It was supposed to happen that way. Remember?
Posted on 11/04/2013 2:48:48 PM PST by Lmo56
Americans who face higher insurance costs under President Obama’s health-care law are angrily complaining about “sticker shock,” threatening to become a new political force opposing the law even as the White House struggles to convince other consumers that they will benefit from it.
The growing backlash involves people whose plans are being discontinued because the policies don’t meet the law’s more-stringent standards. They’re finding that many alternative policies come with higher premiums and deductibles.
After receiving a letter from her insurer that her plan was being discontinued, Deborah Persico, a 58-year-old lawyer in the District, found a comparable plan on the city’s new health insurance exchange. But her monthly premium, now $297, would be $165 higher, and her maximum out-of-pocket costs would double.
That means she could end up paying at least $5,000 more a year than she does now. “That’s just not fair,” said Persico, who represents indigent criminal defendants. “This is ridiculous.”
If the poor, sick and uninsured are the winners under the Affordable Care Act, the losers appear to include some relatively healthy middle-income small-business owners, consultants, lawyers and other self-employed workers who buy their own insurance. Many make too much to qualify for new federal subsidies provided by the law but not enough to absorb the rising costs without hardship. Some are too old to go without insurance because they have children or have minor health issues, but they are too young for Medicare.
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Interesting birds they are even model A powered...
I LOVE THAT!
Can they go online with their little tales of woe, ala OWS, so we can make fun of them?
me too 8^)
lotta good stuff at the Western Rifle Shooters Association... http://westernrifleshooters.wordpress.com/
Neither does Obamacare.
The Fire Departments are looking into it too.
I thought about moving to there or Australia even, but then I thought about those who died to keep this country free. Should I disrespect their memories?
Joe the Plumber
The MSM devoted more resources to investigating his trade license than to Baraq’s dubious birth/citizenship.
Ocare is one big wealth transfer from the largely white middle class to the largely black and brown underclass, with their class allies like some of the unions thrown in. It is Barry’s version of the liquidation of the kulaks.
What is she complaining about? Obama said rates would go down as much as $2,500.00 for the average family. /s
I’d have to go back and watch video of that encounter, but I wonder what the ratio of eye contact was. My money says Joe the Plumber barely looked away, while Barry, like the lying child he is, looked everywhere BUT at Joe.
As far as I can tell you won't even get that far. For a lot of people their new policy won't provide any coverage for care at the research oriented hospitals that handle the tough cases. So when it comes to needing really sophisticated medical care, you're simply uninsured, even though you are paying higher premiums every month.
There will be no single payer system because if there is, there will be no single payer.
Remember the passage of Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act back in 1988?
People wanted it and cheered when it was passed. Then came the bill and they screamed till it was repealed.
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My premium for a healthy family of four went up 42.6% and the deductible went from $3500 to $6K.
We don’t spend $6K per year on medical care. Hell, we don’t spend $3K!
I’m in negotiations right now with doctors to go to a cash basis with them. It may be cheaper to do that, buy a catastrophic coverage policy, and change my withholding so that I have to pay tax at the end of the year and say FU to Obama and his abortion of a “healthcare reform” law!
The Obamacare abortion MUST be repealed!
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