Massage parlor shooting

[kirk1978]

Healthcare premiums are through the roof because Nixon paved the way for HMOs and Reagan further enabled it. The healthcare insurance companies became so powerful that no democrat or republican administration has been able to meaningfully combat them. It is comical to think that you can blame that on Obama. LOL

I blame Obummer, and Liberals suck.

 

[Blue Heeler]

Cobra is intended to be temporary coverage. The insurance companies have controlled the game since Nixon set it up that way.....obamacare or not. This is Nixon's doing, not Obama's.

COBRA started in 1985 ... so that would have been rather tricking of Dicky to do eleven or so years after he left office.

 

[Blue Heeler]

So this thread has morphed from someone shooting people in massage parlors to a discussion on the healthcare industry?

 

[silvius]

COBRA started in 1985 ... so that would have been rather tricking of Dicky to do eleven or so years after he left office.

Are you drinking at this time of day? Who said Nixon had *anything* to do with COBRA? lol

 

[silvius]

I blame Obummer, and Liberals suck.

Of course you do. Hilary's emails probably had something to do with it in your eyes as well....

 

[silvius]

There is no doubt that major corporations in the healthcare industry have been driving costs for decades, but to let the ACA off the hook in the complete destruction of health insurance benefits for the average working family in America is disingenuous at best. Healthcare premiums have risen astronomically while coverages shrink and shrink since the ACA. The average deductible from what I've seen has absolutely skyrocketed since 2012.

Mine's at almost $8k per individual, nearly $16k per family. Yes, that's deductible. Premiums for my family are I think about $7-8k per year, not counting employer contribution. It's insane.

Yep, they have been driving the cost up for decades, at the expense of your pocketbook. And yes, ACA did not fix that because of the health care industry's lobbying strength and the politicians they bought. To blame ACA and Obama is a lazy excuse.

 

[silvius]

Some people want to get back to the massage parlor part....so back on track! lol

 

[kirk1978]

Of course you do. Hilary's emails probably had something to do with it in your eyes as well....

But those were deleted....

 

[DavidMcmillan]

Did you know Epstine killed Kennedy? At least that's the way I remember it.

 

[silvius]

But those were deleted....

I guess we'll never know for sure....