Posted on 10/27/2014 4:45:47 PM PDT by randita
The "esteemed" Sen. Mark Warner ( proud supporter of Obamacare) is hearing from me first thing tomorrow morning.
I just received a letter informing me that my current health care plan, Anthem Blue Cross of VA, will no longer be offered as of Jan. 1, 2015. For a comparable plan, the monthly premium in increasing 38%, from $460 to $736.
This is outrageous! I am going to have to get a plan with a much larger deductible and more OOP costs and even that will be well over $500.
I'm no spring chicken, but I'm too young for Medicare and I am in good health.
So far, I can keep my doctor, but who knows for how long.
Go bare. Pay cash. Pray you won’t get seriously I’ll. If you do tell your family good bye.
I’m holding my breath to see if I get a notice. My insurance is already $472 with a $5,000 deductible. I’ve had the same policy for years and years. If it goes up, I’ll just have to cancel it.
It’ll be humorous to watch the Virginians squawk in 2015; they’ll never figure out what happened.
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My Mom-in-Law’s pre-ObamaCrapCare plan — about $350/month.
Obama cancelled her plan.
Her ObamaCrapCare Plan now has — about $649/month.
Happily, she was laid off from her job so pays $1/month of the $649 and you taxpayers pay the other $648/month.
Small wonder Obama got support from the insurance companies...forcing people to buy the product they (not you) choose — bad coverage at high cost.
Thanks Obama! /s
I was talking to a millenial in Lowes the other day and he was telling me he got on his father’s insurance until he finally got a job a Lowe’s. I asked him how much his father’s premiums went up and he said they didn’t. I simply do not believe that. Of course, this guy was an Obama lover.
Isn’t not having insurance against the law?
I’m looking forward to next Spring when all those liberals get a letter from the IRS instead of a refund.
Then mid-year THAT plan was dropped with no explanation, so I had to buy a catastrophic coverage policy (for the same amount as the full plan that was dropped) to tied me over until this year's open enrollment window.
I cannot WAIT to see how much my new plan, which I expect will offer the same coverage as the two plans I lost, costs me.
Extending free health care to Democrat freeloaders that have unlimited free time to out-compete the employed for limited medical resources isn’t free.
Hard to compare the same plans. We kept our doctors, but now are covered for more stuff (like birth control, etc.) that we don’t need or want. We used to be just “catastrophic”. Now we are still on the bare bones plan, family of five. Was a $5,000 deductible, now is $10,000 deductible.
Year & Annual Premium:
2009: $ 3,960
2010: $ 4,370
2011: $ 9,540
2012: $10,818
2013: $11,968
2014: $13,308
In 2013 our total medical expenses (premiums and bills) were $18,900. I keep telling my docs that I can’t wait for Obamacare to kick in so it will all be free.
FUBO
They are probably even happier about the guaranteed payment of premiums you mentioned.
Happily, she was laid off from her job so pays $1/month of the $649 and you taxpayers pay the other $648/month.
The insurance companies are squattin' in tall cotton.
I’m sorry, your current plan doesn’t offer maternity coverage, contraceptive coverage, or other required ‘free’ screenings. Since it doesn’t, it is being discontinued.
You will now have a health plan that has maternity coverage, congratulations! Now pay through the nose for it.
Miss the days when I could afford health insurance.
And I was whining because my Medicare PPO went up from 232 to 313. I’m lucky.
Only advice I have is to shop around. Blue Cross isn’t the only game in town. Meet with representatives from every carrier doing business in your state. I did that and while I would rather have my current plan, I have a plan I can live with...just so I don’t get really sick.
In some states, it is the deductibles that are sky high.
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My Internal Medicine Clinic had 3 doctors in 2012. My doctor left last October to go to work as a hospital employee in another city. A couple of months ago, I received a letter than another doctor has left the practice and was being replaced by an ARPN.
I have Medicare Advantage. Luckily, my co-pay actually dropped by $3.00 for 2015 and the other items remained the same, except the total OOP, which increased by about $150. That is assuming my current PCP is accepting my MA next year.
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Many are not getting their insurance notifications until after the election next week.
You need to check your math there, FRiend. It actually went up 60%.
I was just informed by my well regarded consulting firm that our co-pays will increase again (have almost doubled in 6 years), and premiums go way up, and deductibles will skyrocket all due to Obamacare.
“And I was whining because my Medicare PPO went up from 232 to 313. I’m lucky.”
I never realized how fortunate I was until recently.
I’ve been on Medicare for 17 years—I pay only $75.00 a month thanks to a most generous former employer. (I was NOT in a union)
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Both of my sons had their insurance canceled last year. My insurance now has a $4800 deductible. I pay 100% of all prescriptions, doctor visits and hospital costs until I hit $4800. I remember a few years ago when i griped about a $1000 deductible. I long for the “good ole’ days”.
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