good news for President Obama and it has to do with Obamacare apparently
the uninsured rate other adults has fallen to the lowest level that it's
been at since before he took office
now number is still from my point of view far too high
let's take a look at this chart your thing is coming from Gallup
and you think a person but this drop they're out mostly actually occurring in
the first quarter of this year
dropping from 17 .1 percent to 15 points 6 percent
that by the way its easy to just see it as a couple of percentage points
that's about 3.5 million Americans and if you've ever been without health
insurance you know what a difference it makes
and now we're talking about a difference for millions of people so
you had the insecurity of not knowing what would happen if you got sick now
millions perhaps because I love
the launch of Obamacare now don't have to worry about that but what are the
awesome so what happened with Obamacare
and we've noticed a course where we always will you know look at the numbers
a
uninsured which is very important Korea but in some other stories was taking two
summer the Koch brothers Americans for Prosperity add
a have told us as they be but these lies that they're telling
that sometimes people underinsured you know including realize that either
and there was one other thing that wasn't talked about people would hello
I'm it should not be my 95 does month
at all so it can achieve it's okay I'm worried some happens to me
in the cover is very minimal damage that can happen to you can see you get
somebody issue
you know when you put in the fear cards right you look into what kinda badly
damaged
money to cover me in this and you don't think those things crossover
but doesn't when you buying car insurance you talk in your agent
sometimes they go well you know what
you live in a sense there's little I get the Los Angeles there's lotta BMWs
Mercedes
we're talking about Tesla's later these rates for the car the people drive in
the city
and get one of those if you only should for covering someone for ten thousand
dollars
that's not going to cut it so people don't think about that when it comes to
themselves this will think that also cause that I would like to see the
also the chart on underinsured yeah getting something better
yeah it would be a great thing to see the number underinsured people
who are now moving into being insured but i think is most extraordinary about
this is the fact that
there were so many people who were uninsured who could not get access i
mean they could go to the emergency room but you know when you have
those kinda bills looking at you in the face then you
tend to not go and get your health coverage your health care that you
deserve to get
so to me it's very funny that we're still hearing from republicans
politically that this is a disaster
and you know it's almost becoming almost to the level love you know like that the
birthers
you know where it doesn't matter what information comes forward it is a matter
what data comes forward to show that
you know the program is working as intended you know it was
intended to ensure people who are uninsured
yeah ended ensuring people who are uninsured is working as intended
and how long it gonna take before that information actually trickle-down
to the public here yet and so in advance that when we're
we're going towards the deadline and you know we wanted the seven million people
signed up that was the goal that was stated
the republicans were saying he's not going to get to it now that they did get
to it they're just saying
what are those numbers even mean are they paying yet
you know what yet like you know that doesn't even count but haven't paid yeah
a look I think I don't necessarily trust the numbers that
the administration is gonna put out there but I mean you can't doubt that
something is happening it's much more successful than a they had thought it
was going to be especially during the rocky launch the website
and yeah I like that which you brought about the the emergency rooms because
people being forced to go to an emergency room doesn't just mean
that they wait for the last minute and the conditions likely become much worse
during that time
it's also far more expensive for america yet because they're not able to pay for
those a murderer health care that exactly Hair Studio
it's only the rich people understand this is better for you in any way with
other
mission that goes back to a point about trickle down to the restroom
society to know what we're getting into and in the meantime
as it happening there's there's always distractions coming to first all you
know website
they work in you know any work and so once they think that
it's all connected you know them the whole process know what the log in to
work
healthcare stocks you lose your doctor all things happen
and instead of going directly to a point to this whole thing you keep getting
I guess hurdles drawn on the way would you know some word from reporting by
themselves when they did things rocky but
it got to go back to the original source trying to
again ensure the uninsured Rep you know I'm when you have a program that
actually working obviously
you know it it doesn't help the republican party for them to
to actually admit that it works now a course nobody is saying that it's a
perfect
program it's not a perfect law we I think I would prefer Medicare for All I
would prefer the single-payer option but
