I agree

"I agree with you"

Just a few minutes ago I heard those wonderful words for my significant other.  She agreed with my main concern regarding the Affordable Health Care Act - The 25 plans offered in Virginian are all HMO's and my doctor doesn't work with HMO's.

Contrary to my republican friends, I've been hopeful that the Affordable Health Care Act will deliver.  The website will eventually work and what excites me most is that for the first time since 1997 I have the ability to buy health insurance as a member of a group.

As an individual I had absolutely zero purchasing power but in December 2014 my current plan will no longer be available and I'll be selecting coverage via the Health Care Marketplace.  The law isn't as wonderful as the Dems would have you to believe but it's not as bad as the Republicans say.  There are a handful of significant improvements in the new law but some of these changes hurt Virginians.  For example, Virginia capped medical malpractice lawsuits at $2.05 million but there is no such cap in the federal law... Thank you Washington lobbyist.

As America learns more about this legislation, as employers terminate plans, as providers continue sending out notices that current plans are no longer offered and grandfathered plans succumb to time, the Democrats are going to pay for their unwavering support of a significantly flawed law that the President, without authorization from Congress, has already modified over a dozen times.

"First of all, if you've got health insurance, you like your doctor, you like your plan - you can keep your doctor, you can keep your plan. Nobody is talking about taking that away from you."

President Barack Obama
7/16/2009

For me I'm just hopeful my doctor will accept my Health Care Market Place HMO plan next year.