re: So I got my letter from Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Al today for 2016

Listen dick sucker. I went up last yr, after double digit increases in premiums. I didn't expect to get hit with another double digit increase. Having premiums double in two yrs, is outside of any normal type of preparation and as a small business owner, competitive prices is what keeps you in business, along with outstanding service. There's only so much you can go up though before you start losing customers. So to you, and to Telefawx who has no problem with the mandates and Obamacare.. frick off. frick yourself with a jagged 2 ft rusty pole. frick your family as well. I hope they have to suffer like millions have to now because of this shite legislation.

AuCatfish.. yeah.. BCBS and yeah.. I agree with you too. I understand they are passing costs too, but as a nonprofit, they are gouging I'm sure too. None of this would have been possible without Obama and Dems and Reps sitting on their asses capitulating to everything Obama wants. Or the blind dickheads like the 3 in this thread defending it and saying its better than what we had. I really really would not be displeased if there were a massive case of aneurysms that hit every legislator and architect of this shite legislation.

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Listen dick sucker. I went up last yr, after double digit increases in premiums. I didn't expect to get hit with another double digit increase.

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hence the problem, not trying to be an arse, just straight talk, man. You need to stay ahead of the gov't. If you ever think a new national gov't program will help the common man, its just not true as a small business owner.

Just stay ahead.

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Yes, because Congress voted that they are exempt from a law that they impose on the rest of us.



Some people are more equal than others.

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Exactly. For that good comment I will forego a Butch Jones joke at this time.

Make it thrice. Go frick yourself.

There's an ending point in costs that you can pass on to customers before you lose business. The Gov't has fricked small business. You think the record number of small business folding under Obama so far has been high? Just wait til this next year is over. And to reiterate, go frick yourself.

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Some people are more equal than others.

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So congressional privilege trumps white privilege

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Obamacare has crippled way more than were hurting before.

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Is this verifiable, or just your opinion?

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Obamacare and single payer are both shite shows compared to what we had before.

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Definitely for many, at least with Obamacare. We don't know about single payer, or what might happen with it. What we had before worked decently enough for many people, but was a shitshow for a lot of folks as well. There's no perfect system.

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There is absolutely no defense of the shite that's happening

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Well, I won't defend all of its attributes, but it has done some good for many people. No argument it has done some bad for many people as well. I thought all along it was a bad idea to keep the private insurance industry involved in it without a public option, and I still feel that way. At the very least there should have been a public option for those with pre-existing conditions to keep them out of the risk pool for the rest of us healthy people.

I can assure you their bottom line has never been at risk. Don't let big insurance fool you. They make money hand over fist, especially in health insurance. The issue is their profits would take a hit, and we can't have that now can we?!