How the Affordable Care Act benefits you

[bigrun]

Have received this email several times in the past, thought it died out but 'they' have dragged it out again..so i'm passing it along cause i am concerned......we will all be floating in space before Christmas anyways..




Law Professor Points Out Some Interesting Facts Concerning the Presidential Election-Fiction!


Summary of the eRumor:
A forwarded email about a "Hemline" University School of Law Professor named Joseph Olson who pointed out some interesting facts concerning the Presidential election and the murder rate in red and blue counties.

The Truth:
Joseph Olson is a real Professor at Hamline University School of Law in St. Paul Minnesota but he did not write this, according to his faculty bio page on the university site. Olson called it "bogus" in his disclaimer and said that the eRumor dates back to 2000 and originally was a commentary about the Bush/Gore election which quoted an 1800's Scottish philosopher Alexander Tyler

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Scary Obituary.

In 1887 Alexander Tyler, a Scottish history professor at the University of Edinburgh ,
had this to say about the fall of the Athenian Republic some 2,000 years prior:

"A democracy is always temporary in nature; it simply cannot exist as a permanent
form of government.
A democracy will continue to exist up until the time that voters discover that they can
vote themselves generous gifts from the public treasury.
From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates who promise the
most benefits from the public treasury, with the result that every democracy will finally
collapse over loose fiscal policy, (which is) always followed by a dictatorship."

"The average age of the world's greatest civilizations from the beginning of history, has
been about 200 years.
During those 200 years, these nations always progressed through the following sequence:

From bondage to spiritual faith;
From spiritual faith to great courage;
From courage to liberty;
From liberty to abundance;
From abundance to complacency;
From complacency to apathy;
From apathy to dependence;
From dependence back into bondage."
The Obituary follows:

Born 1776, Died 2012
It doesn't hurt to read this several times.

Professor Joseph Olson of Hamline University School of Law in St. Paul , Minnesota ,
points out some interesting facts concerning the last Presidential election:

Number of States won by: Obama: 19 McCain: 29
Square miles of land won by: Obama: 580,000 McCain: 2,427,000
Population of counties won by: Obama: 127 million McCain: 143 million
Murder rate per 100,000 residents in counties won by: Obama: 13.2 McCain: 2.1

Professor Olson adds: "In aggregate, the map of the territory McCain won was
mostly the land owned by the taxpaying citizens of the country.

Obama territory mostly encompassed those citizens living in low income
tenements and living off various forms of government welfare..."

Olson believes the United States is now somewhere between the
"complacency and apathy" phase of Professor Tyler's definition of democracy,
with some forty percent of the nation's population already having reached
the "governmental dependency" phase.

If Congress grants amnesty and citizenship to twenty million criminal
invaders called illegal's - and they vote - then we can say goodbye to the
USA in fewer than five years.

If you are in favor of this, then by all means, delete this message.

If you are not, then pass this along to help everyone realize just how much is at
stake, knowing that apathy is the greatest danger to our freedom..

This is truly scary!
Of course we are not a democracy, we are a Constitutional Republic .
Someone should point this out to Obama.
Of course we know he and too many others pay little attention to The Constitution.
There couldn't be more at stake than on Nov 6, 2012.

If you are as concerned as I am please pass this along.

[Riot]

“When fascism comes to America, it will come wrapped in the flag and waving a cross”.

Hello, Rick Santorum. Sarah Palin. Michelle Bachmann. Rick Perry.

[bigrun]

Originally Posted by Riot

“When fascism comes to America, it will come wrapped in the flag and waving a cross”.

Hello, Rick Santorum. Sarah Palin. Michelle Bachmann. Rick Perry.

You omitted the Freaker of the Spouse....

[Riot]

Originally Posted by bigrun

You omitted the Freaker of the Spouse....

Current or former? I think neither of them are Dominionists like the scary American Taliban members.

[dellinger63]

Originally Posted by Riot

American Taliban members.

[Riot]

The Affordable Care Act is working for Virginia:

This Thursday, March 23, the Affordable Care Act will celebrate its two-year anniversary. To mark the occasion, advocates across the Commonwealth will host events to highlight how the ACA has worked for Virginia.

The ACA's benefits have been profound for our seniors, young adults, children, women, small businesses, consumers and communities.

Here are examples of how the ACA has helped Virginians get better health care, save millions of dollars and live healthier:

* Virginia's seniors on Medicare have saved nearly $80 million on brand-name prescription drugs because of the ACA and more than 800,000 have received free preventative care services

* More than 1.5 million Virginians, including 410,000 children, can now get preventative care services without a co-pay

* Nearly 3,000,000 Virginians are now free of fear from lifetime caps on insurance coverage

* More than 60,000 of Virginia's young adults now have health care coverage though their parents' employer-provided health insurance

* More than 2,000,000 Virginians are better informed about the percentage of their premium dollars insurance companies actually spend on health care costs

* Virginians most in need have received critical health care through public health services and community-based clinics supported by more than $64.5 million in federal funding.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/0...g-for-Virginia

[dellinger63]

Originally Posted by Riot

The Affordable Care Act is working for Virginia:



http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/0...g-for-Virginia

Nice.