absent bad we have this which is actually helping a lot of people and it
actually helping to bend the cost curve
for both the rise in insurance premiums for people who already have insurance
but also
I mean people are already had insurance that met the minimum standards but also
for overall you know if people were able to access preventative care
then they are able to avoid having to go to the emergency room when they've
gotten too far along and they couldn't see a doctor before
that we have in the past we don't have that now it is actually starting to bend
the curve that we're all paying
whether it's directly or indirectly that we're all paying for help them so we
showed you really fast the
2.4 percent reduction in the uninsured rate specifically though there's even
better numbers for some
a some groups that were more at risk before this among african-americans
the uninsured rate dropped by 3.3 percent and lower-income Americans
dropped by 3.2 percent
both those very positive so one thing that I want to bring up coming out at
the CC these numbers is exactly the sort some numbers that
Obama administration were hoping for and you after the reach their goal last week
I have the number n roll the up to 7.1 million at that point
Obama basically said the debate is over the AC is here to stay
and you know he didn't want to hear from the republicans more about repealing and
replacing all that thing and all that stuff
and so he is asserted either trying to influence the media narrative
or accurately predicting that this is basically the end of that phase
the debate over the bill and so from what you've seen do you think that the
president's accurate when he says that
or E or will they continue to try to make this the centerpiece midterm
elections
oh yeah I think that then I think they will continue the drop no matter
demands there they're gonna ride I think they're they're going to that the
republicans are gonna run on this and the democrats
to me will be doing themselves and everybody else a disservice
if they run away from Obamacare and I love the name Obamacare by the way I'll
I prefer that term so
I didn't happen tonight put his name on that because I think people need to
remember
that that's that's how we got to get rid of pre-existing conditions on how
you know students were able to stay on their parents insurance and how we got a
lot of people
who were knocked out a system cuz they couldn't make enough money to pay those
you know ever rising premiums now they are insured that said
I think democrats are making a mistake if they run away prime
the Affordable Care Act Obamacare in the midterm election that can be the biggest
visible election
was with gonna go through right now everyone's trying to import the other
side
you better not run on that because it's gonna be a problem so that the
convincing back tonight
if you run that you know you lose all your still think you know what I'm how
the republicans to go with that allow it only bear on Obamacare's gonna happen
so now says its it scare tactics come into play now to see how
which way they can make the other side of the web to work so hard
to run on the fact that they want to go 4-2 in this offering now
the the state with no bomb about is here to stay that's when those things were
courses as a political but that's very true I was reading this morning about
once if one-fifth put a place and again at the Obama
and republicans they kept in repeal it does this mean people that's why the 7.1
signed up for the deadline was so
important because then if all this talk
actually happens to repair replace and there's no replace their you know that
there's the repeal this many people have now lost the covers did not become
accustomed to
and you're not going to win that fight you not taking back with the monarchy
has and they've got a taste of
which is what it not so hard you make sure that it didn't pass in the first
place because they knew that
want americans got a step actually getting some services
for the taxes that they do pay you know actually helping lift
a great number of people into you know a
out of the danger zone from health health problems you know once people get
an understanding that hey I can actually get something for my taxes something I
deserve into been out everybody
they're not going to want to give that up yeah and and I think look I still am
uncomfortable about the at the idea of the mandate have been forced into it
but I think it must have seemed pretty shocking at first when you had to get
auto insurance will rightly be so you hadn't done yet we've become accustomed
to that
and I think that it makes some some degree of sense to treat your body at
least as well as you treat your automobile
fun and society as a whole anyway exactly bringing down the overall cost
another the overall cost but you know there's that thing called herd immunity
so when you have people are actually going to get and medical care for say
infectious diseases
it always helps that they prevent that from spreading to the REC a bit
you may not have an accusation against that yeah and as you say like people are
going to get used to having these plans they're gonna get used to going in and
buying
await my copay is are lower it's not just the monthly like I think they're
going to get more and more used to that it's gonna be
perhaps in 10 or 20 years as difficult to convince americans get rid of this
bills that is medicare
or social security