As reported in the Huffington Post:Posted on 10/04/2010 5:00:58 PM PDT by unspun
The President has been holding rallies all over the country to let everyone know how much progress he has made accomplishing his campaign promises. Americans are anxious to learn the details.
As reported in the Huffington Post:
WASHINGTON — It's a centerpiece of President Barack Obama's health care remake, a lifeline available right now to vulnerable people whose medical problems have made them uninsurable.So let's look at one example of a person who has registered for the new, federally subsidized, pre-existing condition insurance option:But the Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan started this summer isn't living up to expectations. Enrollment lags in many parts of the country. People who could benefit may not be able to afford the premiums. Some state officials who run their own "high-risk pools" have pointed out potential problems.
"The federal risk pool has definitely provided critical access, in some cases lifesaving access, to health insurance," said Amie Goldman, chair of a national association of state high-risk insurance pools. "That said, enrollment so far is lower than we would have expected." Goldman runs the Wisconsin state pool, as well as the federal plan in her state.
California, which has money for about 20,000 people, has received fewer than 450 applications, according to a state official. The program in Texas had enrolled about 200 by early September, an official in that state said. In Wisconsin, Goldman said they've received fewer than 300 applications so far, with room for about 8,000 people in the program.
That's not how it was supposed to work.
(Excerpt) Read more at gulagbound.com ...
By my reckoning, this “affordable” plan would cost a person who makes $20 per hour a quarter of their gross income or $11,000 a year. Could you afford a 25% cut in income to pay for insurance? For a person making minimum wage, this insurance for one person would be 75% of their income.
But we were told this was vital because of the millions of “uninsured” people, right?
Due to Obamacare 3M will drop retiree health plans, steer them to Medicaire.
Link here to article: http://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/stories/2010/10/04/daily3.html
Bump!
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