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Aug 28 2014
11:15 pm
All the Companies Making Money From Healthcare.gov in One Chart
By: jbr

From Businessweek ...

The total price tag: almost $800 million,

All the Companies Making Money From Healthcare.gov in One Chart

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KC's picture

Is this supposed to be a

Submitted by KC on Fri, 2014/08/29 - 10:46am.

Is this supposed to be a positive or negative post?

My medical technology that I use falls in retail price falls in price and my co-pay doubles from $1K to $2K.

This is good?

jbr's picture

Neither.

Submitted by jbr on Fri, 2014/08/29 - 1:53pm.
(in reply to KC)

Neither.

KC's picture

One's deductible is as bad as

Submitted by KC on Fri, 2014/08/29 - 4:06pm.
(in reply to metulj)

One's deductible is as bad as one's co-pay.

oldnorthknoxhippy's picture

WBIR reported this morning

Submitted by oldnorthknoxhippy on Fri, 2014/08/29 - 1:16pm.

WBIR reported this morning that haslam will propose expanding Medicaid this fall. Maybe the SPLC's lawsuit against Tennessee has lit a fire under his ass.

KC's picture

Political calculation to try

Submitted by KC on Fri, 2014/08/29 - 4:15pm.
(in reply to oldnorthknoxhippy)

Political calculation to try to put him over as a new "compassionate" conservative for 2016.

Die-hard liberals will continue to let him screw teachers and other working Tennesseans as long as he expands Medicaid. He'll keep the country club republicans, but lose the other conservatives. But it's all for 2016, don't kid yourself.

Stick's picture

Dear Lawd...

Submitted by Stick on Fri, 2014/08/29 - 7:02pm.
(in reply to KC)

Why do you frequent a "progressive citizen media" website to complain about "die-hard liberals"? Can't you hang out with Hornback or something?

KC's picture

Entertainment.

Submitted by KC on Fri, 2014/08/29 - 9:22pm.
(in reply to Stick)

Entertainment.

oldnorthknoxhippy's picture

It's looking like the Halbig

Submitted by oldnorthknoxhippy on Fri, 2014/08/29 - 3:42pm.

It's looking like the Halbig v Burwell lawsuit is the right wing's best chance of killing Obamacare. Ted Cruz will keep trying to rally his troops, but he's a showboat & an idiot.

oldnorthknoxhippy's picture

If the Supremes rule in favor

Submitted by oldnorthknoxhippy on Fri, 2014/08/29 - 7:01pm.
(in reply to metulj)

If the Supremes rule in favor of Halbig then people in the 36 states using healthcare.gov would lose their subsidies, making healthcare unaffordable in those 36 states. Could be the end of Obamacare. Hopefully the Supreme Court won't hear the case.

KC's picture

Single payer is great until

Submitted by KC on Fri, 2014/08/29 - 9:33pm.

Single payer is great until the realization strikes it may not cover what you need, when you need it.

KC's picture

An old saw will still

Submitted by KC on Sat, 2014/08/30 - 8:47am.
(in reply to metulj)

An old saw will still cut.

Not unsubstantiated and closer to home.

(link...)

fischbobber's picture

?

Submitted by fischbobber on Fri, 2014/08/29 - 11:34pm.
(in reply to KC)

Like what?

(Hint) Universal single payer are the key words here.

KC's picture

Liberals are in as starry

Submitted by KC on Sat, 2014/08/30 - 4:13pm.

Liberals are in as starry eyed, worshipful admiration of the two terms "single payer" or "universal coverage" as many conservatives are with "pro-life."

When you get in the realities of it though, you may have a much different feeling than what you expected. Nothing could be "universal."

It is almost a sham.

R. Neal's picture

Medicare seems to be working

Submitted by R. Neal on Sat, 2014/08/30 - 5:54pm.
(in reply to KC)

Medicare seems to be working out pretty great for the highest cost pool.

burgers, bullets and batsh!t crazy's picture

Deep thoughts from Keeping CrZy KC

Submitted by burgers, bullets and batsh!t crazy (not verified) on Sat, 2014/08/30 - 7:55pm.
(in reply to KC)

"When you get in the realities of it though, you may have a much different feeling than what you expected. Nothing could be 'universal.'"

Damn that's some deep shit right thar'! Sounds like KC is a cross between Stephen Hawking and Jase Robertson, sorta black duck dynasty hole. I mean wow... We're stunned, shocked and most importantly convinced that yes!, although we are the last advanced economy with universal for-profit health care, we need more of it, because KrayCee posted some shit about red insulin herring pumps in Canada! Awesome, we look forward to reading your embedded journalist deep thoughts from Marklevineabad, Glenbeckistan where the bitches stay in the kitchen, the gays are taught better, and the poors get the shaft for their own good.

Because when we get to the realities of it though, we may have a much different feeling about a lot because KrayCee brings it, like Wendell Potter...
#dumbassrepublicantoolswhodontknowshitexceptfckingthepoorbecausetheycareababouthem

fischbobber's picture

Humm....

Submitted by fischbobber on Sat, 2014/08/30 - 9:47pm.
(in reply to burgers, bullets and batsh!t crazy)

+1

What you said.

KC's picture

Your silly, personal attack

Submitted by KC on Sun, 2014/08/31 - 7:13am.
(in reply to burgers, bullets and batsh!t crazy)

Your silly, personal attack just proves I touched a nerve.

I didn't say repeal Obamacare. Nor did I say it all won't work.

Your inability to defend even some parts of it though shows what is often wrong with both the right...and the left. And that's the failure to see reality without it being blocked by your subservience to ideology.

oldnorthknoxhippy's picture

The pro-life crowd doesn't

Submitted by oldnorthknoxhippy on Sat, 2014/08/30 - 5:25pm.

The pro-life crowd doesn't give a damn what happens to a newborn baby once it leaves the mother's womb.

Knoxgal's picture

Life begins

Submitted by Knoxgal on Sat, 2014/08/30 - 7:02pm.
(in reply to oldnorthknoxhippy)

Life begins at conception and ends at birth

oldnorthknoxhippy's picture

You got that right!

Submitted by oldnorthknoxhippy on Sat, 2014/08/30 - 7:58pm.
(in reply to Knoxgal)

You got that right!

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