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Question: Overall, has Obamacare benefited or hurt you?
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« on: May 02, 2014, 03:32:46 PM »

Helped for sure. I get a plan that meets all my (admittedly small) needs for only $60/month.

Perhaps more importantly, a contract related to Obamacare's exchange in Minnesota might've saved my workplace from having to engage in layoffs. Thanks Obama!
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DC Al Fine
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« Reply #1 on: May 02, 2014, 03:42:23 PM »

No impact (Canadian)
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« Reply #2 on: May 02, 2014, 03:43:06 PM »

No impact (minor on parent's insurance).
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« Reply #3 on: May 02, 2014, 03:56:31 PM »

It has benefitted my parents. I still almost prefer going to single payer (it'd be better for business interests if it can be reasonably funded) as this won't last.

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« Reply #4 on: May 02, 2014, 03:59:26 PM »

No impact (minor on parent's insurance).
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« Reply #5 on: May 02, 2014, 04:03:24 PM »

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« Reply #6 on: May 02, 2014, 04:12:01 PM »

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« Reply #7 on: May 02, 2014, 04:22:35 PM »

Oh wait. I'm not a minor either. Tongue
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« Reply #8 on: May 02, 2014, 04:39:19 PM »

I get insurance through my grad school.  Before Obamacare, they had really low coverage maximums on prescription drugs, which they had to remove to qualify. 

This kind of matters to me because I have a chronic illness which requires drugs that could cost hundreds of thousands of dollars a year without insurance coverage.  So, I basically met my prescription drug maximum in a month.  As a student, I can't afford to drop thousands of dollars a month on medicine, so I had to just go without medicine I needed.  That was really terrible and scary, I would never wish that on anyone.  But now, I get all of my prescriptions at an affordable price and I'm much healthier.

So, I would say benefited.
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« Reply #9 on: May 02, 2014, 04:56:19 PM »

Definitely benefited, as I can stay on my parents' plan until I'm 26.
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« Reply #10 on: May 02, 2014, 10:16:32 PM »

I'm still on my parent's health insurance BECAUSE of  this law.
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« Reply #11 on: May 02, 2014, 10:45:48 PM »

Unlike America, we already had single-payer/rebates for private health cover.
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« Reply #12 on: May 02, 2014, 11:10:42 PM »

No impact. Would have benefitted if Corbett didn't reject Medicaid expansion.
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« Reply #13 on: May 03, 2014, 12:53:13 AM »

No impact as I already had health insurance from the State of California.
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« Reply #14 on: May 03, 2014, 10:38:22 AM »

Benefited, by far.

For those that say no impact due to parental insurance, would you all have the same health insurance without the ACA?
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« Reply #15 on: May 03, 2014, 11:57:39 AM »

It has definitely benefited me.
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« Reply #16 on: May 03, 2014, 11:58:58 AM »

I'm in the UK, no impact.
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« Reply #17 on: May 03, 2014, 12:04:42 PM »

No real impact -I get coverage through my union employer. 
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« Reply #18 on: May 03, 2014, 10:27:45 PM »

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« Reply #19 on: May 06, 2014, 10:28:33 AM »

My costs for health insurance have gone up.......but it probably would have anyway.
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« Reply #20 on: May 06, 2014, 01:32:36 PM »

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« Reply #21 on: May 06, 2014, 03:12:02 PM »

Hurt.

My parents now have more taken out of their check to pay for the same insurance they had before Obamacare. 
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« Reply #22 on: May 06, 2014, 05:48:46 PM »

I have employer-based insurance, so nothing changed, but it has helped multiple people in my family.



Hurt.

My parents now have more taken out of their check to pay for the same insurance they had before Obamacare. 

How have you determined that it was directly attributable to Obamacare, rather than your standard yearly rate increase?

Even if you can tie directly to Obamacare, you should look at the entire total costs (premium + out-of-pocket costs throughout the year + potential rebate in the spring of 2015), along with the level of service you get out of it, rather than just singling it down to the premium.
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« Reply #23 on: May 06, 2014, 06:10:32 PM »

No impact as of yet, but being on my parents' plan until I'm 26 will be damn helpful.
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« Reply #24 on: May 06, 2014, 06:10:59 PM »

No impact as of yet, but being on my parents' plan until I'm 26 will be damn helpful.
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