I am a bad person, for my sympathy well has run dry.

**Posted by Phineas

"California Kos blogger, post-Obamacare"
“California Kos blogger, post-Obamacare”

It’s true. I cannot muster the merest hint of a tear, nor think of consoling words, for this Daily Kos blogger who just got his new Obamacare rates:

My wife and I just got our updates from Kaiser telling us what our 2014 rates will be. Her monthly has been $168 this year, mine $150. We have a high deductible. We are generally healthy people who don’t go to the doctor often. I barely ever go. The insurance is in case of a major catastrophe.

Well, now, because of Obamacare, my wife’s rate is gong to $302 per month and mine is jumping to $284.

I am canceling insurance for us and I am not paying any [effing] penalty. What the hell kind of reform is this?

Oh, ok, if we qualify, we can get some government assistance. Great. So now I have to jump through another hoop to just chisel some of this off. And we don’t qualify, anyway, so what’s the point?

I never felt too good about how this was passed and what it entailed, but I figured if it saved Americans money, I could go along with it.

I don’t know what to think now. This appears, in my experience, to not be a reform for the people.

What am I missing?

Good question, “Tirge Caps.” Shall we start an understanding ofΒ basic economics? Or your divorce from reality, assuming that government could pull off something this massive and not have itΒ fall apartΒ like an old Yugo? Or a healthy dose of skepticism, given your apparent childlike, albeit charming, faith inΒ Obama and Pelosi’s promises?

But you needn’t have suffered for your many deficiencies, Tirge, my friend and fellow Californian. If only you’d listened to and learned from those of us who’ve beenΒ screaming bloody murderΒ over thisΒ anti-constitutional monstrosityΒ forΒ nearly four years, you might have avoided this unpleasant experience. Alas.

On the other hand, I’m not sure what you’re complaining about. Since, from your tone of anguished betrayal, you most likely voted for Obama and, I again assume, a California Democrat for the House, that letter you received isΒ exactly what you voted for, moron.

Congratulations.

PS: Yes, this is uncharitable and mean-spirited of me. With the harm Obamacare is causing the nation… tough.

viaΒ Matt VespaΒ andΒ Salena Zito

(Crossposted at Public Secrets)

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