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Health plan sticker shock ahead for some buyers [MSM can't hide truth any longer]
Houston Chronicle ^ | December 23, 2013 | CARLA K. JOHNSON, AP Medical Writer

Posted on 12/23/2013 4:53:50 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife

"...Increasingly, experts in health insurance are becoming concerned that many of these first-time buyers will be in for a shock when they get medical care next year and discover they're on the hook for most of the initial cost....

...Hospitals are worried that those who rack up uncovered medical bills next year won't be able to pay them, perpetuating one of the problems the new health care system is supposed to solve.....

..."The real big surprise was how much out-of-pocket would be required for our family," said David Winebrenner, 46, a financial adviser in Lebanon, Ky., whose deductible topped $12,000 for a family of six for a silver plan he was considering. The monthly premium: $1,400.....

...Fearing the sticker shock, Loyola University Health System in Chicago is offering payment plans to spread the out-of-pocket costs.

Some who had private insurance policies that were canceled may find that keeping the same deductibles may mean higher premiums.

In California, Diane Agnone complained in an online post on her state's health marketplace. "How is this affordable? I am a healthy 62-year-old single woman and these new premiums will cost me over $200 more per month than my existing plan.".........

(Excerpt) Read more at chron.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government
KEYWORDS: aca; deathcare; healthcarecost; nothealthcare; obamacare; obamafraud
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

There will be MILLIONS of people who will get onto Medicaid because of this plan.

Once that happens, just try to get them off.


21 posted on 12/23/2013 6:55:36 AM PST by Fido969 (What's sad is most)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
Diane Agnone complained in an online post on her state's health marketplace. "How is this affordable? I am a healthy 62-year-old single woman and these new premiums will cost me over $200 more per month than my existing plan."

Shut up Diane. You voted for this clown for President... twice. Look on the bright side; you get free birth control!

22 posted on 12/23/2013 7:22:51 AM PST by Flick Lives (Got a problem with the government? Have a complaint. Get a free IRS audit!)
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To: Anton.Rutter
His usefulness may be running out except as a martyr...especially if they can blame the right.

Joe Biden, the best Life Insurance that money can buy.


23 posted on 12/23/2013 7:26:29 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Buckeye McFrog

Melanin as impeachment insurance and criticism shield,
and Joe Biden as life insurance....

The left sure set this guy up right.


24 posted on 12/23/2013 7:28:31 AM PST by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

the effete elite media (aka NYC media aka hedonism media) can and will hide the truth.

They will simply say, FREE STUFF, and the zombie voters will vote for obama again. (remember zombie voters)


25 posted on 12/23/2013 7:30:50 AM PST by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: Fido969

Bingo, we have a winner.

The permanently expanded Medicaid rolls make this a win for Democrats, regardless of what happens to the rest of the law.


26 posted on 12/23/2013 7:31:16 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Liz
Repeated over and over ---- with the promise that every American would be saving $2500.00 on healthcare costs.

Personally, I feel it's time we make the piper pay up.

27 posted on 12/23/2013 7:37:55 AM PST by upchuck (My Internet addiction is so bad... it's alt of ctrl.)
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To: eCSMaster

Love Steny Hoyer’s pocketbook. Or is carrying Pelosi’s?


28 posted on 12/23/2013 7:38:47 AM PST by EQAndyBuzz ("The GOP fights its own base with far more vigor than it employs in fighting the Dims.")
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To: EQAndyBuzz

I have some suggestions where she can stick that great big gavel ...


29 posted on 12/23/2013 7:53:04 AM PST by FroggyTheGremlim ("It is not the color of his skin, ... it is the blackness that fills his soul")
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To: Cowboy Bob
Instead of paying $1,000 per month, people will only have to pay $250 per week! /sarc

Look at it this way: It would be cheap at half the price.

30 posted on 12/23/2013 9:21:49 AM PST by dearolddad (/i>)
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To: Cowboy Bob

>”Instead of paying $1,000 per month, people will only have to pay $250 per week! /sarc”<

Hey, that’s less than $35 a Day, what a Bargain.


31 posted on 12/23/2013 9:27:33 AM PST by Kickass Conservative (Nobody owes you a living, so shut up and get back to work...)
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To: McGavin999

exactly

you may as well have no insurance at all

except it is now a mandate

If the prices were going to be lower, like promised, it would not have needed a mandate would it?


32 posted on 12/23/2013 9:30:18 AM PST by GeronL (Extra Large Cheesy Over-Stuffed Hobbit)
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To: McGavin999

This is why it is really a bailout of the insurance companies...not healthcare are they try to push this plan.


33 posted on 12/23/2013 10:01:49 AM PST by willyd (I for one welcome our NSA overlords)
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To: Fido969

That’s where the pushing of the Estate Recovery will come in to play. Just wait and see what happens when the major head of household dies and the government then wants the house, car, and all the assets basically putting the rest of the family on the street.

Which when it was hospitals doing this stuff...well there were some laws about it. And ...here’s the best part...0bamacare was supposed to eliminate this kind of stuff too.


34 posted on 12/23/2013 11:20:59 AM PST by EBH ( The Day of the Patriot has arrived.)
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