I thank you for your wishes of well being. I will disagree that the ACA was written and enacted just for situations like mine. The ACA does nothing more than require people to give money to both the Federal government, in the form of the new taxes imposed upon the insurance premiums, and into the pockets of the insurance companies themselves.

It has never been about what is right because too many special interest groups are exempt. If it was truly an all-encompassing bill, NO ONE would be exempt for any reason.

It has never been about what is best for Americans as Americans are the ones paying for it by force. If you do not abide by the mandate you are punished. If you abide by the mandate, you are punished because you have to pay taxes on your premiums.

Insurance is a hedge against illness. It is just like any game of chance out there be it poker, slots or horse racing. There is a chance you will win, more is paid out for/to you than you have put in, and there is a chance that you will lose, you never have to use it so the money is 'wasted', figuratively not literally.

If the government were really concerned, insurance companies would be outlawed, medical costs would be lowered and private interests would gain nothing. Now, both private interests and the government benefit.

I was talking with two other veteran's today about our treatment at our local VAMS. We have issues with it, but we find it better than the privatized system in existence because the issues we have with it today exist outside the VAMS. We veterans just have the privilege, earned, to not have to pay full cost for most of our treatment if we utilize the VAMS. Obamacare will just exponentiate the existing problems and we fear how much our current services will decline because of Obamacare. It is already happening in the private medical arena and Obamacare is not yet in full swing.

I'm curious, you said you have Cong*****l Congestive Heart Failure. What would you have done for insurance without Obamacare had your job been lost or your company decided to drop it as a benefit? I believe you would have been prevented by the free market system from getting a policy. If you are in a state that requires nonprofit (BCBS) to offer it to the uninsurable, they probably had a plan for $1400/mo but no limit on out of pocket expenses. Did you ever think how Obamacare now makes it a law that you can't be discriminated against due to your health condition? The way it is written, you get the same rate as everyone else, probably closer to $3-400/mo and there's a limit to how much out of pocket you get stuck with.

What opposing factions are you by chance talking about? This thing was construed in the back room by democrats v**ed on by democrats in the dark of night. No one read the damned bill and the thing was passed before anyone could read it contest it. This whole thing is being shoved down the throats of the American people and the other side I.E. the republicans have not had a voice in this at all. Dingy Harry Reid refuses to allow any republican interference at all on this bill. This bill is designed to make many in government very very wealthy. It is also designed to get further control over the American people to help force them into socialism.

What opposing factions are you by chance talking about? This thing was construed in the back room by democrats v**ed on by democrats in the dark of night. No one read the damned bill and the thing was passed before anyone could read it contest it. This whole thing is being shoved down the throats of the American people and the other side I.E. the republicans have not had a voice in this at all. Dingy Harry Reid refuses to allow any republican interference at all on this bill. This bill is designed to make many in government very very wealthy. It is also designed to get further control over the American people to help force them into socialism.