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The PPACA Thread Part III - Let's have a healthy debate!

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Double-digit premium increases in the pipeline for many states for 2016....claims are coming in at a "higher-than-expected" rate, because "more than expected" people with adverse health conditions enrolled relative to healthy ones.

[The Tennessee insurance] commissioner ... on Friday [approved] the full 36.3% increase sought by the biggest health plan in the state, BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee. She said the insurer demonstrated the hefty increase for 2016 was needed to cover higher-than-expected claims from sick people who signed up for individual policies in the first two years of the Affordable Care Act.

Several regulators around the country agree with her, and have approved all or most of the big premium increases sought by the largest health plans in their states for the new sign-up season that begins Nov. 1.
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Gee, what a surprise. :(

Kentucky ... 25.1% increase .... Oregon ... an average 25.6% increase .... Ohio ... a 14.5% increase .... Michigan ... average 11.4% increase .... Idaho ... an average 23% increase
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and from the accompanying graph, NC, MD, RI, NY, VA all over 10% higher as well, only 7 states below 10% (the rest of the states have not yet announced 2016 rates). That's 11 out of 18 so far.
 
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Have you recovered yet after what Roberts did to you? Did you at least get flowers the next morning? :D :D :D
 
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Rover said:
Have you recovered yet after what Roberts did to you? Did you at least get flowers the next morning? :D :D :D
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They don't care. They've placed Roberts into the liberal camp. They only have Scalia, Alito, and Thomas now. The tears are the size of grapefruits.
 
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ScoobyDoo said:
They don't care. They've placed Roberts into the liberal camp. They only have Scalia, Alito, and Thomas now. The tears are the size of grapefruits.
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The point being made is the obvious choices of words in order to buy the sympathy of the sheeple. They're claiming health care is unaffordable, yet "affordable" is in the title of the act. The same could be said about the "PATRIOT Act", which completes the exact opposite of what our founding patriots fought for. Heck, the base word of "liberal" is "liberty", and aside from some broad who can't keep her legs together getting a child vacuumed out her uterus, what liberties are they pushing for everyone these days?

Regardless of whether you agree with the tax, the fact is that our language is being used against us by these cronies.
 
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You know what's worse than a 25% increase in premiums? Not going permanently bankrupt because you get cancer and now can't afford treatment.
 
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dxmnkd316 said:
You know what's worse than a 25% increase in premiums? Not going permanently bankrupt because you get cancer and now can't afford treatment.
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And the "treatment" doesn't work, either... just makes you addicted so you spend even more money. The things that work have been FDA banned.
 
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FlagDUDE08 said:
And the "treatment" doesn't work, either... just makes you addicted so you spend even more money. The things that work have been FDA banned.
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I will be sure to pass that message on :rolleyes:

Just for ****s...how does one get "addicted" to chemo?
 
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To hell with that. Until they grow up they have to eat at the children's table.
 
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FlagDUDE08 said:
How many times do you suppose they use it? It ain't once. And every single one costs ten times as much as natural cures.
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If you mean chemo, there's a natural cure for cancer???
 
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unofan said:
So instead we should engage him and his delusions? The story about wrestling with pigs comes to mind.
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Engaging isn't necessary. I don't engage everyone on every little thing, but I do observe opposing views. The problem with echo chambers is that you don't become familiarized with those other views because you've tuned them out makes you blind to them. I've stopped engaging Flaggy because there's only fo far I'm willing to go down the rabbit hole of crazy, but I pay at least passing attention. Perhaps I'm over rationalizing my entertainment here, it's always a possibility.
 
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FlagDUDE08 said:
And the "treatment" doesn't work, either... just makes you addicted so you spend even more money. The things that work have been FDA banned.
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Saved my life seven years ago, and I can tell you I didn't have to restrain myself from another infusion.
 
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Sorry for the engagement guys. I read and avoid commenting on >99% of things on this site. I have heard most things with regards to alternative medicine etc but using the term "addiction" for cancer "treatment" is somewhat novel. Those actually familiar with medicine know many medications are derived from "natural" sources anyway, especially chemo. Turns out nature is the best killer we have found.

If anything...feeding a troll can sometimes aid the rational in developing more solid arguments.

burd said:
Saved my life seven years ago, and I can tell you I didn't have to restrain myself from another infusion.
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A sucker born every minute...
 
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