Results: Have you noticed any differences with OBAMACARE?
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Have you noticed any differences with OBAMACARE? Yes
15%
•
212 votes
No
39%
•
552 votes
Undecided
16%
•
231 votes
Not Applicable
30%
•
423 votes
- not from america
- f
- m
- glad to live in canada
- all the prices in the hospitals for services have gone up.
- the only thing i have seen change is that my employer health insurance rates went up by roughly 20% at the beginning of this year, and there were new rules in place of things i must do to keep it from increasing by 35%.
- no comment
- na
- n/a
- not yet
- n/a
- idk
- does not personally affect me to date .....
- yes mother in law father in law have longer wati times for appointmens and in doctors office - doctors and staff are distracted because of so much work and mother in law says they do not listen to her and get things wrong
- premiums and deductibles going way up
- n/a
- not yet but we will and it won't be good!
- not yet but will
- n/a
- we have had the same insurance for years so it hasn't affected us.
- none
- the cost of my insurance has gone up.
- i'll have healthcare until i'm 26
- comment
- when did it start?
- the ability to remain under my mothers insurance until i finish college.
- i don't have health insurance and thanks to backward state of indiana rejecting additional money for medicaid i probably won't qualify for it and will fall between the cracks. way to go, indiana.
- it is very unfair & will cost doctors & patients a lot of money. it is similar to what the va gives veterans & that is not saying much. long waiting times & they only treat what they choose to treat. expect many,many new & experimental medicines & treatments.
- coconut water do not smoke do not drink much do not take illegal drugs do not be obsessed with prescription drugs try herbal tea try good nature try desiderata by max ehrmann
- none
- for the worse economy
- what?
- na
- i receive medicare, as long as it don't hurt that, i couldn't care less!
- no co pay for well check
- increased premiums, less coverage
- insurance has already had to lower premiums.
- age
- no differences yet, but looking forward to no pre existing and lowered group premiums
- dont want to comment on this, thanks.
- haven't received any information
- both my husband & i are polio survivors of over 60 plus years & wear leg braces. with obamacare it is getting more & more expensive to maintain our braces to the point we can use them on a daily basis to get around. we do not get disability as the judge told me "polio was eraticated".
- no comment
- not yet
- it seems generally the same to me.
- not american
- not yet. it passed? interesting, maybe i will shop for health care now.
- no comment
- don't really follow the situation
- i'm canadian - and i can't figure out what is taking you guys so long to fix your healthcare system!
- i'm insured because of it
- it has cost me. it trickled down to state's who balanced their budgets at the expense of the senior citizen. i for one was hit with a $ 1029 spend down now for my medical. but one cannot afford private insurance either because deductible then is anywhere from $ 3000 up and $ 700 plus for ins.
- our insurance covered less and cost more
- what differences are you speaking of?
- no
- i am canadian.
- premiums cost more. copays are more. and wellcare isn't free as obama touts because less items are considered well care (such as some routing bloodwork). obamacare is costly!
- some niceness
- none
- tricare coopay has increased and medicare premium has increased
- i don't know what obamacare is
- none
- i am not looking forward to this, period.
- have not completed the full text.
- i am 16
- the doctor's offices asked if i ever smoked and... if i ever consumed caffeine!
- no
- i am on disably
- haven't really looked into it too much
- na
- it's not fully rolled out - most people haven't been effected at all yet
- higher prices
- i was sent 2 medical discount prescription cards and neither were usable.
- i haven't noticed any changes yet.
- i'm canadian, we already have government healthcare
- no idea
- everything is going up, up ,up! imagine that!
- no change
- higher prices, more red tape
- na
- mostly not good.
- no difference so far.
- freakin' taxes up
- where is my donut hole help
- still waiting to see how it will affect me
- undecided
- most of it won't take effect till next year
- n/a
- can't say
- it is not good
- increase in my monthly premium.
- some exams are affordable now
- not yet except i expect there to be increases in premiums and still folks who will go without insurance
- canadian
- it has allowed my kids to stay insured through my husbands insurance until they are 26
- jobs are changing employees to partime instead of fulltime which is stupid and childish
- na
- it's a lot more complicated to get things done.
- wont be in effect until 2014
- not from usa
- it's awesome
- it hasnt taken effect yet
- no comment.....
- i noticed that my doctors are scrambling to give the same level of care before the new regulations. i also noticed that a lot of preventive care is more reasonable
- preventive care automatically covered
- i'm not cert rain what it was before
- i live in canada where our hospital care is covered through hidden taxation and every canadian has access to a doctor and a hospital.
- don't tell me what to do
- hasn't really kicked in yet...........i'm sure it's going to be a nightmare though. i can hardly wait!!!
