How many people have signed up for health insurance in VA? Who knows? « Watchdog.org

"Many families who are uninsured are middle-class."
Tangled arguments by Pat Darnell | Oct 19, 2013 | BryanTX

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The ACA -- aka OBAMACARE -- is a 900 page document. Do you think anyone has read it? How many pages are in the Bible... around 1900 pages? So, if you are uninsured for medical expenses, you should read the ACA, eh? If you are a sinner maybe you should read the Bible.

If one reads 100 pages a day, about 100 minutes or so, that is 9 days to read the ACA document. Chances are that one will not fully understand the document on his or her first read through.

How many people have signed up for health insurance in VA? Who knows? « Watchdog.org: "Numbers on Obamacare enrollment have been scarce — partly because of the slew of technical problems with healthcare.gov. Robert Gibbs, former press secretary to President Obama, said in a recent interview with MSNBC the first two weeks of open enrollment were “bungled badly” and “excruciatingly embarrassing for the White House and for the Department of Health and Human Services.” Industry analyst Bob Laszewski surveyed health plans last week, reporting that no more than 5,000 individuals and families have signed up for health insurance through healthcare.gov."

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From an article in 2001 we see the building argument for government regulation of healthcare and phasing out of Free Ridership:

" ... Although it is common to think of the uninsured as having low-incomes, many families who lack insurance are solidly middle class ... . And the largest increase in the number of uninsured in recent years has occurred among higher-income families:

• About one in seven uninsured persons lives in a family with an income between $50,000 and $75,000, and almost one in six earns more than $75,000.
• Further, between 1993 and 1999, the number of uninsured increased by 53 percent in households earning between $50,000 to $75,000 and by 85 percent among households earning $75,000 or more.
• By contrast, in households earning less than $50,000 the number of uninsured decreased approximately 5 percent.

More information about middle-class families who are voluntarily uninsured emerged from a recent California survey of the uninsured with incomes of more than 200 percent of poverty:2

• Forty percent owned their own homes and more than half owned a personal computer.
• Twenty percent worked for an employer that offered health benefits, but half of them (10 percent of the total) declined coverage for which they were eligible.
• However, this group was not opposed to insurance in general, as 90 percent had purchased auto, home or life insurance in the past.
• About 43 percent felt that health insurance was not a good value for the money, and rising insurance premiums will only increase this number. (Monday, April 30, 2001
  by John C. Goodman. LINK) ... "

SUMMARY
Before ACA/ObamaCare I couldn't afford medical expenses. I spent many years in my youth without medical coverage. With kids of my own now, I pay a stiff monthly premium to Blue Cross/ Blue Shield for coverage that has a hefty copay setup. I am being nickel'd and dime'd to death.

Now, after ACA/ObamaCare I still cannot afford hefty medical expenses. Some of my "old age" pills I need would take all my income every month. So without the wonky healthcare insurance, I have through work, we exist above poverty level, and can visit a family doctor, when we find a competent one.

CONCLUSION
Health Care in the USA is dodgy.



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http://watchdog.org/111247/how-many-people-have-signed-up-for-health-insurance-in-va-who-knows/
http://www.ncpa.org/pub/st242?pg=3

MooPig Tech Coroner :: "Health Insurance"

Most Americans could Care Less about Obamacare
retrieved by Pat Darnell  |  Sep 8, 2013  |  Bryan TX

Say good-bye to Health Care as we know it.

Yes, we know premium prices under Obamacare. No, we don’t know if people will think they’re affordable.: "Let’s focus on Seattle, since it has middle-of-the-pack premiums and happens to be where I grew up (Go Huskies!). There, the second-lowest-cost silver plan costs $283 a month for a hypothetical 40-year-old. For purposes of this exercise, we’ll call her the Seattleite." (Sarah Kliff, Published: September 6, 2013. LINK)

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CONCLUSION
Health care as we know it is unaffordable: health care as it will be, is still totally unaffordable. Good luck with that.


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http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/09/06/finally-the-actual-prices-for-insurance-under-obamacare/

MooPig 12 Days of Doom Prep :: "Infestations"

Have you Seen these Around?
Picked up by Pat Darnell and the Herd | Jan 17, 2013 | Bryan TX

Worst Bed Bug Cities 2012: Chicago Moves Up To Claim Orkin's Top Spot For Pest Treatment (PHOTOS): "It's a distinction no city wants near its name: Number One In Bedbugs. The dubious honor this year goes to Chicago, which crept past the 2011 winner Cincinnati on pest control company Orkin's annual listing of cities with the most treatments for bed bug infestations.