What percentage have premiums increased by in the last two years in VA?

[Riot]

Originally Posted by dellinger63

Nice.

What percentage have premiums increased by in the last two years in VA?

Let us know when you find out some facts on that.

Oh - be sure to include stories from the people who have gotten refunds on their insurance premiums in the past two months, due to overpayment limited by the ACA. Because rerouting your health insurance premium dollars away from your health care is a good thing in your view?

Unpublished work ©2011. American College of Physicians, Inc. All rights reserved.

Refunds for Excessive Health Insurance Premiums

Beginning in 2011, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) required insurers to report to the federal government the percentage of a health insurance premium spent on administrative, quality improvement, and medical costs.

Starting in 2012, if an insurer directs less than 80 percent of an individual insurance or small group plan’s premium and 85 percent of a large group plan’s premium to clinical and quality care improvement costs, the insurer will be required to refund the difference to the enrollee. This provision intends to ensure efficient and proper use of enrollees’ premiums.

http://www.acponline.org/advocacy/wh...e-premiums.pdf

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by bigrun

Have received this email several times in the past, thought it died out but 'they' have dragged it out again..so i'm passing it along cause i am concerned......we will all be floating in space before Christmas anyways..




Law Professor Points Out Some Interesting Facts Concerning the Presidential Election-Fiction!


Summary of the eRumor:
A forwarded email about a "Hemline" University School of Law Professor named Joseph Olson who pointed out some interesting facts concerning the Presidential election and the murder rate in red and blue counties.

The Truth:
Joseph Olson is a real Professor at Hamline University School of Law in St. Paul Minnesota but he did not write this, according to his faculty bio page on the university site. Olson called it "bogus" in his disclaimer and said that the eRumor dates back to 2000 and originally was a commentary about the Bush/Gore election which quoted an 1800's Scottish philosopher Alexander Tyler

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Scary Obituary.

In 1887 Alexander Tyler, a Scottish history professor at the University of Edinburgh ,
had this to say about the fall of the Athenian Republic some 2,000 years prior:

"A democracy is always temporary in nature; it simply cannot exist as a permanent
form of government.
A democracy will continue to exist up until the time that voters discover that they can
vote themselves generous gifts from the public treasury.
From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates who promise the
most benefits from the public treasury, with the result that every democracy will finally
collapse over loose fiscal policy, (which is) always followed by a dictatorship."

"The average age of the world's greatest civilizations from the beginning of history, has
been about 200 years.
During those 200 years, these nations always progressed through the following sequence:

From bondage to spiritual faith;
From spiritual faith to great courage;
From courage to liberty;
From liberty to abundance;
From abundance to complacency;
From complacency to apathy;
From apathy to dependence;
From dependence back into bondage."
The Obituary follows:

Born 1776, Died 2012
It doesn't hurt to read this several times.

Professor Joseph Olson of Hamline University School of Law in St. Paul , Minnesota ,
points out some interesting facts concerning the last Presidential election:

Number of States won by: Obama: 19 McCain: 29
Square miles of land won by: Obama: 580,000 McCain: 2,427,000
Population of counties won by: Obama: 127 million McCain: 143 million
Murder rate per 100,000 residents in counties won by: Obama: 13.2 McCain: 2.1

Professor Olson adds: "In aggregate, the map of the territory McCain won was
mostly the land owned by the taxpaying citizens of the country.

Obama territory mostly encompassed those citizens living in low income
tenements and living off various forms of government welfare..."

Olson believes the United States is now somewhere between the
"complacency and apathy" phase of Professor Tyler's definition of democracy,
with some forty percent of the nation's population already having reached
the "governmental dependency" phase.

If Congress grants amnesty and citizenship to twenty million criminal
invaders called illegal's - and they vote - then we can say goodbye to the
USA in fewer than five years.

If you are in favor of this, then by all means, delete this message.

If you are not, then pass this along to help everyone realize just how much is at
stake, knowing that apathy is the greatest danger to our freedom..

This is truly scary!
Of course we are not a democracy, we are a Constitutional Republic .
Someone should point this out to Obama.
Of course we know he and too many others pay little attention to The Constitution.
There couldn't be more at stake than on Nov 6, 2012.

If you are as concerned as I am please pass this along.

i banished my monster in laws mail to the delete files for forwarding stupid crap like that.