I just think people are making a lot of assumptions based on the rhetoric that has been pumped out, I saw a poll some where that a large percentage of people were against "Obama Care" but those same people were for "The affordable health care act" yeah I know its the same thing, but the spin machine had been pumping so much Obama hate people ignored that little fact.
I've said it before take a look at how Mass is doing, this is pretty much identical to their state health care that has been up and running for 7 years and was the basis for the national one. I just read an article and checked some of it it seems as if they are doing just fine. Lets give it a chance to work. Is there anyone on here from Mass that thinks this was a bad ideal?
Today marks a milestone on the nation's long march toward universal health coverage: the launch of online marketplaces, called exchanges, designed to help people find insurance they can afford.
It's an idea pioneered by Massachusetts seven years ago. People here call their program a success, and say the state's exchange was an indispensable factor.
Those involved since the beginning say the Massachusetts health insurance exchange, called the Connector, was the brainchild of former Gov. Mitt Romney, a Republican.
Glen Shor, who once ran the Connector and is now the state's secretary of administration and finance, is confident that the nation will follow Massachusetts' lead.
"As the [federal] law begins to be implemented," Shor says, "people will see and feel its positive effects. They'll be able to see through some of the rhetoric and spin."
Romney's Mission: Massachusetts Health Care
When the Connector opened for business in late 2006, people signed up much faster than projected. Within a year there were 367,000 newly insured citizens.
"Enrollment was fast," Shor says. "One of the clear lessons of the Massachusetts experience is that people want affordable health insurance."
Today, 97 percent of the state's 6.6 million people have it — the highest coverage rate of anywhere in America.
And Shor says Obamacare will bring another 45,000 new people into the fold — those working in low-wage jobs who will qualify for an expansion of MassHealth, the state's Medicaid program.
That group represents "roughly a quarter of the remaining uninsured," says Shor. "A big deal."
Thousands more will become eligible for premium subsidies because they make under $46,000 a year (for an individual) or $94,000 (for a family of four). That will bring Massachusetts pretty close to advocates' longtime dream of universal coverage.
