Rush: The people of Great Britain don’t like the National Health Service

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Won't everyone have the opportunity to have health insurance under the Obamacare plan?

Families between poverty level and 133% of poverty level won't be eligible for subsidies from the exchanges. They ARE eligible for the newly expanded Medicaid, but if the state they lives in opts out of that they're SOL.

The state with the most uninsured (TX) has already said they're opting out.

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[Teddy B 17,252]

Hundreds of dollars in taxes vs hundreds of dollars in pre-tax deductions... what's the difference?

My sentiments exactly, healthcare is never free. My wife is from Canada, she loves the lower taxes we pay here but has a really hard time seeing $45 a week deducted out of her paycheck for health insurance. And having to pay a $15 co-pay at the Dr's office along with paying for perscriptions blew her away.

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Families between poverty level and 133% of poverty level won't be eligible for subsidies from the exchanges. They ARE eligible for the newly expanded Medicaid, but if the state they lives in opts out of that they're SOL.

The state with the most uninsured (TX) has already said they're opting out.

MS, the poorest state, is also opting out.

[Teddy B 17,252]

Families between poverty level and 133% of poverty level won't be eligible for subsidies from the exchanges. They ARE eligible for the newly expanded Medicaid, but if the state they lives in opts out of that they're SOL.

The state with the most uninsured (TX) has already said they're opting out.

Aren't they eligible for the existing Medicaid program?

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MS, the poorest state, is also opting out.

It's tragic when republican politicians try to score political points on the backs of the poor.

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Well, how much you pay in taxes depends on how much you make.

How much you pay in health insurance does not.

Until 2014 when the elements of ACA tying premium subsidies to income kick in.

I have checked and may payments will be reduced slightly, not by enough though. There is too much corruption between the hospitals and the insurance companies, all it does it penalize the innocent patients. My insurance company took 7 months to pay back money they wrongfully made me pay. That would never happen on the NHS.

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Aren't they eligible for the existing Medicaid program?

In some states. Today states set medicaid eligibility requirements differently. In the deep south states that are opting out 100-133 is not currently eligible.

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Aren't they eligible for the existing Medicaid program?

No.

[JohnR! 5,495]

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it'd be free to those that don't pay taxes.

Which is better than the current optional system where it is free for anyone who doesn't wish to buy health insurance.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Friday’s Olympic opening ceremony in London was “more socialist” than the Beijing version four years ago, and a tribute to the National Health Service included in the performance was “done on behalf of” President Barack Obama, Rush Limbaugh claimed  Monday.

“Of all the things that you want to honor,” he said on his radio show. “I mean, the people of Great Britain don’t even like the National Health Service! And then it hit me, and then it hit me. It was actually done on behalf of President Kardashian. They did it for Obama. Nobody will convince me otherwise.”

Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0712/79160.html#ixzz22AdarWDj

Even a stopped clock is correct twice a day! Two gold stars for opiate addict!

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My sentiments exactly, healthcare is never free. My wife is from Canada, she loves the lower taxes we pay here but has a really hard time seeing $45 a week deducted out of her paycheck for health insurance. And having to pay a $15 co-pay at the Dr's office along with paying for perscriptions blew her away.

Paying $40 a month for contraceptives blew my mind. Remember that dental care is also covered by the NHS, so dental treatment is subsidized. You must factor that into your insurance payments. By the time you add it all up, the lower taxes are outweighed by the other costs.

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Which is better than the current optional system where it is free for anyone who doesn't wish to buy health insurance.

In the current system, the ER will 'stabilize' you and let you go. That's not healthcare.

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It's tragic when republican politicians try to score political points on the backs of the poor.

You have to stop feeding the poor and allowing them to breed. The poor are like fruit flies. Start irradiating the males, and reintroduce them back into the population.

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Well, how much you pay in taxes depends on how much you make.

How much you pay in health insurance does not.

That's not universally true. Some employers do charge varying percentages of the premium based on the income level of the covered employee. Make less, pay less. Make more, pay more. For the same plan. One could say that a degree of socialism has crept into corporate America. Now I know this is hard to swallow but it happened prior to America putting a socialist Kenyan into the White House.

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That's not universally true. Some employers do charge varying percentages of the premium based on the income level of the covered employee. Make less, pay less. Make more, pay more. For the same plan. One could say that a degree of socialism has crept into corporate America. Now I know this is hard to swallow but it happened prior to America putting a socialist Kenyan into the White House.

At my husbands previous job, health insurance for just me via BCBS was $400 a month. Apparently I had to pay high premiums because the owners wife was sick?