- ?
- i can stay on parents.
- i do not live in the us.
- premiums have gone up 30% and coverage slashed to bandaids and neosporin.
- i have phi so it does not bother me
- canadian
- 0
- i live in canada! free health care all the time!
- i think it's a bunch of hooey!!! we were doing just fine without it.
- no
- not at all
- na
- n/a
- i live in canada
- ....
- its terrible
- none
- i dont pay much attention to this kind of stuff.
- i have problems getting insurance for health
- my surgery went off without a hitch
- i still can't afford health insurance or to go to the doctor, so i haven't noticed much difference....
- no
- need more info
- not american
- canadian citizen.
- what?
- i don't really keep up with it
- not yet
- my health care is the same
- nothing has changed yet for me.
- can barely afford our mortgage now because the insurance rates have skyrocketed several hundred dollars a month! we can barely afford to eat! we are talking several thousand dollars a year difference here!
- i am under military healthcare
- jai aucune idée
- i did take a new (different) insurance and had to choose a new doctor, however, that was by choice and i have been quite pleased with the results.
- iguess its on the way i have filled out other forms so i can get a medical card i don't have one therefore i have have 2 go the county facilities only no one else who help me without billing me i don't work thnx obama!!
- it's outrageous.
- no
- i'm canadian
- my daughter was covered again under our policy for several years until she hit 26 years old.
- costs have gone up
- no
- not sure what is going to happen
- everything is more complicated
- its going to cost more for insurance, every other persons are getting waivers, and now the irs is running it after lying to congress?
- 26 year old covered
- i cant say i know to much about obamacare but i do here some comments about it and they are not good. in my of thinking anything about obama is not good.
- no
- it sucks
- idk
- no
- live in canada and am glad
- i have no opinion on this.
- no comment
- jkln
- he is the same
- less co-pay
- none
- it looks to better than what most people thought, more people are able to get the care they need! that is better for everyone!
- not yet
- so far we can not afford some types of drs and some co-pay have become a little more expensive
- na
- i am from canada
- don't know what obamacare is all about.
- none yet, but i already had my own insurance.
- n/a
- it's too early to tell.
- !
- na
- hourscut at work to avoid them paying for it.
- i'm not sure about it
- not american
- has it started yet?
- i still have no idea what the bill does.
- none.
- no
- my hours at work will cut and lots of people will suffer.
- the only president care about low income people since having this country --america . low income people are not lazy, they just can not make a high income/revenue, who does not want to have high income? obamacare is just the needed for the low income people keep healthy in order keep working.
- insurances prices are going up
- no yet
- it's horrible
- i don't live in the states
- na
- not yet but it is coming
- n/a
- no
- healthcare is more expensive
- none
- néa
- not yet
- waiting for something to happen.
- none
- i do not live in us
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
| no | 0.71% | 10 |
| na | 0.63% | 9 |
| n/a | 0.56% | 8 |
| none | 0.56% | 8 |
| not yet | 0.35% | 5 |
| no comment | 0.28% | 4 |
| not american | 0.21% | 3 |
| idk | 0.14% | 2 |
| what? | 0.14% | 2 |
| canadian | 0.14% | 2 |
| not from america | 0.07% | 1 |
| f | 0.07% | 1 |
| m | 0.07% | 1 |
| glad to live in canada | 0.07% | 1 |
| all the prices in the hospitals for services have gone up. | 0.07% | 1 |
| the only thing i have seen change is that my employer health insurance rates went up by roughly 20% at the beginning of this year, and there were new rules in place of things i must do to keep it from increasing by 35%. | 0.07% | 1 |
| does not personally affect me to date ..... | 0.07% | 1 |
| yes mother in law father in law have longer wati times for appointmens and in doctors office - doctors and staff are distracted because of so much work and mother in law says they do not listen to her and get things wrong | 0.07% | 1 |
| premiums and deductibles going way up | 0.07% | 1 |
| not yet but we will and it won't be good! | 0.07% | 1 |
| not yet but will | 0.07% | 1 |
| we have had the same insurance for years so it hasn't affected us. | 0.07% | 1 |
| the cost of my insurance has gone up. | 0.07% | 1 |
| i'll have healthcare until i'm 26 | 0.07% | 1 |
