Posted on 10/16/2010 11:24:13 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
The state's largest insurer has been approved to raise health premium rates by 41 percent to 47 percent for some of its policies sold to individual buyers, in the largest price hikes yet seen in Connecticut since the adoption of national health care reform.For all of its individual market plans, Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield has received approval to raise rates by at least 19 percent -- including a range of 30 percent to 44 percent for the brand of plans in the individual market that was most popular in 2009, Century Preferred.
The reason for the increases is the new federal health reform mandates, according to Anthem and the state Department of Insurance, which is defending its approval against charges by Attorney General Richard Blumenthal. Those reforms took effect Sept. 23.
"The reason for the increases is the new federal health reform mandates..."B-b-b-b-but President said our insurance costs would go down if we passed his reform bill.
Obama said a lot of things to get the bill passed. Anyone who believed this charlatan when he said Republicans were lying about the effects of this bill deserves whatever they get from Obamacare. And now the only thing standing between us and this titanic boondoggle is probably the Supreme Court - a prospect that does not fill one with confidence.
And a bare majority want this mess repealed.
I thought Sebelius warned the big bad insurance companies not to raise rates.
I hate to say it but I’m laughing at all the left wing “middle class” who hate the rich and voted for obama. And to this day they won’t admit they made a mistake. The ones who’ve admitted it are the so called independent middle class.
Not even worth a read before getting a vote!
Piece by piece Obama is ripping apart the fabric of our free nation.
I took a double hit with my wife and I both being over 55 this year we had 5 company choices with 4 being around $2200- $2300 and one $1700 a month(BCBS) for a family of 3 with no health problems.
We increased the deductible to $10,000 and got it down to $1300 about what we were paying before,
Self employed so we pay the full vig on everything.
If taxes and mandated spending go up much more it will be interesting to see how much disposable income I will have left, if any.
No laughing here. Your insurance and my insurance rates are going to absolutely sky under this POS and it was as predictable as the sun rising in the east.
It’s like the difference between getting hosed by someone truly out to harm you; or by accident or by stupidity. The results are the same.
Also, please note that insurance, regardless of cost, isn’t access to health care.
And that access is the next thing to go.
You know that, and I know that, but the great masses of unwashed who support this travesty either don’t have the neural basis for thinking that far into the program, or do not bother.
I usually state it as follows: You can almost certainly park for free at a shut-down hospital.
Stop with the ‘horror of it’ entries. Remember that Dims lie as a way of life, then understand that everything intentionally leads you down the same path - Single Payer under Government control. If you cannot afford your existing supplier’s policy because your premium has risen 41% - tough! Take the Government scheme. And every complaint leads you down that wonderful path. Socialism, here we come because the capitalist alternative is too expensive or has been withdrawn.
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AMMO LIST
DEMOCRATS WAR ON SENIORS AND BUSINESS
How ObamaCare Guts Medicare
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703649004575437311393854940.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_LEFTTopOpinion
Health law’s heavy impact by Paul Guppy (Taxes)
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2010/mar/28/health-laws-heavy-impact/
Monthly premiums to rise for 7 of top 10 Medicare prescription plans in 2011
http://www.startribune.com/business/103642009.html?elr=KArks:DCiU1OiP:DiiUiacyKUnciatkEP7DhUr
Social Security: No 2011 increase expected (COLA)
http://money.cnn.com/2010/10/05/news/economy/Social_Security_cost_of_living_adjustment/index.htm
No Social Security COLA Expected For 2011 News Expected To Be Bad For Democrats
http://www.kptv.com/politics/25344443/detail.html
They forgot to add this to the “Rest of the Story”
Shall we wait to see how the media and the establishment Pubbies handle this one?
Harvard Pilgrim cancels Medicare Advantage plan
http://www.boston.com/business/healthcare/articles/2010/09/28/harvard_pilgrim_
Seniors’ coverage options dwindle as Medicare Advantage programs close shop
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/stories/DN-advantage_22bus.ART.State.Edition1.3c912a9.html
Survey in New England Journal of Medicine 46% of US Doctors Will Quit Obamacare Passes http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/2798380/shocking_survey_in_new_england_journal.html?cat=75
ObamaCare has just made me Sicker!
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/bamcare_has_just_made_me_icker_c1dBRZ6M3yuH27rAVnLsvN
In the notice, EmblemHealth told Gowland, who is healthy, “The proposed rate increase includes two components: a basic increase on your type plan and an increase due to the cost of enhanced benefits required by the new federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.”
Mayo clinic stops taking Medicare patients
http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/Article.aspx?id=517004
Principal To Cut Jobs, End Med Insurance Business
http://www.kcci.com/money/25224059/detail.html
Obama: We knew health costs would go up
http://thehill.com/blogs/healthwatch/health-reform-implementation/118079-obama-we-knew-health-costs-would-go-up
President Barack Obama insisted he can overhaul the U.S. healthcare system without raising taxes for anyone but the wealthiest Americans
The New Federal Wedding Tax: How Obamacare Would Dramatically Penalize Marriage
http://www.heritage.org/Research/Reports/2010/01/The-New-Federal-Wedding-Tax-How-Obamacare-Would-Dramatically-Penalize-Marriage
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1099: The Trojan Horse within Obamacare
http://palmettoinsider.com/2010/09/21/1099-the-trojan-horse-within-obamacare/
Repeal Obamacare: Small-Business Killer
http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=38496
Senate Expands IRS Form 1099 Reporting Requirement to Include All Rental Property Owner
http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/75911
Paperwork nightmare: New 1099 mandate must be repealed
http://billingsgazette.com/news/opinion/guest/article_61e61666-bbc1-11df-b2c3-001cc4c002e0.html
Health care law’s massive, hidden tax change( 1099’s)
http://money.cnn.com/2010/05/05/smallbusiness/1099_health_care_tax_change/index.htm
Lost in Taxation, The IRS’s vast new ObamaCare powers.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704518904575365223062942574.html?mod=rss_opinion_main
ObamaCare’s Unseen Costs
http://reason.com/archives/2010/10/15/obamacares-unseen-costs/print
Bad Medicine: A Guide to the Real Costs and Consequences of the New Health Care Law
http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=11961
Mine have already gone up. And this crum is going to let the tax cuts expire, too. He simply doesn’t care what the people want. The “so called” independents who elected this guy piss me off. They’re not independent. They’re stupid.
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