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Obamacare a disaster

Sat., Nov. 23, 2013

Obamacare is an unmitigated disaster. How much damage to long-term, established health insurance coverage are we going to allow before someone puts a stop to it? People are losing work hours; over 5 million have lost the coverage they want to keep.

Businesses are saying they must stop folks’ insurance to comply with Obamacare, or they’ll be forced to close their doors. Twenty-seven states are refusing to sign up for the Medicaid component because they claim it will bankrupt their states.

All incentives are backward. Irreversible damage is occurring to our health care and our economy. Why are the foxes still in charge of the henhouse? When will sanity be restored?

Robert Wimp

Spokane

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