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Oh my – Michael Moore: ‘ObamaCare is awful’ | Fox News.

Moore’s problems with the law, though, naturally are different than the complaints from Republican critics.

Moore continues to back a single-payer, government-run system and argues that the current one is too favorable to the insurance industry.

Michael supports “Medicare for all”. Just don’t include me as part of the “all” until I’m 65.

Has Obamacare Turned the Corner? | Power Line asks John Hinderaker. You’ll have to click and read for the details but the conclusion…

We could go on, but you get the point. Obamacare remains a disaster, a slow-moving train wreck that will bedevil the administration for months and years to come, until it is finally repealed.

I cannot imagine Obamacare being repealed under the current administration, but the points John made, which are high altitude observations, can’t be denied by almost anyone that isn’t an “Obamanaut” as he calls the laws’ progressive supporters. Depending on how the train wreck unfolds, I suppose it’s possible the 2014 elections could be a watershed event. At the present time I’m slightly skeptical but time only marches in one direction so we’ll know soon enough.

The hidden costs of ObamaCare – The Week.

• In California, policies for about 900,000 Californians are being canceled because of ObamaCare’s mandates, and about two-thirds of these do not qualify for subsidies, according to The Chicago Tribune. The result: These folks will be paying higher premiums.

• In Alabama, premiums have doubled for some middle-class families, like that of Courtney Long, a stay-at-home mother of four. She told WHNT News, “It’s devastating. I started crying.”

• In Washington state, ObamaCare will increase the underlying cost of individually purchased health insurance by 34 to 80 percent on average, according to Forbes.The list goes on and on and includes Texas, Florida, New York, Illinois, Georgia, and North Carolina. But premiums are just the beginning. The deductibles are outrageous, too.

Somethings got to give since, unlike the Feds, the typical middle class family can’t print money.

 If even a fraction of the middle class and upper middle income earners divert some of their discretionary dollars to pay for health care, it will have a significant impact on consumer spending. What will that mean for the economy? Consumer spending accounts for about 70 percent of the nation’s GDP, although experts say that number is likely to decline.

The top 20 percent of income earners account for about 40 percent of all spending in the U.S. When you increase the costs of health care and the new taxes associated with ObamaCare, you can hear the wallets closing.

 

Health law may not broaden access to mental treatment.

The Affordable Care Act requires insurers to cover mental health care just as they do physical care, but a new study shows only half of psychiatrists accept insurance. That means access to care for the millions of people with depression, post-traumatic stress disorder and other mental health issues may be limited to those who can pay for treatment out of their own pockets, despite the law.

No problem, Obama will just pass a law mandating that all psychiatrists accept insurance. Sure wish I was joking. Assuming a law isn’t passed, I expect this “problem” to migrate to the primary care level.