| comment | 0.07% | 1 |
| when did it start? | 0.07% | 1 |
| the ability to remain under my mothers insurance until i finish college. | 0.07% | 1 |
| i don't have health insurance and thanks to backward state of indiana rejecting additional money for medicaid i probably won't qualify for it and will fall between the cracks. way to go, indiana. | 0.07% | 1 |
| it is very unfair & will cost doctors & patients a lot of money. it is similar to what the va gives veterans & that is not saying much. long waiting times & they only treat what they choose to treat. expect many,many new & experimental medicines & treatments. | 0.07% | 1 |
| coconut water do not smoke do not drink much do not take illegal drugs do not be obsessed with prescription drugs try herbal tea try good nature try desiderata by max ehrmann | 0.07% | 1 |
| for the worse economy | 0.07% | 1 |
| i receive medicare, as long as it don't hurt that, i couldn't care less! | 0.07% | 1 |
| no co pay for well check | 0.07% | 1 |
| increased premiums, less coverage | 0.07% | 1 |
| insurance has already had to lower premiums. | 0.07% | 1 |
| age | 0.07% | 1 |
| no differences yet, but looking forward to no pre existing and lowered group premiums | 0.07% | 1 |
| dont want to comment on this, thanks. | 0.07% | 1 |
| haven't received any information | 0.07% | 1 |
| both my husband & i are polio survivors of over 60 plus years & wear leg braces. with obamacare it is getting more & more expensive to maintain our braces to the point we can use them on a daily basis to get around. we do not get disability as the judge told me "polio was eraticated". | 0.07% | 1 |
| it seems generally the same to me. | 0.07% | 1 |
| not yet. it passed? interesting, maybe i will shop for health care now. | 0.07% | 1 |
| don't really follow the situation | 0.07% | 1 |
| i'm canadian - and i can't figure out what is taking you guys so long to fix your healthcare system! | 0.07% | 1 |
| i'm insured because of it | 0.07% | 1 |
| it has cost me. it trickled down to state's who balanced their budgets at the expense of the senior citizen. i for one was hit with a $ 1029 spend down now for my medical. but one cannot afford private insurance either because deductible then is anywhere from $ 3000 up and $ 700 plus for ins. | 0.07% | 1 |
| our insurance covered less and cost more | 0.07% | 1 |
| what differences are you speaking of? | 0.07% | 1 |
| i am canadian. | 0.07% | 1 |
| premiums cost more. copays are more. and wellcare isn't free as obama touts because less items are considered well care (such as some routing bloodwork). obamacare is costly! | 0.07% | 1 |
| some niceness | 0.07% | 1 |
| tricare coopay has increased and medicare premium has increased | 0.07% | 1 |
| i don't know what obamacare is | 0.07% | 1 |
| i am not looking forward to this, period. | 0.07% | 1 |
| have not completed the full text. | 0.07% | 1 |
| i am 16 | 0.07% | 1 |
| the doctor's offices asked if i ever smoked and... if i ever consumed caffeine! | 0.07% | 1 |
| i am on disably | 0.07% | 1 |
| haven't really looked into it too much | 0.07% | 1 |
| it's not fully rolled out - most people haven't been effected at all yet | 0.07% | 1 |
| higher prices | 0.07% | 1 |
| i was sent 2 medical discount prescription cards and neither were usable. | 0.07% | 1 |
| i haven't noticed any changes yet. | 0.07% | 1 |
| i'm canadian, we already have government healthcare | 0.07% | 1 |
| no idea | 0.07% | 1 |
| everything is going up, up ,up! imagine that! | 0.07% | 1 |
| no change | 0.07% | 1 |
| higher prices, more red tape | 0.07% | 1 |
| mostly not good. | 0.07% | 1 |
| no difference so far. | 0.07% | 1 |
| freakin' taxes up | 0.07% | 1 |
| where is my donut hole help | 0.07% | 1 |
| still waiting to see how it will affect me | 0.07% | 1 |
| undecided | 0.07% | 1 |
| most of it won't take effect till next year | 0.07% | 1 |
| can't say | 0.07% | 1 |
| it is not good | 0.07% | 1 |
| increase in my monthly premium. | 0.07% | 1 |
| some exams are affordable now | 0.07% | 1 |
| not yet except i expect there to be increases in premiums and still folks who will go without insurance | 0.07% | 1 |
| it has allowed my kids to stay insured through my husbands insurance until they are 26 | 0.07% | 1 |
| jobs are changing employees to partime instead of fulltime which is stupid and childish | 0.07% | 1 |
| it's a lot more complicated to get things done. | 0.07% | 1 |
| wont be in effect until 2014 | 0.07% | 1 |
| not from usa | 0.07% | 1 |
| it's awesome | 0.07% | 1 |
| it hasnt taken effect yet | 0.07% | 1 |
| no comment..... | 0.07% | 1 |
