Letter: Same cast of characters calls Obamacare socialism

Whether it’s in letters to the editor or nasty TV ads, all we hear form the corporate Republican crowd is that Obamacare is evil.

For the record, Obamacare keeps our children on our health plans until age 26. It prohibits insurance companies from cutting people off when they are sick. The law prohibits denying insurance to people with pre-existing conditions. It eliminates lifetime caps and it provides for purchasing pools, so small business folks and individuals can buy health insurance at decent group rates.

By forcing insurance companies to reduce their overhead, Obamacare reduces costs to the states and federal government by $786 billion over the next 10 years.

Those that are now calling Obamacare socialism are the same cast of characters that called Medicare and Social Security socialism when they were enacted.

Since this crowd is devoid of any positive ideas, it’s all they have to campaign on.

John Risch, Bismarck

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