DeeDee-the problem is that the ACA is too far reaching and the only way it can survive as written is for everyone who will be paying the full premium ,without subsidies, will have to sign up. So far, those are few and far between and for those who have tried the experience was not good. The policy structure is such that the buyer has to pay for services he will never use and it is driving the cost way up. The government, with insurance company help, designed a one size fits all type of policy-every body who buys the gold plan has exactly the same coverages , and the same applies to the silver plan. Citizens should be free to choose what coverages they want at the price they can negotiate. With the ACA, you pay the price dictated or you pay the fine . It is nothing more than a power grab by the government. One of the principal ways in which a country becomes socialist is by having the government control the health care. The fact that at least 58% of Americans do not want the ACA should not be ignored. Dr. Ben Carson has it right when he says that the ACA is worst than s***ery. Good Luck America !!!

Liberals talk the talk but when it comes from their own pocket they walk the walk

Biden gave average of $369 to charity a year



Democratic vice p**********l candidate Joe Biden and his wife gave an average of $369 a year to charity during the past decade, his tax records show.

Democratic p**********l nominee Barack Obama's campaign today released 10 years' worth of tax returns for Biden, a senator from Delaware, and his wife Jill, a community college instructor. The Bidens reported earning $319,853 last year, including $71,000 in royalties for his memoir, Promises to Keep: On Life and Politics.

The Bidens reported giving $995 in charitable donations last year — about 0.3% of their income and the highest amount in the past decade. The low was $120 in 1999, about 0.1% of yearly income.

DeeDee-big difference between Medicare and ACA. Medicare was designed initially for Seniors only (it has morphed into something else) which is a much smaller group than what the ACA affects. Also, the majority of Americans do not want the ACA. They do not want the government to tell them what coverage they need and what price they have to pay. We are not yet a Socialist country although under this president we are headed in that direction. You can love him all you want but he is definitely bad for America. So you came from Canada, eh? Good Luck America !!!