(See the top 10 worst cities for bed bugs below.)

The ranking is culled from the list of cities most frequently visited between January and December of 2012 (which is why this isn't the "Worst Cities 2013" list), a year after the pest-control company saw a huge uptick in bed bug infestations. According to a press release issued Tuesday, Orkin's parent company, Rollins, "saw a nearly 33 percent increase in bed bug business compared to 2011.""

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• #15 Raleigh/Durham/Fayetteville, N.C.
• #14 San Francisco/Oakland/San Jose
• #13 Seattle/Tacoma
• #12 Richmond/Petersburg, Va.
• #11 Dayton, Ohio
• #10 New York
• #9 Dallas/Ft. Worth
• #8 Cleveland/Akron/Canton
• #7 Washington, D.C.
• #6 Columbus, Ohio
• #5 Cincinnati
• #4 Denver
• #3 Los Angeles
• #2. Detroit
• #1 Chicago                     

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/16/worst-bed-bug-cities-2012_n_2487525.html?ir=chicago&utm_campaign=011613&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Alert-chicago&utm_content=FullStory

Give me a pill that makes me Perfect!!

MooPig Current Events Department: Resignation is a popular four syllable word in 2008

MooPig Correspondent Jerre Darnell did not have to travel far when asked to reveal her opinion on an editorial about "to E-mail; or not to E-mail, that is the question." Our senior scooper in the field, Jerre, says, "The District Attorney Rosenthal, in Texas, has an as-yet unspecified syndrome that made him stupid and was brought about with something about his therapy. It led him to bad judgment, and he implicitly wrote public announcements to a former niche lover from the 80's, Kerry Stevens."

In the quickened state of imbecile, DA Rosenthal put two and two together and made four big booboo's.

"I will definitely never get email," said our octogenarian correspondent.

1 "Joe Owmby, an assistant Harris County district attorney who is chief of the office’s police integrity division, says Rosenthal notified his staff of his resignation by e-mail hours before the press release was issued..."
Harris County DA Chuck Rosenthal Resigns By JOHN COUNCIL, MARY ALICE ROBBINS and BRENDA SAPINO JEFFREYS Texas Lawyer Friday, February 15, 2008

2 February 19, 2008 Texas District Attorney Resigns
In the wake of an e-mail scandal brought on by prescription drug “impairment,” a Texas district attorney steps down from office.

The Texas Lawyer reported today that Harris County District Attorney Chuck Rosenthal resigned from office Feb. 15. The decision comes amid a controversy that took place in December when e-mails he sent and received were disclosed as part of discovery in a federal civil rights suit, Ibarra, et al. v. Harris County, Texas, et al.

The e-mails on his office computer included several romantic notes Rosenthal had sent to his executive assistant, Kerry Stevens. As a result, Harris County Republican leaders pressured Rosenthal to remove his name from the party's March 4 primary ballot, which he did on Jan. 2.

Several days later, more e-mails from Rosenthal’s computer were disclosed as part of Ibarra, including messages he sent to assistant prosecutors in his office seeking help arranging a barbecue to kick off his re-election campaign. An act that is illegal under Texas law.
In a press release he sent out the day he resigned, Rosenthal said prescription drugs had impaired his judgment.

3 “Although I have enjoyed excellent medical and pharmacological treatment, I have come to learn that the particular combination of drugs prescribed for me in the past has caused some impairment in my judgment,” Rosenthal wrote. “This position is much too important for anyone to be less than their best. I am currently in a different regimen of therapy from different health care professionals and am looking forward to concentrating on the restoration of my health.”

4 Intrigue in the DA's office...
E-MAILS, I don't think I will ever use email again.... comments on the flava of love:
In a three-day period in July of this year, Rosenthal wrote to Stevens' home email saying, "You saw me looking at new toys yesterday. I could buy one or save the money to take you somewhere."
In another brief email, he says, "Bet I could make you sleep."
And on the Fourth of July, he writes to her, "I love you so much."

comment: Posted by: Royko December 28, 2007 at 07:42 AM
"I guess the Harris County Republican Party's family values are a bust?
No pun intended."