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posted by n1 on Sunday April 06 2014, @10:09AM   Printer-friendly
from the sign-this-form-and-we-can-cure-the-hemorrhage-with-a-money-extraction dept.

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) open enrollment period for US Soylentis has ended. The website was plagued by problems from its launch and even had issues on the the last day.

So, did any Soylentis actually use healthcare.gov to sign up and how has your experience been with the Obamacare system so far?

For those that don't know, from Wikipedia:

The ACA was enacted with the goals of increasing the quality and affordability of health insurance, lowering the uninsured rate by expanding public and private insurance coverage, and reducing the costs of healthcare for individuals and the government. It introduced a number of mechanisms - including mandates, subsidies, and insurance exchanges - meant to increase coverage and affordability. The law also requires insurance companies to cover all applicants within new minimum standards and offer the same rates regardless of pre-existing conditions or sex. Additional reforms aimed to reduce costs and improve healthcare outcomes by shifting the system towards quality over quantity through increased competition, regulation, and incentives to streamline the delivery of healthcare. The Congressional Budget Office projected that the ACA will lower both future deficits and Medicare spending.

 
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  • (Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 06 2014, @03:54PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 06 2014, @03:54PM (#27092)

    Shouldn't all of the references be for the Affordable Care Act, which is the appropriate name? The "Obamacare" name is used to paint it in a negative way, especially by a particular news organization.

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  • (Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 06 2014, @04:47PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 06 2014, @04:47PM (#27107)

    The "Obamacare" name is used to paint it in a negative way, especially by a particular news organization.

    No, it's used by everybody now, including MSNBC and Nanci Pelosi. Get over it.

  • (Score: 2) by tathra on Sunday April 06 2014, @06:25PM

    by tathra (3367) on Sunday April 06 2014, @06:25PM (#27131)

    its Mitt Romney's healthcare plan anyway, implemented in his state and favored by republicans... until democrats got behind it.

    if you wont call it by its proper name (Affordable Care Act), call it by its proper roots - Romneycare, not Obamacare.

  • (Score: 2) by mendax on Monday April 07 2014, @01:03AM

    by mendax (2840) on Monday April 07 2014, @01:03AM (#27233)

    The irony is that when the ACA and the state and federal health care exchanges finally get all the bugs worked out of them, the Obamacare label might eventually contribute to it's being the greatest legacy of his presidency. I'm sure the fascist Republicans will be choking on that word then. Granted that the ACA is not the best way to provide a national system of health care, but it will eventually become popular and then will be easier to fix.

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