Okay lets get some facts straight, the title says it all. Here is one reason why these numbers are False.
While the Administration is boasting close to 10 million signed up for Health Insurance because of Obama Care. Great, So about 10 million people have Health Care coverage right now because of the supposed Affordable Health Care act also dubbed as “Obama Care”.
But, No one seems to be mentioning the exact number of individuals who lost their current health care coverage because of Obama Care, and because they had health care insurance prior they obviously don’t want to do with out it.
Myself like many Americans already had Health Insurance prior to the Affordable Health Care Act (Obama Care). Some of those people who were fortunate enough to have decent Private Health care coverage prior to the Act going into effect are “Grandfathered Status” meaning They don’t have to pay for certain types of Health care benefits they will never use. For me this means I won’t be paying for Maternity care etc. Which is a good thing because I am a Male and frankly will never use such coverage. This is great news for myself, other wise a Obama Care plan with similar benefits I currently have would actually cost me a few $100 dollars more a month. So to me there is nothing “affordable” about the Affordable Health Care act.
But to those unfortunate individuals who had private or even company insurance after the “Obama Care” Grandfathered in cut off date with policies that did not adhere to the Obama Care rules. Lost their health care Coverage. A dear friend of mine lost his insurance for his entire family at the beginning of January. Why because of Obama Care. It is now a huge sacrifice and struggle for him to pay his new Health Care premiums under the Obama Care Mandate, and frankly he has worse health care benefits than he had under his previous plan. Higher co pays, higher deductible, and himself, his wife, and even his new born’s doctor is not covered under his current Obama care plan. They are currently scrambling to find a new doctor for their newborn. The only good thing is they can wait a few months to find a new doctor for themselves due to they both are in excellent health.
Sure he signed up for his new health care under the exchanges. But, He had healthcare prior to Obama Care robbing him of decent health insurance he could actually afford, and not have to make drastic lifestyle changes.
So as anyone who has ever had to write a research paper before knows. You can make the Data look like anything you want to support your case. But, how many of this supposed 10 million people lost their insurance because of Obama Care and had to sign up for new insurance plans to replace their old ones because of Obama Care. Not because they were not previously insured, not because they have pre existing conditions, and not because they couldn’t afford it before.
Since I don’t have these Raw numbers and frankly don’t have access to those numbers I can’t tell you for sure. My bet is almost half of those 10 million people already had some sort of health insurance prior to Jan. 1 2014.
There is some people that do have the Raw Numbers on this. It would be the Obama Administration. Will they ever really release these numbers? No they will not.
My thoughts on the matter. Hopefully they made you think.
The Philosopher 