Obamacare: An overview, and a calculator to see your cost.

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This site gives a nice overview of the billions of offshoots of PPACA. It's from a liberal bent, but overall it's the most comprehensive site I've seen. (It claims that Obamacare will save 'tens of millions of lives', etc.- too bad nobody can be factual and forget the drama. http://www.obamacarefacts.comThe second has a calculator to approximate what health insurance will cost you as of 2014 (it includes subsidy information based on your income, and maximum out of pocket expenses). http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/politics/what-health-bill-means-for-you/#This is information only, to give people that don't what Obamacare is (a lot of people) a base to form their own opinions.

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Thank you for posting this.

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Thanks, I see I made a typo that blocked a hyperlink. I'll clarify- here are 2 sites that give your a broad definition of the contents (what contents are known) of Obamacare, and also the official CMS Obamacare site where you will apply for a plan under the state exchanges, if you don't have a group plan as of January. The second site is even more clear about the actual estimated costs you will be facing, and whether you will get a subsidy, etc. http://www.obamacarefacts.com/https://www.healthcare.gov/families/There's a heated debated about what Obamacare is, but even Obama doesn't know what it is. Keep in mind that every Obamacare site is either placed by the left or the right- what you believe is up to you.

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Oops, again!

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Specializes in ICU, BURNS, TRAUMA, TRANSPORT, HH.

Knowledge is so important...thanks for sharing.

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thanks for posting this! very informative

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Specializes in FNP, ONP.

As far as I can tell, our costs are essentially unchanged and we can keep our adult kids on our insurance while they are in college/grad school instead of buying those expensive, sub par University sponsored policies or having to purchase a separate policy for them.

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