http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/03/17/1371487/-Good-Obamacare-news-is-driving-Republicans-nbsp-insane?detail=email
Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY), the guy who wants President Obama to stop talking about the good stuff that has come with Obamacare has another "Shut up!!! Shut up!!!!" moment following Monday's announcement that the uninsured rate has dropped by 35 percent since the law was enacted, and 16.4 million people have gained insurance through the law. Nonsense, says Barrasso.
Senator John Barrasso of Wyoming, the chairman of the Senate Republican Policy Committee, said: "Millions of people have lost coverage they liked, and out-of-pocket costs continue to rise. Coverage does not equal care."
Moreover, he said, the addition of people to the Medicaid rolls is "hardly worth celebrating."
"And argle bargle!" Actually, new data from the Urban Institute shows that not so many people actually did lose coverage they liked. No, it was millions, it was 400,000 or about 2.2 percent of Americans. That coverage that was "lost," by the way, really wasn't equal to care. The plans that were cancelled didn't include the ten essential health services required by the law (you know, frivolous things like chronic disease management and prescriptions and preventive care).
that tid bit of info is always conveniently omitted from republican ObamaCares bashing that those who no longer have old insurance it's because it was not only pricey but substandard to the healthcare available now by law and those who can't afford can get gov't assistance which republicans misled as gov't take over of healthcare. what is helping to drive them crazy is everything they predicted and called the ACA has become archived in that vast expanse of the internet with the other republican bald faced lies they can try to ignore but they will be available for your great great great grands to read and remember when they vote.
