WHITE HOUSE TURNS TO THREATS AS OBAMACARE ENROLLMENTS STALL

The Associated Press
by JOHN NOLTE
19 Oct 2015

Now that ObamaCare is failing in the exact way its critics predicted more than 5 years ago, the White House is preparing to use threats to increase ObamaCare enrollment numbers next year. The threat, of course, is the ObamaCare tax.

Next year the annual fine for not buying President Obama’s overpriced health insurance will jump to $695 or 2.5% of your income, whichever is greater. The White House intends to use the hefty fines as leverage in the upcoming 2016 enrollment period, which starts in November:

Administration officials are looking for a balance.

“We need to be make sure that we are very clear and explicit about that $695 penalty so people understand the choice they are making,” said spokeswoman Lori Lodes. But she said the main emphasis will stay on the benefits of having health insurance and how the law’s subsidies can dramatically lower the cost of monthly premiums.

It is no secret as to why no one is buying ObamaCare — ObamaCare sucks.

Already, a third of the co-ops have shut down, further undermining enrollee options; the cost of premiums are skyrocketing, primarily because only the sick are signing up, and you’re paying for a ton of Cadillac services you will never use: Men are paying for maternity care. We are all forced to pay for drug rehab.  Worst of all, the deductibles are sky high — in the thousands. The result is that a guy like me looking for single-person coverage ends up paying three hundred dollars-plus a month for a plan that offers no real benefits.

With that deductible, I pay for all of my medical coverage on top of obscenely-priced monthly premiums.

Before ObamaCare made them illegal, my catastrophic plan perfectly fit the bill. High deductible, low monthly premium, but if something terrible happened I was covered.

ObamaCare is a massive rip-off, a lousy product that gets lousier and more expensive every year, and most of the 40 million or so among the uninsured do not want it.

So far only 9.1 million people have enrolled in ObamaCare. The Department of Health and Human services is predicting that only 1 million more will enroll up next year. That is well below — more than 50% below — the Congressional Budget Office predictions that claimed there would be upwards of 21 million enrollees by the end of 2016.

The DC media called Obama’s critics racist for claiming ObamaCare would…

…result in millions losing their insurance and doctors.

…increase the deficit.

…premiums would skyrocket.

….insurance companies would go out of business.

…most of the uninsured were uninsured by choice and not looking for ObamaCare.

…the government would threaten people who didn’t sign up.

All of that has come true.

It is only going to get worse.

And now we have reached the threat level — which is undoubtedly the part the White House and Left most looked forward to.

Affordable Care Act.

“Affordable”

Lol.

http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/10/19/white-house-turns-to-threats-as-obamacare-enrollments-stall/

OBAMACARE IRS PENALTIES SET FOR MAJOR SPIKE: http://youtu.be/GCp3rItl5lE/

We Are Borg: Resistance is Futile

http://youtu.be/ljjFE0sTNeg/

getting desperate!
People can't afford the Premiums,yet are expected to afford the Fines!

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2013-05-16/obamacare-sees-swiss-show-mandatory-private-system-works

getting desperate!
People can't afford the Premiums,yet are expected to afford the Fines!

Yep.. That is the strategy.
So it appears as if that is what the American people want.

All always.. He forgets or doesn't care, who he works for... Or should be working for.. The 50+ INDIVIDUAL states & territories & what THEY want.

Oh it's definitely "doesn't care".
More Obamacare bad news...

"" The catastrophic failure of
Obamacare's launch is now far in
the past. But the public's
acquiescence to a law that keeps
creating new problems should not
be taken as a sign of enthusiastic
acceptance, much less as a sign
that Obamacare is working.
The important thing is how each
of Obamacare's current problems
— skyrocketing premiums, lower
than expected enrollment, and the
collapse of several cooperative
plans — is related to the others.
Obamacare plans debuted with
more expensive premiums than
before, but not as expensive as
some had expected. This allowed
the law's supporters to assuage
public panic over the debacle of
2013 and 2014. Why were prices
still relatively low? It's partly
because insurers found other ways
to pass costs to consumers — by
raising deductibles (the amount
customers must pay before the
coverage kicks in) and narrowing
their supported provider networks.
That won't change, and it is an
ongoing source of discontent.
But the Obamacare exchange
program itself also gave its
participating insurers a set of
training wheels for the first few
years to allow for such aggressive
pricing. Two temporary programs
help them limit risk: A
government-run reinsurance
program, and the "risk corridor"
provision, which makes insurers
that have fewer losses on medical
claims than expected subsidize the
insurers that lose more than
expected.
The general unprofitability of insurers
under this system comes as a related
warning sign. As some insurers have
oublicly acknowledged, Obamacare
exchanges have attracted a
disproportionate number of people
who are sicker and older. This not
only makes coverage more
expensive for others who enter the
pool, as the large 2016 rate hikes
demonstrate, but it also implies
that unless the less-desperate cases
among the remaining uninsured
start signing up, the system is in
for some serious trouble.
And that brings us to Obamacare's
sagging enrollments. When
Congress passed Obamacare, the
Congressional Budget Office was
expecting 21 million people signing
up for Obamacare exchange plans
by the end of 2016 open
enrollment. Now, the
administration expects to have
only about 10 million paying
customers by the end of next year
— essentially no more than now.
Why the sudden stall? The sickest
and oldest customers — the low
hanging fruit among the uninsured
who were most eager to get
insurance — have already signed
up. The ones the insurers need
most, who are healthier and
younger, predominate among those
who have not signed up. Although
there is more than one reason for
this, the main one is that
Obamacare plans are not especially
affordable and will become worse
as insurers adjust prices to match
reality.
As for government subsidies for
buying insurance, those basically
vanish for workers approaching
the median income. The
affordability problem, in turn, will
get worse as the insurers' "training
wheels" vanish in 2017 and more
insurers drop out of more
Obamacare exchange markets.
Next summer, Americans will have
a chance to see what the insurance
market looks like when those
training wheels are removed when
insurers announce plans for 2017.
And Obamacare's backers, who
thought the worst was behind
them, will have some more
explaining to do.""
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/obamacares-problems-are-only-just-beginning/article/2574470

Oh, and obligatory....

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=usJ-pMomvLQ&itct=CBUQpDAYDSITCLeeiqfN0cgCFVCDfgodqjYHyVIjbmFuY3kgcGVsb3NpIHdlIG11c3QgcGFzcyB0aGlzIGJpbGw%3D&hl=en&client=mv-google&gl=US

why the sudden stall? The sickest
and oldest customers the low
hanging fruit among the uninsured
who were most eager to get
insurance have already signed


The sickest & the oldest.. Kind of like what scammers & predators target.

Of course they fell for it.
... Desperate, trusting & hopefull

^^^^^^ He's on Mingle2 right now!

Better be careful that Laptop doesn't catch fire!

Nancy Pelosi gave it to us for Christmas. Then she read it, wait did she ever read it?? Oh well merry Christmas!

the Duct-taped ones look like Hillary's own!

yea, healthcare.gov keeps it in a bathroom as well...

As I've stated before...

The only two groups obonzocare will actually help, are the insurance companies, and the dum-o-cratic party.

The obonzocare scheme, is a boon to insurance companies, in the form of escalating premiums and deductibles.
As all Americans are required by law, to have insurance, under threats of fines and/or imprisonment, insurance companies can pretty much charge whatever the Hell they want.

And, of course, the dum-o-crats are being rewarded generously, in the form of campaign contributions, for allowing the insurance industry to @ssrape the American public.