we had our insurance meeting yesterday and as expected EVERYTHING went up... at the end i ask the rep where my $2400 in savings i was promised was, everybody laughed except the RATS they just turned red in the faced and looked away
Obamacare was never about helping people get healthcare -- it was and is about government control of the entire population. The government decides what medical care you deserve.
It was primarily aimed at getting an enormous cost item off the ledgers of major U.S. employers and onto the backs of the employees themselves (either directly or as taxpayers).
Democrats, Unions Reach Deal on Taxing High-End Health Plans (2010)
Labor leaders and Democratic negotiators agreed Thursday to scale back a proposed new tax on high-end health-insurance plans, and the White House and congressional leaders pressed to reach a final deal on most aspects of the health-care bill by this weekend.
The tax, which was included in the Senate’s version of the health-care overhaul legislation but not the House plan, has been one of the key remaining issues as Democrats work to combine the health bills passed by the two chambers late last year.
Union leaders, as well as many House Democrats, are fiercely opposed to the tax on “Cadillac” insurance plans, which they say will hit many middle-class workers and undermine benefits unions have negotiated for their members. But President Barack Obama has supported the measure as a way both to pay for the health bill and to control overall health-care spending.
To make up for the lost revenue—and to increase subsidies for lower earners to buy health insurance—negotiators are considering increasing the financial hit on drug makers, nursing homes and medical-device makers, according to people familiar with the discussions.
I think the goal is to force everyone into a goobermint union.
CHART OF THE DAY: Bureaucrats Have Way Better Benefits Than You
http://www.businessinsider.com/chart-of-the-day-employer-cost-per-hour-worker-2009-12
The quality of the health insurance coverage at my wife’s company dropped immediately after ObamaCare began 1/1/2013, and the employees share of the premium significantly increased.
Prior to that we have a very high quality plan for only a couple dollars a day for both us.
Welcome to the club. I already have to pay a 20% deductible for any operation.
This abomination must be repealed before then.
...and the average cost of the healthcare plans for each of the nearly 3 million state employees in the U.S.? .....$11,500.
The companies were blackmailed by their unions to develop and provide the Cadillac plans.
The union members and their retired brethren are the ones to suffer as normalcy sets in
we had our insurance meeting yesterday and as expected EVERYTHING went up... at the end i ask the rep where my $2400 in savings i was promised was, everybody laughed except the RATS they just turned red in the faced and looked away
What the left is clueless about BIG Government is BIG Business. Yet, Big Government is exempt of many mandates, regulations & audits ie check & balances.
My company has no insurance, I have no insurance, I chose to NOT accept Obamacare.
Several weeks ago I was a victim of a violent crime, spent 6 days in the hospital, was told Obamacare was useless and would have not covered all the bills, instead Victims of Violent Crimes paid all my bills.
It was quite interesting to hear from a major hospital that they themselves thought Obamacare a useless travesty.
I am fortunate I believe to have listened to a higher calling to ignore signing up for Obamacare, it would have been wasted money probably diverted to democratic fundraising.
The Current FReepathon Pays For The Current Quarter's Expenses?
My company is dropping from covering 90% to covering 65% starting next year. Thanks, Obama voters!