A question for readers:
Are there any muni workers reading? A cop/fireman, town clerk or teacher? Can you share some of the info on what you and your employer's monthly Ins. cost is? Compare that cost to the estimates for Obamacare in your area HHS report Link.
Would your muni save money if it moved you to an exchange? If the answer is "yes" then muni workers are going to be in for a rude awakening. There is not a muni in the country that is not desperate to cut the health care costs it provides for its workers.
Anyone who now has private insurance that is forced onto the insurance exchanges is going to be unhappy. Based on what has happened so far, it appears that the negative consequences of the forced migration is being felt largely by the Democratic base. This unintended consequence of Obamacare may prove to be the 'wild card' that swings the Bi and Presidential elections. It's possible that the liberal's ultimate objective of achieving a single payer system, might well prove to be their undoing. That would be a very interesting unintended consequence.
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The Obamacare that consumers will finally be able to sign up for next week is a long way from the health plan President Obama first pitched to the nation. As Politico notes, millions of low-income Americans won’t receive coverage. Many workers at small businesses won’t get a choice of insurance plans right away. Large employers won’t need to provide insurance for another year. Far more states than expected won’t run their own insurance marketplaces. And a growing number of workers won’t get to keep their employer-provided coverage. But, apart from that - and all the exemptions - six more days and we will all get to see the shiny new exchanges; which may (or may not) prove Sen. Barraso right when he said "It was bad policy and bad politics. They got it wrong on all accounts."
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