Posted on 03/04/2017 3:32:28 PM PST by Brad from Tennessee
Only 22 percent of Obamacare enrollees polled rate their health plan satisfaction as good, very good, or excellent in 2017, according to a survey from Black Book Market Research.
This number has significantly declined from February of last year when 77 percent of Obamacare enrollees polled said their health care coverage was good, very good, or excellent.
The group polled 34,800 individuals who were enrolled in Obamacare coverage from January 2015 through February 2017 and found that the strongest dissatisfaction with Obamacare was with 2017 plans that had premium increases, a lack of competitors to choose from, narrower networks, declining consumer support, and curtailed benefits.
"Maintaining a high level of support has been nearly impossible since this last open enrollment began as several plans accepting the bulk of 2017 regional enrollees failed to congruently ramp up member services support to process claims, respond to enrollment issues, answer provider questions, denials, authorizations, and payment postings," said Douglas Brown, managing partner at Black Book Research.
Survey respondents were asked how their coverage differed from year to year. From 2015 to 2016, under 10 percent of Obamacare enrollees said their coverage had gotten worse. However, from 2016 to 2017, that number jumped to 58 percent, with these enrollees saying their health care plan had measurably declined over the year.
"The declining number of marketplace plans are evidently losing the consumer-centric approach to keep their members engaged, particularly as compared to the commercial or employer health plans that are not participating in Obamacare," said Brown. "The advent of consumerism is emerging front and center across the health care industry and Obamacare is the present theater. . ."
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Chances are they are the ones who don’t pay anything for it.
Well, it’s free.
And those who do rate it positively are getting it free or are complete idiots when it comes to math.
That 22% are probably those on state Medicaid “ObamaCare”. Those people have it made.
That's because the "old plan" didn't cover sex-change surgery or male breast cancer, and the like.
Total BS because when you devalue something and the price is approximately the same, the cost HAS INCREASED and the value HAS DECREASED.
I am referring to the astronomically high deductible that has become the new standard for “good health insurance.”
Before Ocare, a $5K deductible insurance plan was dirt cheap; approx. $200. Now it is three times that at $600 and even higher. So the net increase since Ocare is 300%. That doesn't include the visible premium increases of “double digits.”
Yes, they are liars.
Yeah, the ones that get it paid for by someone else
Re: That’s because the “old plan” didn’t cover sex-change surgery or male breast cancer, and the like.
Breast cancer is breast CANCER, regardless of gender. Are you sure of pre- obamacare insurances not covering male breast cancer?
Exactly, I don’t have a problem with the quality of the local care, it’s just that I will pay almost $10K premiums to have maybe 3 visits this year.
Then if I did get sick, a $4K deductible.
So for all practical purposes it’s a catastrophic care policy for $14K a year.
and therefore, since even most of those on obamacare hate it, where, gope, is the promised repeal?
Coinsurance is on top of the deductible. So a 4K deductible translates to $7400 out of pocket.
Co-ins is usually 80/20 up to a total out of pocket then the insurance covers at 1005.
Oh, good point.
True. Bad memory. I'm sure you are right.
It’s insurance, not “health care coverage”.
The confuse people with the name confusion.
No one likes insurance, especially the crap served on a platter called Affordable Health Care Act.
And 99% of the 22% are fake.
0% of them picked a plan they actually wanted. 100% of them were forced to buy a plan that ReBamaLosi picked for them.
I seem to recall that actual healthcare expenditures dropped for certain groups of people...but burrowing into those demographics, it was because their health insurance costs and deductibles rose so much that there was much less money available for any actual health care.
The best health insurance plan there is is Medi/Medi. Medicaid Medicare. That’s usually what everyone with no income except Social Security Disability or regular Social Security qualifies for. Doctors love Medi/Medi. It pays everything no questions asked.
In other words, if you make something expensive, people will not use it. That is absolutely true.
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