Good News for Republicans: Seniors Hate Obama's Healthcare Plan

Since insurance companies and employers are having to cope with the debilitating requirements of the Obama health plan, what my family has to choose from for insurance is now "little or none." Because of the newly increased premiums (due to Obama's interference in free enterprise), my husband and I have had to opt into a "catastrophic-only" level of insurance which means that we can no longer afford to have our health monitored on even a very minimal maintenance level. Before Obama's changes, our doctors recommended periodic monitoring of our personal health, including high blood pressure, diabetes and osteo-arthritis issues. Monitoring of those health issues keeps us from having significant and extremely costly hospitalizations. However, because of the Obama health care changes, monitoring of health is no longer financially available to us. We now can only receive insurance benefits after expending a significant deductible -- and then we still must pay an additional portion of the remaining medical expenses. Prior to Obama's health plan we could afford the occasional visit to our family doctor for maintenance evaluations and general health recommendations. Now we can only use our insurance if our "medical problem" qualifies as a catastrophic situation. Not sure what that means - but for me it means that the cost will be a minimum of $4,000 plus 20% of anything over that $4,000. We will take our chances and wait to be diagnosed as being a stroke or heart attack victim, or a diabetic, or one who applies for disability because of previously untreated arthritis. Ohhh! Disbility payments that YOU as taxpayers have to cover! Oh, yeah, that's a good health care plan!

jjawbb of FL 10:51PM October 12, 2010