Top insurer warns that Obamacare enrollment mix worse than expected [Humana, Medicare Advantage]

Washington Examiner ^ | January 10, 2014 | Philip Klein

[reformedliberal]

A friend had a 6 month checkup after a skin cancer procedure that went well. The hospital is 45 miles away, the weather was frigid and the patient is 88. She called to reschedule and they tried to make her appointment another 3 months out. Since she has a new skin cancer concern she wants checked out, she demanded an earlier appointment. She finally got one for 1 month out.

She sees a huge turnover in Dermatologists at this hospital, as well. A new specialist every appointment.

[ecomcon]

Here’s where I’m at. Insurance became unaffordable for me about 4 years ago when I was paying $300 a month for myself and my wife. $900 a month is impossible. My mortgage is $1250 wth!. The whole thing is just stupid.

I have done nothing whatever with respect to Obamacare. I guess they will put me in jail eventually.

FUBO

[Grampa Dave]

"Go back and look at the Roosevelt era of the 1930s and all the mistakes he made. Things look awful familiar."

To back up your statement re FDR, below is a political cartoon from the 1930's addressing the socialism that was rampant under FDR, his congress and $upremes. I put this cartoon on my home page shortly after Herr Obozo was elected or scammed in as POTUS.

[conservcalgal]

Said brilliantly! !

[sheana]

My doctor has been doing that all along. I take 3 meds that are low grade meds but one is a pain killer. Every year before he will renew the scrip I have to go in and we have a ‘conversation’. I would be totally surprised if most doctors don’t do that without being ordered to.

[Grampa Dave]

“More likely, what the geniuses at Humana, et al understood was an implicit threat: If you guys don’t go along with this scheme, we will destroy you.”

Then, Holder showed them what was in their NSA, FBI, IRS files.

[Salvation]

Obama’s fault.

[Grampa Dave]

Liz, you are just a racist evil tea party Republican for saving the words/statements of Herr Obozo and his fellow fascists on their Unaffordable Health Care criminal act.

[Carry_Okie]

1. Under the new model, our hospitals have committed to achieving significant quality improvements, including reductions in readmission rates and hospital-acquired-conditions rates.

   They'll die the first time they come in.

2. We will limit the growth in hospital spending per capita, including inpatient and outpatient care, to the rate of growth in the state's economy.

   We'll make demographic magic.

3. We will also control annual Medicare per capita hospital spending growth to a rate lower than the national annual per capita growth rate.

   See 1. See tag line.

[Old Yeller]

I don’t see the U.S. surviving through 2015. Good job Brownie.

[DungeonMaster]

Where were the insurance companies when Obama was selling the country on this mess?

[Deo volente]

I love that cartoon! Says it all. Nothing has changed since the 1930’s.

“Young pinkies from Columbia and Harvard”, and Harold Ickes also there. His son became the deputy chief of staff under Bill Clinton.

Same old socialism.

[Black Agnes]

We already ARE paying $900/m for insurance with a $12,500 deductible.

Right now.

[Mountain Bike Vomit Carnage]

I am not employed by this company, but I did just purchase a policy because I am healthy, I take care of my health choices, and I believe in Liberty. It is allowed under the Horrible Care Act and is reasonably priced with a $500 deductible.

You might want to look into this.

http://www.libertyhealthshare.org/

[JennysCool]

It seems to me the best strategy for the 2016 candidate is scathing humor, backed by unassailable facts. Unmercifully mock this gigantic, bloated, ridiculously burdensome and illogical federal government. Get some great writers to help you do it. Full-scale, hilarious, all-out withering attack, and don't let up until at least three quarters of the American people are behind you.

[kearnyirish2]

“Where were the insurance companies when Obama was selling the country on this mess?”

Funding the fight to pass the law; they thought it would simply guarantee them millions of new (often involuntary) customers. At that point the government was supposed to buy them out.

[Lazamataz]

ONWARD! To the GLORIOUS TRIUMPH of the WORLDWIDE PROLETARIAT!

[Grampa Dave]

“I love that cartoon! Says it all. Nothing has changed since the 1930’s.

“Young pinkies from Columbia and Harvard”, and Harold Ickes also there. His son became the deputy chief of staff under Bill Clinton.

Same old socialism.”

My granddad and his two brothers were male role models for me re men besides my Dad.

The three of them hated FDR, his Congress, his Supremes and the democrats.

They hated Progressives, who were the front line soldiers for the Democrats.

They died in the mid 1950’s, and before FR and Fox News, they were fully aware of the treason of the rats and progressives during their lifetime.

I never really understood that hatred until I was in my 40’s to 50’s, and I started reading about the Progressives from pre WWI to WWII and FDR’s takeover of America.

As you noted that cartoon shows that there has been little change since the 1930’s re the democrats when they are in control.

[Jane Long]

Our 20 year+ dermo is retiring. He’s not putting up with this 0 cr@pola.

[Jane Long]

(Ins Co's were...) Funding the fight to pass the law; they thought it would simply guarantee them millions of new (often involuntary) customers. At that point the government was supposed to buy them out.

I originally thought that, too. Now, I wonder if they were in it, to begin it, knowing that - ultimately - they'd not only receive a bail-out, but be included (benefactors) in the *fundamental transformation* of our healthcare system to single payer.