Help! I can't use my Obamacare benefits

CNN ^ | Jan 12, 2014 | Tami Luhbi

[Innovative]

Many folks who signed up for coverage through the state and federal exchanges are running into roadblocks now that they are trying to use their new benefits. And though exchange officials and insurers have urged consumers to call their insurers if they encounter problems, many say they either wait endlessly on hold or get the runaround.

Patterson's journey started New Year's Day, when she landed in the emergency room for a stomach ailment. The Independence policy number she received didn't work and the hospital required her to sign a form saying she would pay for care herself, though it agreed to bill her later.

But when the 59-year-old went to her doctor last week, she was told he couldn't see her because she hadn't designated him as her primary care provider. If she wanted to be treated, she'd have to pay for the visit and lab work and request reimbursement. She spent an hour on hold with Independence trying to fix the problem and left the office without care.

[Innovative]

This is just the beginning and the tip of the iceberg...

[Cowboy Bob]

I’m surprised that CNN is even reporting it. After all, if they don’t report it, it never happened...

[Innovative]

I was surprised to see it on CNN also — I guess they didn’t want to be scooped by FoxNews.

[vette6387]

“”I can’t get a person no matter what I do,” said Patterson, who is unemployed and lives with her husband in Drexel Hill, Penn.”

Well, we undoubtedly have another finally disgruntled RAT who may decide to vote for the “R’s” in November. Frankly, the media is trying as best it can to cover for this turd, but the groundswell of anger is building with “the folks.”

[Born to Conserve]

It would sure be a lot simpler to just take everyone’s money and put it in a big bank account, and give everyone a card so we can all spend it. Or equivalently, just dispense with money, and get everything for free, and give goods and serviced freely. And the pretty girls should all like me, and I want a fast car and a big beach house and lots of chocolate.

[Vendome]

My doctor is retiring due to ObamaCare

[Innovative]

“Or equivalently, just dispense with money, and get everything for free, and give goods and serviced freely.”

You think you are kidding — but that is exactly where Obama is going, but no pretty girls and fast cars for you — your “benevolent” government will decide what and how much food you should eat, what clothes you should wear, whether you even deserve a car, not to mention whether you deserve medical care...

[Little Pig]

This report is merely one of the first in a long string of problems they’ll report, as justification for pushing a single-payer system on everyone to “solve” all the problems people are having.

[Seeing More Clearly Now]

Investment tip: The home remedy business will soon be booming as it hasn’t since before the discovery of penicillin.

[Wingy]

You did notice that few of the problems were blamed on ObamaCare but on snafu’s with insurance companies. Ya know, these companies have never dealt with complex problems like issuing member numbers or paying claims before.

[Spartan302]

My brother is in Mexico getting new teeth implants.

[South40]

CNN at this point in time is likely more loyal to Hitlery than the lame duck Hussein. Would love to see them report more on Benghazi.

[maddog55]

CNN.. Clinton News Network. Gearing up for Hilary and backing away from the messiah.

[Libloather]

And though exchange officials and insurers have urged consumers to call their insurers if they encounter problems...

Call Pelosi.

[Mrs. B.S. Roberts]

“My doctor is retiring due to ObamaCare”

my doctor is also “ceasing to practice” (she is too young to retire). Her resignation letter cites inability to make a living due to higher regulations and lower reimbursements etc.

[The Working Man]

“”I can’t get a person no matter what I do,” said Patterson, who is unemployed and lives with her husband in Drexel Hill, Penn.”

Well, we undoubtedly have another finally disgruntled RAT who may decide to vote for the “R’s” in November. Frankly, the media is trying as best it can to cover for this turd, but the groundswell of anger is building with “the folks.”

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I’d like to point out one little thing to the politicians. In my experience discussing medical issues is usually in the top three things that family, friends and acquaintances discuss when they get together. Why? Because it has generally been a ‘safe’ topic, devoid of politics or religion.

Now I think we will still talk about it... But Man oh man, has it been politicized! And I think the fall-out from that will reverberate for a long, long time to come.

[listenhillary]

[whatshotandwhatsnot]

Mine downsized his practice and moved to a smaller office. He’s on his way out and there’s no one else stepping forward in this small town to take his place. ACA will cause countless casualties.

[Yosemitest]

Only idiots and the evil voted for Obama, or ANY of the Democrats.
They've lied to us, constantly, and really are "Collapsing the System".
And now, these "Useful IDIOTS" who voted for them, are buying the lies that "Obamacare was designed to work." ?
It was designed to fail from the start.
THEN ... THEY GO TO THE "SINGLE-PAYER SYSTEM".

