House of Representatives Minority Leader, Nancy Pelosi, is an outspoken democrat, feminist and major advocate for Obama’s Affordable Care Act. Pelosi said about the ACA:
“Think of an economy where people could be an artist or a photographer or a writer without worrying about keeping their day job in order to have health insurance.”
With this in mind, Pelosi asked her Twitter followers to support her, and the Affordable Care Act by sharing their stories.
.@POTUS wants to know about your experiences with #ACA. Share your stories about why we must #ProtectOurCare: https://t.co/X1qFIXT1RR
— Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi) March 14, 2017
This didn’t turn out like she had hoped.
The minority leader’s tweet garnered more than 1,500 replies, most of which were very unflattering of Pelosi’s pet project.
https://twitter.com/RobertSchnaible/status/841462627540787200
.@NancyPelosi Thanks to ACA my boyfriends premium went from $200 to $900 so now he doesn't have insurance. Thanks… @POTUS @WhiteHouse
— Gloria M. USA (@GloriaMitchell6) March 14, 2017
health care insurance for dad & two younger siblings is $800 per month. this is NOT affordable for a middle class fam.
— Parisa (@fatimaparisa_) March 14, 2017
I'm now spending almost 20K p/y on my health insurance and when my primary retired near impossible 2 find a replacement.
— Matthew Kolken (@mkolken) March 14, 2017
These reflect just a fraction of the impossible burden put on middle-class Americans who have experienced not only a financial pressure because of the (un)Affordable Care Act, but the physical burden of being unable to keep their insurance, because of the strain of paying for the formerly uninsured.
Via Western Journalism:
A Kaiser Family Foundation study found that rates skyrocketed this year across most of the country, with the highest rate increases seen in Arizona (145 percent), Alabama (71 percent), Oklahoma (67 percent), Minnesota (55 percent), and Pennsylvania (51 percent).
Meanwhile, 17 states experienced double-digit spikes in their deductibles last year, including Mississippi (39 percent), Washington (31 percent), Florida (23 percent) and Arizona (21 percent).
A survey by Bankrate.com in December 2015 found 63 percent of Americans do not have enough savings to cover an unexpected emergency room visit costing $1,000 or more.
This plague on the American economy and free market system of health care must be stopped. Ronald Reagan warned against this re-branding of socialism.
Hopefully, America can learn from mistakes made under the Obama administration and never let this kind of socialism creep into our laws again.
(Source: Western Journalism)