Sorry, but there is NOTHING about obamacare that reduces the cost of healthcare. Absolutley nothing. Just speaking from my point of view, this is what has happened to myself, my family and the people I work with since the introduction of obamacare:
My insurance rates will be going up $50 per paycheck in the next month or two ($100 per month). Also our deductibles will be more that doubling.
One of my coworkers had their insurance carrier drop them, even though they had very few claims, just because their rates were too low and the coverage provided was too high compared to what obamacare provides. So they can re-apply with their insurance carrier, but they will not be eligible for the great coverage they had been getting.
The orthopedic doctor I work for is an independent medical doctor. obamacare favors the Big Health Systems so they are implementing various new rules, hoops, clauses and other catches for small healthcare providers do basically drive them out of business. The doctor I work for is refusing to abide by all these ridiculous rules the government is implementing so he will just shut down his practice next year, leaving myself and the other employees here without a job.
There are many ways to fix what I would say is a broken healthcare system...the way obama is going about it is not one of the ways.
Thank you very little obama.
I agree with you that we have a broken healthcare system.Maybe Obamacare isn't the answer but neither is keeping the status quo.I guess the premise of Obamacare is that the more people who have insurance the cheaper it would be.Which makes sense in a way.I remember trying to join a gym.They gave me a price.The next day I went with my friend.It was either both of us join or neither of us do.Well, they offered a better deal to get us to join.
Hopefully the doctor you work for changes his mind.Is he retiring or joining another practice?There are very,very few independent doctors.My PCP and any specialists I've had to see are always in a group.