Total number of people who have coverage as a direct result of the ACA is 10,000,263

[grantcart]

Details here:

http://obamacaresignups.net/spreadsheet

Private policy holders (many with subsidies): 2,387,970

Medicaid expansions: 4,480,818

Children with extended coverage on parents policies: 3,101,000

Every week I help 5-6 families get covered, and so can you.

Even though I travel and am talking only with strangers it is still possible to help folks get health care.

Most of the people that are still in the dark about it are people that don't have a lot of computer skills. So whatever town I am in I go here: https://localhelp.healthcare.gov/ and print up the list of the local offices where people can go in and talk with someone (if you are in a state that has its own exchange you go there.

I also have a sign in the window on my car which says "I got a great health care plan under ACA, ask me how". Yesterday at a gas station I talked to a single mother and gave her the list and today at the gym I helped the local manager. In both cases I expect that they will either Medicaid or highly subsidized. I had one hair stylist tell me that after she applied after my last hair cut that she was able to get a plan for $ 50.

Its not making a huge dent in the problem, but for the family who gets covered and has to take someone to the emergency room or see a doctor you have just made a dramatic impact on their life.

[libdem4life]

1. Wonderful statistics...and hope you take away great comfort for helping each one.

[monmouth3]

2. I noticed upon checking my library's calendar of events the other day that ACA has navigators

there to help people. I'm going next week to get my income tax done and will check to see how many people have used them. This is Florida.....sigh.

[grantcart]

6. if you help 1 family yet health care coverage

that family as a major medical event next year then you have down a great thing for that one family.

I let the state and national numbers work themselves out. There's an old saying that if you take care of the small stuff the big stuff takes care of itself.

[Ryano42]

3. Doesn't Matter...Obama is ROONED.

It's all about Ben Gazi:

http://scoobydoo.wikia.com/wiki/Ben_Gazi

[sheshe2]

4. Excellent #'s!

Thanks for getting the word out, grantcart. Sounds like you now have two full time jobs.

CVS Caremark prepared to help customers with new Affordable Care Act coverage

JANUARY 2, 2014 | BY ANTOINETTE ALEXANDER

WOONSOCKET, R.I. — With coverage under the Affordable Care Act now underway for millions of Americans, CVS Caremark has announced that it is ready to help patients who may experience coverage issues or have questions as they access care and prescription medications under new plans for the first time.

"CVS/pharmacy is committed to assisting our patients who may encounter disruptions in their prescription insurance coverage beginning January 1," Helena Foulkes, president of CVS/pharmacy and EVP of CVS Caremark, said. "Our pharmacy teams will provide information to help patients contact the appropriate health plan or insurance exchange, and we are actively communicating with insurance plans and government agencies to help minimize disruption to care whenever possible."

In some circumstances and based on clinical considerations, CVS/pharmacy will assist patients who are experiencing a temporary disruption in insurance coverage with a transitional or "bridge" supply of medication to support their continuity of care. A bridge supply is a prescription of 15 or 30 days. For patients who express financial hardship, a bridge supply may be provided as a courtesy to help them remain adherent to their medication therapy while they resolve their coverage issues.

MinuteClinic will be providing similar flexibility for patients who may be in transition with their health care coverage.

http://drugstorenews.com/article/cvs-caremark-prepared-help-customers-new-affordable-care-act-coverage

[Cha]

5. Mahalo for those astounding numbers, grant.. all those peeps who chose

to ignore the downers, doubters, and general crabby trash talk on ACA/Obamacare.


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[Lady Freedom Returns]

8. As I said in Post #7...

If the ACA was NOT passed, I would be in dire straits for the health care I need!

The day the President came down the street in Joplin, he looked right at me and asked did I need anything. Well this was a BIG thing I needed! Thank You Mr. President!

[Lady Freedom Returns]

7. I am one of the Medicaid expansions!

If the ACA was NOT passed, I could not get the treatment I am getting now!

[freshwest]

9. Just got off the phone with two people whose loved ones are being covered by our state's exchange.

They aren't in need, but others are and it kept them worrying. What a relief for so many people who were kicked to the curb with no hope in sight before the ACA. It's good to see them acknowledged as a human beings.



THANKS OBAMA!

[IrishAyes]

13. Just look at the expressions on those faces.

Especially the guy in the watch cap.

