The year is 2017, as we embark on the final days of your presidency -- let me reflect on what you have truly allowed us the people, to achieve from 2009 to 2016. I can remember getting a friend request on Facebook, and it said: Hello, I am Senator Barack Obama and I want you to join my campaign.
I also remember getting sent a link to fill out asking me about my role in your campaign of Organizing For America. At that time my popularity was at an all-time high, I was a national children's writer of the year. A recent college graduate from alternative education, and a beat writer for a few national broadcasting news organizations like: ESPN and NBC. My gift or talent was to write speeches, and organize the masses for the public. I can remember giving you one of my speeches, and stated you can take this farther than I can.
But let's not go into the long history of how you allowed us to organize your campaign -- Organizing For America. Instead let us congratulate you for helping us achieve these accomplishments. Since they have your name binding them in law, but we as the masses must remember how these laws came to fruit. Your most singular accomplishment is health care: The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which is also known as ObamaCare. Thank You President Obama.
Thank You: for closing the Doughnut loophole.
Because of that notion, seniors don't have to share pills from the unpaid for Medicare Prescription Plan D -- has now been filled, with pay-go. And to pay for it the medical devise tax, known as Tort Reform; a general republican idea, paved the way for healthier senior citizens.
Thank You President Obama: For allowing the youth of America to stay on their parents health plans.
College students, or students in general were dropped from their parents coverage, and now they can stay on those plans until they're 26. That means, less students showing up to the emergency room with no insurance.
Without the hatred from the Republican Party, Patient Protection: Affordable Care Act has these Facts: the states that didn't step up the exchange, didn't see the savings in the actual bill. Take for example: New Jersey set up a state sponsored exchange has 5 million people covered. The premiums of those in New Jersey grew 5.4% from 6.4% from 2010 -2016. With an average of $1,400 in savings for all families. Savings that include lower Emergency Care payments, and lower deductions on out-of-pocket expenses. That means people who paid their premiums and didn't have lasting health problems got a rebate. New Jersey's Health Care System has sent out $17 million in rebates based on how healthy you as the person was because of Obamacare. Thank You.
Now if you take into the notion that Tennessee didn't set up an exchange, and the federal government had to set up the exchange, with full resistance from the state. In the aftermath, the commissioner of Tennessee's health insurance market -- calls the process a problem. Because the state refuse to set up the exchange 46% of those with packages outside of the market, did see their premiums increase based on private insurance companies, increasing rates, to overthrow Obamacare. As these markets received hard fines ( state regulations ) that created friction with the state sponsored system. So insurance companies that offered Obamacare, that came across state lines, had to pay out side fees from these States, which in turned force these companies like Cigna, couldn't operate under the rules in that individual state. And had to increase rates, or lose their license to sell insurance completely. So many of those companies with large pools of people -- that can create savings, pulled out of those states.
Now this isn't coming from me it's coming from Tennesse's Health Care, and when you break down the numbers -- republican states that refused Obamacare didn't get all of the benefits mention. So how come a company can compete in New Jersey, as the state followed the rules, and the insurance rates improve, while a state opposes the health care package, by not setting up the exchange, did actually see increases based on the rules of the state making it hard for that insurance company to compete in that state.
Moving Forward: Me, you and the entire community needs to defend this legislation to the fullest with facts. We need to rally in a way to show the public the benefits of the program is there, when state government takes it's part and work with the Obamacare. Because it's proven to work well, it even works extremely well in a republican lead state of Kentucky.
As a writer and independent journalist, I am committed to allowing people to understand the truth about Obamacare. Why, 9 years ago a person like me didn't have any options to health care because I couldn't afford it, had a pre-existing condition, and never was able to pass a screening to get health care. And I was a young college graduate at that time. I am one of those that you allowed to rally the people, with 50 million who signed a petition to keep Obamacare. I am one of those that was allowed to sit in the meetings with congressional leaders that drafted the actual bill. (Thank You for that)
And as a young educated man, I am one of the few that you allowed to give input on how to defend it in the Supreme Courts. (Thank You for that)
So as these republicans try and repeal the law, based on a lie -- I will be one of the few defending the facts of the law. And I will do it with a state by state compare and contrast of those who benefited compared to those who didn't benefit. And do it with company by company with actual facts of how republican states -- tried to dismantle the law in their state. As a way to disrupt the thinking of the law.
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