| i noticed that my doctors are scrambling to give the same level of care before the new regulations. i also noticed that a lot of preventive care is more reasonable | 0.07% | 1 |
| preventive care automatically covered | 0.07% | 1 |
| i'm not cert rain what it was before | 0.07% | 1 |
| i live in canada where our hospital care is covered through hidden taxation and every canadian has access to a doctor and a hospital. | 0.07% | 1 |
| don't tell me what to do | 0.07% | 1 |
| hasn't really kicked in yet...........i'm sure it's going to be a nightmare though. i can hardly wait!!! | 0.07% | 1 |
| ? | 0.07% | 1 |
| i can stay on parents. | 0.07% | 1 |
| i do not live in the us. | 0.07% | 1 |
| premiums have gone up 30% and coverage slashed to bandaids and neosporin. | 0.07% | 1 |
| i have phi so it does not bother me | 0.07% | 1 |
| 0 | 0.07% | 1 |
| i live in canada! free health care all the time! | 0.07% | 1 |
| i think it's a bunch of hooey!!! we were doing just fine without it. | 0.07% | 1 |
| not at all | 0.07% | 1 |
| i live in canada | 0.07% | 1 |
| .... | 0.07% | 1 |
| its terrible | 0.07% | 1 |
| i dont pay much attention to this kind of stuff. | 0.07% | 1 |
| i have problems getting insurance for health | 0.07% | 1 |
| my surgery went off without a hitch | 0.07% | 1 |
| i still can't afford health insurance or to go to the doctor, so i haven't noticed much difference.... | 0.07% | 1 |
| need more info | 0.07% | 1 |
| canadian citizen. | 0.07% | 1 |
| i don't really keep up with it | 0.07% | 1 |
| my health care is the same | 0.07% | 1 |
| nothing has changed yet for me. | 0.07% | 1 |
| can barely afford our mortgage now because the insurance rates have skyrocketed several hundred dollars a month! we can barely afford to eat! we are talking several thousand dollars a year difference here! | 0.07% | 1 |
| i am under military healthcare | 0.07% | 1 |
| jai aucune idée | 0.07% | 1 |
| i did take a new (different) insurance and had to choose a new doctor, however, that was by choice and i have been quite pleased with the results. | 0.07% | 1 |
| iguess its on the way i have filled out other forms so i can get a medical card i don't have one therefore i have have 2 go the county facilities only no one else who help me without billing me i don't work thnx obama!! | 0.07% | 1 |
| it's outrageous. | 0.07% | 1 |
| i'm canadian | 0.07% | 1 |
| my daughter was covered again under our policy for several years until she hit 26 years old. | 0.07% | 1 |
| costs have gone up | 0.07% | 1 |
| not sure what is going to happen | 0.07% | 1 |
| everything is more complicated | 0.07% | 1 |
| its going to cost more for insurance, every other persons are getting waivers, and now the irs is running it after lying to congress? | 0.07% | 1 |
| 26 year old covered | 0.07% | 1 |
| i cant say i know to much about obamacare but i do here some comments about it and they are not good. in my of thinking anything about obama is not good. | 0.07% | 1 |
| it sucks | 0.07% | 1 |
| live in canada and am glad | 0.07% | 1 |
| i have no opinion on this. | 0.07% | 1 |
| jkln | 0.07% | 1 |
| he is the same | 0.07% | 1 |
| less co-pay | 0.07% | 1 |
| it looks to better than what most people thought, more people are able to get the care they need! that is better for everyone! | 0.07% | 1 |
| so far we can not afford some types of drs and some co-pay have become a little more expensive | 0.07% | 1 |
| i am from canada | 0.07% | 1 |
| don't know what obamacare is all about. | 0.07% | 1 |
| none yet, but i already had my own insurance. | 0.07% | 1 |
| it's too early to tell. | 0.07% | 1 |
| ! | 0.07% | 1 |
| hourscut at work to avoid them paying for it. | 0.07% | 1 |
| i'm not sure about it | 0.07% | 1 |
| has it started yet? | 0.07% | 1 |
| i still have no idea what the bill does. | 0.07% | 1 |
| none. | 0.07% | 1 |
| my hours at work will cut and lots of people will suffer. | 0.07% | 1 |
| the only president care about low income people since having this country --america . low income people are not lazy, they just can not make a high income/revenue, who does not want to have high income? obamacare is just the needed for the low income people keep healthy in order keep working. | 0.07% | 1 |
| insurances prices are going up | 0.07% | 1 |
| no yet | 0.07% | 1 |
| it's horrible | 0.07% | 1 |
| i don't live in the states | 0.07% | 1 |
| not yet but it is coming | 0.07% | 1 |
| healthcare is more expensive | 0.07% | 1 |
| néa | 0.07% | 1 |
| waiting for something to happen. | 0.07% | 1 |
| i do not live in us | 0.07% | 1 |
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