Posted on 09/17/2013 9:25:31 PM PDT by grundle
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Walgreen Co is moving 120,000 employees to a private health insurance exchange from coverage provided directly from carriers, the company will announce Friday.
The pharmacy chain will join 17 other large employers on the Aon Hewitt Corporate Health Exchange as part of a growing movement to offer employees cash to purchase their own plans on such exchanges.
The end-cost to employees depends on the plan chosen, but they typically get more options than under traditional arrangements. Private exchanges mimic the coverage mandated as part of the Affordable Care Act. Enrollment in the public exchanges starts October 1.
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Ditto that. I have gotten several pages explaining changes and definitions of terms.. Mine is already outrageous. Funny how they tell us everything but the price! Guess they are waiting til the last minute.
I don’t understand... If it doesn’t meet obamacare standards don’t you have to pay the IRS penalty? So that will be an additional 5 grand. My insurance is crappy to start with and very expensive. They are withholding the price because we can work elsewhere. I will look for another job if it is more than two hundred a month increase. That would make it almost one quarter of my monthly pay.
When the policy comes up for renewal (Jan 2015), I will have to conform to the ACA nightmare in full if nothing is done to stop the ACA.
Walgreens, the Progressive Insurance of drug stores.
I don’t think reality really matters. Everybody knows Obamacare will cause huge delays and skyrocketing rates...when that happens, I guarantee the Rats will be out in front of TV cameras, stating that ‘we need more funding to provide these services’. It will be implied that conservatives are the sugar daddies that aren’t ponying up enough funding.
I’m cynical.
Amen brother. We are in the sh!t because the stupid out number the thinking
Oh but it’s free right? Free if you never worked a day in your life, free if your a stinking bum, free if your an illegal.
Working folks, middle class...bend over and enjoy it. I’m in if someone wants to push the reset button.
“I’m cynical.”
You ain’t alone brother, you ain’t alone.
This has nothing whatsoever to do with Insuring people...it has everything to do with obtaining and using the ‘revenues’ generated through the health care system...and that is vast and plentiful.
When you look at Gov. controlled entities they are all vast revenue sources politicians and parties seek these funds to use for leverage on the Global Stage.
never show mercy to libtards
Only know about benefits for Houston ISD and Fort Bend County ISD and none of them appear to have changed yet but it likely is still a bit too early.
Do know that Aetna has really cut the doctor’s contract rates for the TRS Care (retired teachers) Medicare replacement policies so a lot of providers will be opting out of that network.
We’ll have to see how much freight the taxpayers will be willing to accept if school system costs go up any more.
I’m not retired, but I have Humana and they STINK!
Know some folks who have their commercial insurance through Humana and they seem to share your opinion. Several others who have the Medicare replacement policy think it’s the greatest thing since sliced bread. Of course, part of the military is covered by Humana so it appears to be a real mixture of options and opinions.
Humana Military mental health benefits are carved out to Value Options which in the past was a pretty good managed care group to work with but has become very ticky tacky as of late. Particularly difficult to navigate through the Humana Military/Value Options system.
Well it’s my own fault for taking the “free” package. Co-pay is high, drug coverage is high, it just stinks. ood luck with yours, I’ll know in a couple months if caca hits the fan
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