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Blue Cross Blue Shield: Premiums will cost everyone more in 2014
Kingsport (TN) Times News ^ | May 4, 2013 | Hank Hayes

Posted on 05/04/2013 2:53:49 PM PDT by don-o

Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Tennessee (BCBST) is warning that its customers will face sticker shock with premiums next year because of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), also known as “Obamacare.”

Many of the 2010 law’s key provisions kick in next year, including the requirement for all Americans to have health insurance.

BCBST, the state’s largest insurance provider covering more than 3 million Tennesseans, is projecting that individual policy holders will see average premium increases around 30 percent, while small group customers will pay about 10 percent more. Large employers will see a 3 to 5 percent spike, BCBST officials said.

(Excerpt) Read more at timesnews.net ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Tennessee
KEYWORDS: 0carenightmare; bcbs; bcbspremiums; obamacare; obamacarecosts; obamacarepremiums
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Nothing to see here, folks. Move along.
1 posted on 05/04/2013 2:53:49 PM PDT by don-o
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To: don-o

..except for the elites in DC


2 posted on 05/04/2013 2:55:07 PM PDT by Doogle (USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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To: don-o
Rich politicians are on the lobster and champaign plan...no extra cost. The rest of can be bankrupt and penniless, what does it matter anyway (Hillary should NEVER have said that). We are voters, however, and even if we can no longer afford medical insurance, we can vote the ba$&&^%$# out of office, one by one.

Next step should be cleaning up voting places and making sure fraud is punishable by long and mandatory prison sentences.

3 posted on 05/04/2013 2:59:26 PM PDT by MamaDearest
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To: don-o
If you like your plan you can keep it. You can keep seeing your Doctor and it won't add a dime to the deficit
4 posted on 05/04/2013 3:00:26 PM PDT by Conspiracy Guy (I voted Republican, no Conservative was on the ballot. 969 yall.)
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To: don-o

Obama and the ruling class are vile people.


5 posted on 05/04/2013 3:02:03 PM PDT by kjo (+)
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To: MamaDearest

Voter fraud and intimidation, ballot stuffing and associated racketeering ought to be a capital offense.


6 posted on 05/04/2013 3:03:23 PM PDT by Thumper1960 (A modern so-called "Conservative" is a shadow of a wisp of a vertebrate human being.)
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To: don-o
"We have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it"

Bella Pelosi...and others...know all along what was in it.

7 posted on 05/04/2013 3:03:37 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Leno Was Right,They *Are* Undocumented Democrats!)
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To: don-o

Obama LIED!!!!

“In an Obama administration, we’ll lower premiums by up to $2,500 for a typical family per year.” Barack Hussein Obama 2008

LIAR!


8 posted on 05/04/2013 3:05:38 PM PDT by Proud2BeRight
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To: Conspiracy Guy

And in other news, the sun will rise in the East, tomorrow.


9 posted on 05/04/2013 3:06:04 PM PDT by Ed Condon (Give 'em a heading, an altitude, and a reason.)
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To: Gay State Conservative

Pelosi doesn’t know what’s a basic shopping mall directory.

She’s an idiot- have you ever listened to her?

No. She doesn’t know what’s in it because it does not pertain to her and her family.


10 posted on 05/04/2013 3:08:15 PM PDT by stanne
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To: Proud2BeRight
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11 posted on 05/04/2013 3:18:54 PM PDT by don-o (He will not share His glory, and He will not be mocked! Blessed be the Name of the Lord forever!)
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To: don-o

Blue Cross doubled my premiums this year alone.


12 posted on 05/04/2013 3:18:57 PM PDT by Huskrrrr
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To: Gay State Conservative

Shock and awe....

For the low-information voters, that is. But since they are a significant part of the voter base, we are stuck with their flaccid reasoning powers, and we may only hope that the stark reality of the rising costs and diminishing services somehow stirs the beginnings of critical thinking.

Otherwise, it may be necessary to separate this territory once known as “the United States of America” into several autonomous republics, with the option to remove immediately to the regions most compatible with your personal beliefs.

Maybe I have been watching too much of “Revolution”.


13 posted on 05/04/2013 3:21:24 PM PDT by alloysteel (Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.)
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To: don-o

HEY come on - someone has to pay for medical care for millions of illegals ... and the country’s broke. Only the taxpayer left... consider this a stealth tax...


14 posted on 05/04/2013 3:32:02 PM PDT by GOPJ (The screed of so-called journalists: 'If it doesn't fit, you must omit.' - - freeper Vigilanteman)
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To: don-o

Hilarious comments at the source.


15 posted on 05/04/2013 3:32:33 PM PDT by steve86 (Acerbic by Nature, not Nurture™)
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To: alloysteel
I don't have BCBS but my health insurance has gone up 40% since Obama said “and your insurance premiums will not go up.”
16 posted on 05/04/2013 3:35:28 PM PDT by kempo
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To: don-o

This can’t be true!

Chief Justice Benedict Roberts ruled that ObamaCare is a tax and Obama has pledged too many times to count that he won’t raise taxes on anyone in any fashion making less than $250,000 a year.


17 posted on 05/04/2013 3:36:10 PM PDT by RJL (There's no greed like the greed of a liberal politician buying votes with your money.)
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To: steve86

“Hilarious comments at the source.”

Me no see comments at site.

I don’t have any of the social media apps.


18 posted on 05/04/2013 3:39:40 PM PDT by PLMerite (Shut the Beyotch Down! Burn, baby, burn!)
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To: Ed Condon

Nope the sun will rise in the southeast in my area.


19 posted on 05/04/2013 3:41:13 PM PDT by Conspiracy Guy (I voted Republican, no Conservative was on the ballot. 969 yall.)
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To: don-o

The premium on our private Blue Cross plan (that we pay for 100%) has gone up around 50% since Obamacare became law.

I can’t tell the exact percentage because we have constantly been forced to increase the deductible and reduce coverage in order to keep it at a level we can afford.

So we are paying much, much more for much less coverage.


20 posted on 05/04/2013 3:41:37 PM PDT by Iron Munro
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