Cindy Vinson and Tom Waschura are big believers in the Affordable Care Act. They vote independent and are proud to say they helped elect and re-elect President Barack Obama.
Yet, like many other Bay Area residents who pay for their own medical insurance, they were floored last week when they opened their bills: Their policies were being replaced with pricier plans that conform to all the requirements of the new health care law.
Vinson, of San Jose, will pay $1,800 more a year for an individual policy, while Waschura, of Portola Valley, will cough up almost $10,000 more for insurance for his family of four.
"Welcome to the club," said Robert Laszewksi...
...Covered California spokesman Dana Howard maintained that in public presentations the exchange has always made clear that there will be winners and losers under Obamacare.
◼ Reality of Obamacare is Doing More for Conservatism than the Consultant Class Ever Has - Ben Howe/Red State
Apparently, Republican messaging was so bad in 2012 that harsh reality has become the only thing capable of getting people to understand where we are coming from. This guy had to be saddled with $10,000 in new bills to finally believe that Boehner wasn’t a rich jerk trying to hurt the poor.
◼ Obamacare epiphanies, part VII: Hey, somebody’s got to pay for somebody else’s ‘free’ stuff - Doug Powers/Michelle Malkin
◼ HOW THE LEFT WILL 'DEFEND' THE OBAMACARE TRAIN WRECK - BRIAN CATES/Breitbart
Now that the cat's out of the bag and people are starting to discover what the law is really going to do, Liberals are furiously spinning and going on the attack. For the next several weeks as more American families discover that not only can they not keep their plan or doctor, and that their premiums actually increased dramatically, the Left & the Media's counter attack to this kind of bad thinking is going to be this:
"Oh so you lost that plan you liked? Uhm....So what? Get over it! It's the law of the land. It passed. Suck it up and go find a new policy and quit whining about it.""Can't see that doctor you had because he's not on the approved provider list? Well....again, so what? Move on! You should be happy more people are having access to health insurance given to them. Why are you so selfish? What's wrong with you?!"
"So your old plan only cost your family $228 a month and the new comparable one your being offered now is $1,208/month? Did you have a point? Some guy promised you this wouldn't happen? Well....so? Quit living in the past! You can't change this, just deal with it."◼ ObamaCare: 'I was Laughing at Boehner, Until the Mail Came Today' - Chris Banescu/American Thinker