[freshwest]

14. Yes, it always brings tears to my eyes. To be acknowledged a worthwhile human being. n/t

[IrishAyes]

15. I think my next letter to the newspaper is going to come down really hard on Randians. I've

mentioned it before, but it deserves its own separate letter. The plutocrats are the parasites, not us. Not only was Ryan a Social Security baby, even dear Ayn herself wound up dependent on that program alone in her later years. Nobody's ever said she refused any of the checks! And they were even less than today's.

I also picked up a good expression on JesusIsNotARepublican.com to 'share' with fundies: How can you claim to worship someone you wouldn't vote for?

It was very interesting in Sunday School at the UMC last Sunday. One lady who used to be a chemistry teacher - no problems with science - and also owns a major local farm said she'd been wrestling with her religious duties toward the social gospel lately. There's a guy there who's extremely uneducated and uninformed, but he has a bit of conscience and it's been bothering him too. He said he was confused about how rich people ever got into heaven, but he's also resigned to the false notion that he should wait for his reward in the afterlife. With very little class time left, I could only tell him that a person's relationship to their $ or lack thereof was what counted; what they do with it. He really is a guy who tries to help others. He's the one who helped me set up my big campaign sign in the yard since it was after dark and he was unlikely to be discovered.

[grantcart]

19. Just got off the phone with a Thai friend who we can't visit anymore

because her husband plays far right hating Obama radio 24/7 at loud volume (he literally falls asleep in the lounger listening to it.

We told her where to go in Spokane.

She got it under a Medicaid expansion.

She was so happy she cried.

She has to keep it secret from her husband, who ironically, is 100% covered by Medicare.

[bhikkhu]

10. Myself and the kids are now covered by the medicaid expansion, after 10 years no insurance

we got our cards a couple of weeks ago (Oregon), and it looks like it really will work great for us. I had to have a flu shot last week, just showed the card and it was free (rather than $50). And one kid needs an eye exam and new glasses, which we've scheduled for next week with an optometrist we usually have used, only its covered by insurance now. We have more paperwork to do to schedule checkups and so forth, but that's in the next month or two.

I work with two guys, both with families, who would qualify but listened to all the bad press and didn't bother to do the paperwork. After hearing my stories one of them had me print out the paperwork for him, the other's still going to wait.

[mcar]

11. Wow!

These numbers are awesome.

[IrishAyes]

12. Oh no, together we can make a huge dent in the problem.

For everyone that steers even one person in the right direction, I applaud you. You're my heroes. And a well understood and utilized ACA will do more than anything to help us in November.

[Stuart G]

16. BIGGEST K AND R ..EVER...GREAT NEWS..!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! no text..

[bookcase10]

17. In Tennessee

Last night in the news they said that the legislature is thinking of passing a bill to make it illegal for doctors and hospitals to treat people that got their insurance through Obamacare. They are crazy here!!!!

[treestar]

18. That's good service!

Thank you for taking that time. More people can get help, and find out the truth rather than the media's BS. Old fashioned word of mouth still works.

[Control-Z]

20. Your sign -

"I got a great health care plan under ACA, ask me how."

What a great idea!! Where'd you get it?

[underpants]

21. Awesome just bookmarked that link on my phone

[JanT]

22. thank you for the update

i always want to keep up with the totals. i also have talked to anyone i know about signing up. you are right. it is usually those who are a little computer challenged. i went to my friends house and i sat at her PC and walked her through how to go on line. Of course i think the HealthPlanFinder.com site in Washington is really good. We got to compare several plans and she now knows that she has options and she is now a lot more comfortable looking up more information. her son qualifies for medicaid which will save her $3,000 a year because she was paying for a "disaster" plan for him. now he can actually get health care. i think good old word of mouth works wonders. there is so much propaganda out there. i have found though, that if i can get them to just look at what is out there, then they begin to see that they can actually get the help that they need. We just have to keep picking away and we can make an impact - one person at a time. Thank you for staying on top of the numbers. They are growing and that is wonderful.

[Hekate]

23. Kick and Hugs for what you are doing!

[madrchsod]

24. one person at a time...

then that person might tell one or more people then they will tell....pretty soon everyone will say...

aca/obamacare ain't as bad as we were told it was.....