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'Obamacare'(ACA) Sign-Ups 45 Percent Ahead of Last Year's Pace
KOB4 ^ | November 15, 2017

Posted on 11/15/2017 10:04:40 PM PST by nickcarraway

Sign-ups for Affordable Care Act health plans are running more than 45 percent ahead of last year's pace, according to government data released Wednesday.

The numbers from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services come as Republican senators are pushing to pay for tax cuts by repealing the "Obamacare" requirement to carry coverage.

The new figures show that nearly 1.5 million consumers picked a plan through Nov. 11, compared to just over 1 million from Nov. 1-12 last year, a period that had included one additional day for consumers to enroll.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aca; economy; healthcare; heralthcare; obamacare

1 posted on 11/15/2017 10:04:41 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

And how many dropped out?


2 posted on 11/15/2017 10:06:24 PM PST by fortheDeclaration (Pr 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation:but sin is a reproach to any people)
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To: nickcarraway

CBO predicted that in 2016 there would be 23 million getting policies through the exchanges. The actual number was 10.4 million during the first half of the year, according to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

That’s less than half the predicted total.


3 posted on 11/15/2017 10:10:31 PM PST by kabar
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To: nickcarraway

Since it is so popular, I guess there is no longer a need for a government subsidy.


4 posted on 11/15/2017 10:11:18 PM PST by Cowboy Bob
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To: nickcarraway

CBO estimated 10 million would be added to the Medicaid rolls by 2016, even with many states refusing to expand eligibility. But that was too low. As of the first quarter of last year, 14.4 million adults had enrolled in Medicaid as a result of the Affordable Care Act’s expansion of the program, according to an analysis by the nonpartisan Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured.


5 posted on 11/15/2017 10:12:35 PM PST by kabar
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To: fortheDeclaration

I’m going to have to find another policy after 12 years with BC/BS.

Had a great policy. $1200 deductible, they paid 100% after. Even down to $4 generic meds.

2008, premium was $350/mo.

Just got my greeting a couple weeks ago, for 2018, the premium is now $1650/mo. For just me.

I was going backwards this year with a $1300/mo payment. I’ll go bankrupt trying to shell out half of my take home pay for health insurance.


6 posted on 11/15/2017 10:33:31 PM PST by digger48
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To: kabar

The fist big lie is Kaiser is non partisan .
Kaiser help write this evil monster and lobbied for it .
It’s a left wing organ that does Pelosi bidding in DC .
I dealt with these left wing loons .
Hard core lefties .


7 posted on 11/16/2017 1:47:53 AM PST by ncalburt (l)
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To: digger48

That is exactly the problem and why 0bamacare is going to collapse. It isn’t just the insurance companies that can’t keep paying the claims, it is the consumer who can’t afford the cost either.

Even the cost sharing plans rates are increasing as more people move to them and away from traditional style insurance. Example here: https://www.libertyhealthshare.org/3-program-options

More people will be heading to the marketplace for health insurance subsidy. But you’ve got to look very,very closely at the types of insurance offered, where it is accepted, percentage paid, and those damn deductibles. As I browsed the offers it puzzled me as to how those lower middle class families were to afford any of those policies on the marketplace? None of them make good financial sense for people living paycheck to paycheck. But millions will flock to them to avoid the ‘penalty’ of not having insurance failing to grasp that the penalty and an off market out of compliance plan provides better and more coverages, protects their families better than the government mandated mess. And ultimately costs less on balance at the end of the year against the penalty.

I say, find a good broker and look hard at the financials long term.


8 posted on 11/16/2017 3:51:12 AM PST by EBH ( May God Save the Republic)
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