..
"Imagine it’s the end of 2014. California now boasts a working, near-universal health-care system. Nothing perfect, but clearly a a success after the first year of implementation. Texas, meanwhile, is a bit of a mess. They didn’t allow the Medicaid expansion so the state’s poorest residents got nothing. They didn’t help with the exchanges, or the outreach, so there aren’t many choices, and premiums aren’t as low one might hope.
Viewed in isolation, Texas’s problems would be deadly for the law. But viewed next to California, they might mainly be a problem for the political class in Texas, which has failed to implement a clearly workable law."
Thank goodness for states like California that gave Obamacare a chance to work and show how beneficial it can be.
Mahalo she for your OP on the Progress of
David Simas ✔ @Simas44
More good Obamacare news. Up to 259 plan choices for small biz & 34 choices for individuals in DC. Coming to your state soon: #Competition
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One that will take that state out of the dark ages.
California, however, is leading by example! Bravo~ 
Here's to Obamacare and the wonderful changes that it will make in so many lives!
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finally bring Perry down.. and, comparing Texas with California's Obamacare health plan is just one of them.
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And I've see the 'before' and 'after' of Obamacare. The 'before' was full of real 'death panels.' And losing everything, along with broken bodies, minds and hearts. I am pleased with my President for putting us on the right path. Thanks for this thread.