Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. THY WILL BE DONE, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but DELIVER US FROM EVIL.
For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever and ever. Amen †
The below paragraphs are excerpted from a larger article available at American Commitment.Org Explaining the changes to all Americans under Obamacare structural standards testing, “Essential Health Benefits”:
According to HealthPocket: “The data shows that there will be a near complete transformation of the individual and family health insurance market starting in 2014. Less than 2% of the existing health plans in the individual market today provide all the Essential Health Benefits required under the Affordable Care Act (ACA).”
Even the best of the best plans are being canceled in the individual market. Bob Laszewski, a top industry analyst, described his cancelation:
“I have been in this business for 40 years. I know junk health insurance when I see it and I know ‘Cadillac’ health insurance when I see it. Right now I have ‘Cadillac’ health insurance… The new plan would have a deductible $500 higher than the one I now have and a lot more if I go “out-of-network” inside the rest of the Blue Cross national network… And, wait all you people telling me rate shock does not exist, the new far more restricted plan costs 66% more than our current monthly premium.”
Not in the individual market? Scott Conover did an extensive analysis on Forbes showing that there are also changes in the small-group market – where only five percent of plans offered required pediatric dental check-ups – and the large-group market. He found that overall 129 million Americans will no longer have the health plan they had, including millions whose previous employer coverage will be outright dropped. (read full article)
CNN obtains White House internal communication (memo) sharing the Obama administration’s anxiety that if the website actually begins working people will find out Obamacare costs more with less coverage and fewer options. Washington (CNN) – Officials expressed concern that the next shoe to drop in the evolving story about the Affordable Care Act would be disappointment from consumers once they are able to get on the troubled HealthCare.gov website – disappointment because of sticker shock and limited choice, according to a new document obtained by CNN.
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(*note, we are predicting nine stages)
The Brave House Freshman Class Wrote: “As you are well aware it is highly likely that Majority Leader Harry Reid will move to amend the House-passed CR and remove the language from the bill that defunds Obamacare before sending it back to the House.
“As you are also aware, such a motion can only proceed if three-fifths of the Senate invokes cloture and allows this amendment process to begin. Simply put, the only chance that Senator Reid has to pursue this course of action is if six or more Republican Senators join the Democrats in voting to invoke cloture.
“Therefore, it shall be our policy to regard any cloture vote that gives Senator Reid a green light to reinstate Obamacare into this CR the same as a vote for Obamacare itself.” (link)
Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (Kentucky), who voted to support Harry Reid and Obamacare, is up for re-election this cycle. His primary challenger is Matt Bevin. I call on all who hold a similar disposition toward the manipulative leadership within the Republican party to give consideration to supporting Matt Bevin.
This is happening because Mitch McConnell is having a complete meltdown,” said Matt Hoskins, executive director of the conservative group. “He can’t defend his record so he’s threatening and attacking everyone who disagrees with him. He’s so rattled, he has decided to declare war on the entire conservative movement, which represents the very people he needs to win re-election. This isn’t the behavior of a confident person. It’s the irrational reaction of a power-hungry bully who isn’t getting his way.”
This powerful retort begins, and outlines, the conservative confrontation to the establishment NRSC (National Republican Senatorial Committee) which has moved to pressure political PR firms to stop supporting conservative campaigns and candidates. Why? Because their primary establishment torch carrier, Mitch McConnell, is in big trouble in Kentucky.
Republican establishment types, who have historically not stood strong amid big-government progressive advancements, cannot retain power in the sunlight of their track record. They simply cannot defend their record. So they are moving to eliminate their primary competition by threatening anyone who would actively be engaged supporting any process which is in alignment against their incumbency. Gee, who does that sound like?
This is not a liberal machievellian maneuver, as some Decepticon insiders (*cough* *cough*) would have you believe. No, this is the “establishment” Republican machine moving to destroy the base of conservatives – bear witness to it. They think we are stupid – Here’s the article:
WASHINGTON DC – In a warning shot to outside conservative groups, the National Republican Senatorial Committee this week informed a prominent Republican advertising firm that it would not receive any contracts with the campaign committee because of its work with a group that targets incumbent Senate Republicans. (more…)
• People didn’t lose their health insurance – They’re “transitioning” to better coverage.
• The website is not broken – It’s encountering a “glitch”.
• They didn’t promise you could keep your healthcare plan TODAY – They promised only the plans you liked which were being used before the law was signed were protected. Not the ones issued over the past 3 years.
• The law was created to protect a breathtaking, and extraordinarily massive, number of people who were uninsured (30 million) – The number of people who have, or will, lose their coverage is a very, very small number, a “sliver” (15 million).
