Posted on 10/18/2010 3:56:19 PM PDT by Salvation
I just received notice from my insurance company that I will have no medical coverage for hospital procedures or for doctor's payments in 2011. Just prescription coverage only.
I can pay anywhere from minimum of less than $15.00 a month to maximum of nearly $120.00 a month, but there is still NO MEDICAL COVERAGE on any of the plans offered.
This is a major insurer.
Is this what we can thank Obamacare for? {NOT!!!!!!}
There were reports in the past couple of weeks of certain companies (and believe it or not, UNIONS). that asked the administration for exemptions, as it would be too costly for them. I think McDonald’s was one of them, off the top of my head.
Maybe we should all apply for exemptions! LOL!
I had a nurse friend who always said that in order to get in to see the doctor fast, go up to the window and tell the receptionist that you are very sick and going to throw up right there. None of the staff wants to clean the mess so you generally are taken in quickly.
Take the same scenario into your Congressman or Senator’s office asking for your health care. Take the kids too, diarrhea and all. LOL
Our current plan was dropped by the employer because of the price increase ,,last years 2nd tier plan is now the best available .. it now costs more than last years “best” plan.
Probably need to add 1 or 2 zeros to that - you can probably find medical coverage for $1200 to $1500 a month.
About 100 House members and Senators should be on the steps of the Capitol Bldg. holding a screaming shout-out in front of TV cameras about all the pernicious things that are going to rain down on the folks in a very short period of time.
Ya know, like all the little monstrous details that are leaking out one at a time!
I wonder if our Republican representatives have even read the damn Health Bill yet!
Where is their outrage?
I don't even hear crickets chirping.
Leni
Salvation,
If you don’t mind, I’m wondering what kind of coverage you had previously and what was the monthly premium?
Salvation....did I ever tell you you should probably be taking about 6000IU of Vitamin D3 a day? It’s good INSURANCE!
I agree Leni,
We need to make the Republicans squirm if they do not immediately start the process of defunding Obamacare on November 3!!!!!!
PS...Make sure the Vit D3 is in gel caps...NOT the hard ones....
All we can do now is REMEMBER in NOVEMBER.
I sell health insurance in California and many of my clients are saying much the same. Anthem Blue Cross has hit my clients with a 12% rate increase, which isn't too horrible all things considered. As an agent, I have avoided offering Aetna. They have been in the state before and decided to pull out of all their policies at one time. They left a terrible mess. I vowed never to trust them again.
I had a monthly premium of $50.00 with co-pays for the doctor and about 80 percent coverage. (Guessing)
On the hospital it was closer to 90 percent. There goes that knee replacement now.
Your state is a tough state to buy insurance in. :)
I do take a lot of vitamins. Have not been sick in three years. I’m sickened however, by the lack of any hospital coverage. Bah!
I’m very aware of that. Wish we could buy across state lines.
Also they say that they are trying to “grandfather” our policies in. That's usually good but not this time. They are talking about us NOT being able to get the so-called new benefits. What I took from it was that we would be paying for the new health care but not getting any benefits from it. I could be wrong, but I don't think so.
My employer just sent out an email about our Aetna plan changes. They’ve changed the one thing I hated about the plan but replaced it with something that might be worse. I can finally get prescriptions retail instead of mail order now, but only through CVS — and there isn’t one within 15 miles of my house. *grumble*
Everything else seems to be the same, but I’m afraid to go figure out what the cost increase will be (especially with no more lifetime maximums... *eek*). I think I’ll just save the sticker shock for Wednesday when I actually get to enroll. Gotta have some excitement to look forward to.
RE: “I sell health insurance in California and many of my clients are saying much the same. Anthem Blue Cross has hit my clients with a 12% rate increase, which isn’t too horrible all things considered. As an agent, I have avoided offering Aetna. They have been in the state before and decided to pull out of all their policies at one time. They left a terrible mess. I vowed never to trust them again.”
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Thanks — my Aetna is thru the horrid AARP because they would underwrite people in the 50 - 65 age group where others were rejecting right and left. It’s a crummy policy and benefits aren’t great, and it costs me $501 per month NOW. Imagine how much it will go up, IF it stays in CA at all?
I tried to change from Aetna as they have raised rates each
year but was told by Anthem and others that the Aetna fee was ‘competitive’ — can you believe that?
I’m not really sickly at all but have a history of back and headache pain and pills that always dump me into the rejection pile. Aetna/AARP only looked back 5 years instead of 10 so I was OK with them.
Who would you suggest I try that serves my area? LA County of course has the highest premiums in the state.
This is one huge mess for all of us and the entire Obamacare needs to be tossed NOW.
At least I was able to cancel AARP membership as soon as Aetna started the policy. Aetna doesn’t care — just uses AARP to get the business.
Thanks again!
The CHEAPEST co-pay medical plans (Kaiser, etc.) START at $450./mo. for individuals...are your talking about being on Medicare with a "Medi-gap" or "Advantage" policy? "Advantage" policies are going to be decimated under ObamaCare! http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=39198
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