Posted on 10/09/2014 1:12:45 PM PDT by right-wing agnostic
On November 15, open enrollment in the Obamacare exchanges begins again. Before the second act of our national healthcare drama commences, let’s review what we’ve learned in Act I.
For starters, everyone now knows that federal officials are challenged when it comes to setting up a website. But they’ve demonstrated the ability to dole out a huge amount of taxpayers’ money for millions of people signing up for Medicaid, a welfare program. And they’ve proved they can send hundreds of millions of federal taxpayers’ dollars to their bureaucratic counterparts in states, like Maryland and Oregon, that can’t manage their own exchanges. But there are many other lessons to be gleaned from Year One of Obamacare. Here are three of the most important ones.
1. Health costs jumped—big time. Huge increases in deductibles in policies sold through the exchanges were a big story in Florida, Illinois and elsewhere. While the average annual deductible for employer-based coverage was a little over $1,000, the exchange deductibles nationwide normally topped $2,000.
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Well, that is good news.
I’ll see if I can help him wade through finding a new insurance provider but man, I suspect that is going to be rough.
Just wish this guy would take care of himself.
Is there a thread JUST about what the INCREASES are in everyone’s healthcare Premiums this next year? Anyone? Maybe we should start....we got ours today....up about 9%...ours is a “retiree” plan....and we’ll be paying $1233/mo for two...with $2600 family deductible, and no co-pays...
ONLY DIMs voted for nobamacare. However, RINOs helped it through committee for a vote. POX on them all.
Why is Obama hiding 2015 obamacare rate increases until after the November election?
And in my state Medicaid and Expanded Medicaid are open enrollment — not limited to certain times of year. He may even be able to have past medical bills paid if any. I would go to the State health exchange first (I think your state has one).
Tort and 0bamacare
http://healthcarereform.procon.org/view.answers.php?questionID=001850
Health care act’s glaring omission: liability reform
By Dr. Anthony Youn, Special to CNN
Fri October 5, 2012
http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/05/health/youn-liability-reform/
I will be interested to see how the healthcare.gov website holds up Nov 15th. Having the entire country re-enroll at the same time is not very smart especially considering their past problems.
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