Posted on 12/22/2014 3:05:49 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
New York City resident Nicolas Karlson was happy to be one of at least 2.5 million people who beat a major Obamacare enrollment deadline last week, but he's going to be paying a lot more for health insurance next year because of it.
To cover himself, his wife, Monica, and their three children, 45-year-old Karlson will go from paying $1,805 every three months for their long-standing Aetna plan, to a new one from New York State's Obamacare exchange that will cost them $1,221.60 per month, or more than 100 percent more than his old plan cost.
That steep bump in price is a result of Aetna's reacting to a feature in the Affordable Care Act, a law that Karlson said of with a laugh, "I literally had no idea that it would affect me at all."
(Excerpt) Read more at cnbc.com ...
So I soiled myself by even clicking, and here's what I found:
The Affordable Care Act mandated a set of “essential health benefits” that all insurance plans had to cover, which included preventative services, ER visits, pediatric vision and dental care and mental health care. That mandate rendered many plans non-compliant with the law.
Pre-existing plans, or grandfathered plans, were allowed to continue under the ACA, but only if insurers made no significant changes to coverage. And in response to the troubled launch of HealthCare.gov last year, the Obama administration has allowed the option of other non-compliant plans continuing through 2017.
But not all states or insurers have taken up that option, or maintained it for their customers.
Although Karlson’s non-compliant plan was allowed to continue in Obamacare’s first year, Aetna pulled the plug for 2015 ...
... Despite the big increase in price, Karlson was ready to stay with an Aetna plan.
That changed when he called a rep for Aetna “to check on something. That was when the person I spoke to said, ‘Oh, just so you know, there's no out-of-network coverage,’ “ Karlson recalled.
In other words, he'd have to pay out of pocket for any doctors who weren't in Aetna’s network of providers.
That was a problem for him because “a good deal of our doctors are out of network” and their services had been covered by the old plan, Karlson said.
He can’t pitch a baseball.
Imho, he’s a domestic enemy, and traitor.
Doggone! Did I miss it again?
This is truly a law for all the land, except the 3000+ groups that are FOB that get exceptions or exclusions or omission or ...
And it does nothing to be revenue neutral.
Obamascare is soooooooo affordable ay? What a cluster copulation.
What are the odds that this doofus voted for Obama?
And that as well.
Copulation requires a male and a female.
“If you, like, like your Doctor, you can, like, keep the Doctor you like … like.”
Think of all the Hernandez’, Gonzalez’, Ramirez’, Jimenez’, and etc., whose births will be paid in full because of Karlson’s giving ways!
or in electrician’s parlance, he’s the socket.
not surprising, the majority of girls can’t.
Nothing like learning the hard way,whether it’s by your vote or your new “affordable” insurance premium.
Nothing like learning the hard way,whether it’s by your vote or your new “affordable” insurance premium.
Sorry for the double post;I’m presently experiencing computer problems
What is the Law of the Land? Is it whatever some rogue group of politicians in Washington D.C. who reside in Congress say it is? Is it whatever nine black-robed lawyers say it is? Is it whatever the resident of the White House says it is?
Do we live under the Rule of Law or the Rule of Man?
America was founded to exist under the Rule of Law which prescribes freedom, not the Rule of Man which prescribes tyranny.
So what is the Rule of Law in America? Well let the Constitution, the true Rule of Law, tell you:
This Constitution, and the laws of the United States which shall be made in pursuance thereof; and all treaties made, or which shall be made, under the authority of the United States, shall be the supreme law of the land (U.S. Const. Art IV, Cl 2).
Obamacare is not only unconstitutional, and therefore NOT the law of the land, but it is unjust because it deprives individuals of their God-given freedom to choose. As William Blackstone, a prominent authority of the common law and natural law from the 1700's said, an unjust law is really no law at all.
http://www.iep.utm.edu/natlaw/
So Obamacare is not only not the Law of the Land because it is unconstitutional, but it also NO LAW because it is an unjust law.
The states need to nullify this illegal act and begin doing the same with every unconstitutional federal act or judicial decision and be prepared for financial independence from the federal government.
Why is there a deadline for signing up for insurance? Why can’t I buy insurance from whomever I want whenever I want? Just like car insurance, home insurance, life insurance or whatever?
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