Flashback: Obama's Campaign to Transition to Single Payer Health Care (VIDEO)


obama master plan on health careover the years in his own words--SINGLE PAYER!!! ( 3:38 )

They've been sucking our wallets dry for over four years now on the "Obamacare" LIE.
AND NOW THEY WANT MORE TAXES ?
Our Founding Fathers would have hung them already!

Lets review:

Who was it that cut future funding for Medicare by $575 billion?

...the president and the Democratic Party successfully bamboozle voters... The 2012 election could turn on this falsehood.
The truth is that the Obama health law reduces future funding for Medicare by $575 billion over the next 10 years ...

Mr. Obama and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius frequently make that false claim.
Indeed, even Medicare's mailings to seniors repeat the claim that reducing spending on Medicare will make it more financially secure for future years.
The fact is that Mr. Obama's law raids Medicare.

Who was it that moved Medicare Trust Funds out of the "trust box" and into the General Revenue, replacing them with Government I.O.U.s?
"In early 1968 President Lyndon Johnson [DEMOCRAT] made a change in the budget presentation by including Social Security and all other trust funds in a"unified budget." "

Who was it that expanded Medicare and Medicaid to cover many, many more people than it was originally designed to cover?

The History of Medicare

In 1965, the Social Security Act established both Medicare and Medicaid. Medicare was a responsibility of the Social Security Administration (SSA), while Federal assistance to the State Medicaid programs was administered by the Social and Rehabilitation Service (SRS). SSA and SRS were agencies in the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW). In 1977, the Health Care Financing Administration was created under HEW to effectively coordinate Medicare and Medicaid. In 1980 HEW was divided into the Department of Education and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

The first U.S. President to propose a prepaid health insurance plan was Harry S. Truman [DEMOCRAT]. On November 19, 1945, in a special message to Congress, President Truman outlined a comprehensive, prepaid medical insurance plan for all people through the Social Security system. The plan included doctors and hospitals, and nursing, laboratory, and dental services; it was dubbed "National Health Insurance." Furthermore, medical insurance benefits for needy people were to be financed from Federal revenues.

Over the years, lawmakers narrowed the field of health insurance recipients largely to social security beneficiaries. A national survey found that only 56 percent of those 65 years of age or older had health insurance. President John F. Kennedy [DEMOCRAT] pressed legislators for health insurance for the aged. However, it wasn't until 1965 that President Lyndon B. Johnson signed H.R. 6675 (The Social Security Act of 1965; PL 89-97) to provide health insurance for the elderly and the poor.

On July 30, 1965, President Johnson signed the Medicare and Medicaid Bill (Title XVIII and Title XIX of the Social Security Act) in Independence, Missouri in the presence of former President Truman, who received the first Medicare card at the ceremony; Lady Bird Johnson, Vice-President Hubert Humphrey, and Mrs. Truman also were present. President Johnson remarked: "We marvel not simply at the passage of this Bill but that it took so many years to pass it."

Medicare extended health coverage to almost all Americans aged 65 or older. About 19 million beneficiaries enrolled in Medicare in the first year of the program. Medicaid provided access to health care services for certain low-income persons and expanded the existing Federal-State welfare structure that assisted the poor.

The 1972 Social Security Amendments expanded Medicare to provide coverage to two additional high risk groups disabled persons receiving cash benefits for 24 months under the social security program and persons suffering from end-stage renal disease.

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So Democrats,

YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE
FOR INSURING THE FAILURE
OF THE MEDICARE/MEDICAID PROGRAM,
and now YOU DEMOCRATS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE INTENTIONAL DESTRUCTION OF THE U.S.A. ECONOMY!!!

So DEMOCRATS ... SHUT UP!!!

You have no integrity!!!

Sen Mark Kirk's statement Thursday, Dec 1, 2011 ...

"There are 55 million Social Security beneficiaries that will see little or no extra cash from this 2012 tax holiday; instead, the dedicated payroll contributions meant to pay for future benefits are being diverted from the Trust Fund
and replaced with Treasury debt that does not even have a AAA credit rating.
Social Security was designed to be independent and free from the danger of Congressional manipulation,
and maintaining the firewall between the Social Security Trust Fund and general government funding is the best way to maintain the solvency of this important program.
Neither bill protects the Social Security Trust Fund
so I voted no. "

It's not our fault that DEMOCRATS raided the Social Security Trust Fund.
Let's remember ...

Not ALL are to blame for the empty lock box.

It's the Democrats Communists.

Let's take a deeper look.

Obama: "I Don't Want the Folks who Created the Mess to do a lot of Talking" "

Okay, then the DEMOCRATS need to shut up!!!

[EmilyGeiger]

CNN Clinton News Network is setting up the agenda for Hillary’s run. Her healthcare plans will fix the problems that they have started reporting on finally.