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"by all means, throw in a bag of cannabis”
Bloomberg, trying to dream up ‘marketing’ schemes to get people to overcome good economic sense and join OBAMACARE
Signups for Obamacare going badly? Get ‘CREATIVE’.
Each next step measure, each nervous scrotum tightening thought is more galactically MIND BENDING than the one before.
FREE HIGHS TO JOIN HEALTH CARE?
Instead of outreach programs and sappy TV ads with parents imploring their kids to sign up for Obamacare, President Barack Obama needs to start thinking creatively if he wants his signature legislative achievement to be a success. What motivates kids? In fact, what motivates any of us?
Incentives. This White House has failed to grasp what makes individuals and businesses tick. Whether it’s taxes or regulations, Obama doesn’t understand the basis of a capitalist economy. Whoever was responsible for setting the Accountable Care Act penalty — a tax, according to the Supreme Court — wasn’t thinking because it’s much too low: $95 a person, or 1 percent of taxable income, whichever is greater, beginning next year. The penalty rises sharply after that. But if the point is to create an onrush of enrollees at the start, the penalty rate is cheaper for many young, healthy individuals than the premium cost of a health-care policy.
The share of 18 to 34 year olds signing up on nine of the state exchanges ranges from about 10 percent in Minnesota to 37 percent in Massachusetts, with most clustered around 20 percent, according to the New York Times. Obamacare can’t work with those kinds of results. So what can the president do to drum up interest among the young and the healthy before it’s too late? Here are a few ideas off the top of my head.
First, announce and advertise that everyone between the ages of 18 and 34 who enrolls on the health-care exchanges by the end of the year is automatically entered in a lottery. Winners will receive everything from a free iPhone or iPad to a full-year of health-care underwritten by Uncle Sam. Refer a friend and get a discount. Buy one (year), get one free. In states that have legalizedmarijuana for recreational use — Colorado and Washington — by all means, throw in a bag of cannabis.
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Nbc/wsj Poll: Only 24% Of Uninsured Think Obamacare Is A Good Idea?????
Uninsured Americans have soured on the Affordable Care Act in the past three months – and that bodes ill for the law’s popularity and financial underpinnings. Less than a quarter—24%—of uninsured Americans think the health care law is...
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The Delusions Of Obamacare Supporters: One ‘realist’ Josh Marshall
Why Josh Marshall believes TODAY that Obamacare will be a success (italics are my response).No way to repeal until Jan 2017 i.e. Obama can override any veto of a repub senate and congress..PROBABLYInsurance companies are locked in. Insurance...
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But They Were Martyrs For The Greater Good: Nbc-obama Admin. Knew Millions Could Not Keep Their Health Insurance
NBC NewsPresident Obama repeatedly assured Americans that after the Affordable Care Act became law, people who liked their health insurance would be able to keep it. But millions of Americans are getting or are about to get cancellation letters for their...
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San Francisco Chronicle: Lowering Your 2014 Income Can Net You A Huge Healthcare Subsidy
Government-Subsidized Laziness The Hallmark of Socialism All the Honey Boo Boo Brain-frys who voted for Obama can be so proud of themselves. From the San Francisco Chronicle. People whose 2014 income will be a little too high to get subsidized...
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A Federal Sales Tax
It has begun. And if they can start with something like tanning services and hoe sales, they will find a way to federally sales tax anything. Where are Hancock and Adams when you need them? The Spokesman h/t Gateway Pundit: Health law’s heavy impact...
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