How Does The Affordable Care Act Work?

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[Watchinchemtrailz]

you should do a follow-up video now and talk about what really happened...

[dellypisquelli]

Great video! Just what I needed. Thanks.

[Minervo]

Mmm, well I have a wife and two children. We were paying $1100 or so from our monthly paychecks for personal healthcare insurance. We got dropped and need to purchase new insurance. They quoted us $3550/month.

That can't be correct. But we have to have it. We can't afford that. I wanted to buy a house. I can no longer afford insurance. I did nothing wrong. We wanted to have a another baby. We make too much to get subsidized. So we can't afford insurance based on where we are at let alone to add another child.

I think this video is deceiving.

[ChrisWi]

I'm from Europe myself (The Netherlands) and everyone over here has to be insured. We've got multiple health insurance suppliers, so it is a free market system. For us it is very hard to understand why al lot of Americans don't support Obamacare or some other form of health care for everyone.

[yvettebest]

I love the video and believe in order for any program to work you must use it. If you do not know how find information on the use of the program its coverages and, providers ask for help. Many people have benefited from the Affordable Care Act and many more will benefit from the  implementations.  Keep me informed thanks.

[MrSelidor]

You tell him bro!
I am always telling the staff at my local supermarket that the 50% extra free with the corn flakes isn't really free!

[selford]

“The principle of spending money to be paid by posterity, under the name of funding, is but swindling futurity on a large scale.”
― Thomas Jefferson

[jairtime]

This Obamacare thing isn't about health insurance. It's the new system to put everybody into whether you were covered in insurance or not. There were other laws included in this act that nobody talks about and if you really look into what this Obamacare thing really is about, you will know it's not about healthcare

[finzerpup]

"Affordable" Care Act and (best of all) "Keep" your insurance... Hahaha that's pretty funny stuff.

[deadmanssuit]

I live in a country with subsidized health care. Quality of life here currently exceeds that of the U.S.

I'm curious to know from Americans though:
You've got socialized schools, socialized roads and transportation, socialized banking, socialized religious institutes, socialized social assistance... you've already got socialized healthcare in many forms so why not just a tad bit more? Is life really that unbearable now?

[ckying]

They should rename it The Unaffordable Care Act

[ZackGomez]

Great video! I'm going to listen to a podcast on it.

[woodenmajor]

golly, this barrycarrie sounds great and it really seems affordable ...almost free
, how do I sign up?

[seanc]

1:19 - "If youre happy with you plan you can keep it"

Hmm....Anyone else forced to change their plans they liked and had?

[toddmcrae]

What it does is raise the price of Health Insurance for everyone. The fact that its called "Affordable" is almost comical.

[SirAlex]

So far this seems to be one of the most simple explanation of this complex topic. Thanks for the lack of politics in this video.

[odin]

This exhibits all the failings of the system. Eye opening contrast looking back now. Crazy.

[KeithfromMN]

"Obummer, your healthcare premiums went up!"

[rfdsdf]

I came here hoping to find some real information and got a gov't infomertial.

[ATamerGamer]

I've been wondering, how does this affect disabled vets? I currently get free medical care through the VA, so of course I don't have insurance. Will I still be forced to get insurance or pay a fee?