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FatalW1shes User ID: 18009481 United States 06/29/2012 02:10 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Some of you people are nuts. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 6368077 I cannot get turned down now because of cancer I had a few years back. Also, I am paying an crazy amount out of pocket because I am self-employed...and the previous diagnosis...just major medical so I have to pay all my doc bills anyway. This would save me TONS of money and will never have to deal with rejection because of my previous illness will be nice. Just because you are hell bent on hating Obama...don't pretend that this is not a GOOD THING for poor, working poor, middle class and those with pre-existing conditions! Gawd. Wake up. I, for one, will enjoy not having the insurance companies rape me with my clothes on. No you are nuts....read this again. If you have been unable to obtain health insurance as a result of a pre-existing medical condition, you may be able to buy it through one of the “high risk pools” the law has set up in each state through the end of 2013. But the premiums in the pools vary and can be high. Now, listen carefully. You cannot be denied insurance because of pre-existing conditions. By law you have to buy insurance now. So by law you will be forced to get it, only problem is your bill will be close to 900.00 a month or greater. If you think this is a good thing, then shout it out and stand proud. You won't be able to afford it, yet you will be required to get it. Now, how do you feel? Last Edited by FatalW1shes on 06/29/2012 02:10 PM |
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truthwillsetyoufreeagain User ID: 14931439 United States 06/29/2012 02:19 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Right now:If you have been unable to obtain health insurance as a result of a pre-existing medical condition, you may be able to buy it through one of the “high risk pools” the law has set up in each state through the end of 2013. But the premiums in the pools vary and can be high. Quoting: ar-15 nut Gee thanks barry I remember reading about these pools a few months after obamacare passed. In every state that had a high risk pool, very few people participated, as the premiums were too high. ______________ As long as I am an American citizen and American blood runs in these veins I shall hold myself at liberty to speak, to write, and to publish whatever I please on any subject.” - Elijah Parish Lovejoy(1802-1837) All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent...Thomas Jefferson The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government...Thomas Jefferson When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty...Thomas Jefferson Truth will ultimately prevail where there is pains to bring it to light...George Washington |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 18800517 United States 06/29/2012 02:27 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | For individual coverage look at 1200 deductible 100% or 90% H.S.A. plans with WellPath (Coventry) or Blue Cross Blue Shield. An H.S.A. plan (QHDHP) with a 1200 deductible for a single is a 2400 deductible for family. In my state, WellPath (Coventry) is HealthAmerica. HealthAmerica, BCBS and Aetna are the most competitively priced plans. Go online and get an online quote. let me know what you find out. You might consider putting the children on CHIPS in NC and going to one of the others for you and wife. Assurant is pretty bad coverage and the only way they can compete is by cutting coverage. Highmark (PA) BCBS Individual coverage for full family - age 25 to 29- $2400 deductible 90% coinsurance, maximum out-of-pocket $1,000 then 100% coverage, major medical comprehensive PPO plan - $383.05 per month FS I checked into all of that Coventry was who we were set to go with until they jacked my wife up more than double of the initial quote because of a prescription that's $4 per month because the drug is used to treat other issues besides what my wife takes it for. They wouldn't speak to us (HIPA) Nor would they let us plead our case. She went from $160 per month on the plan to $345. I am double the age of a 26 year old so my premium although there has never been a med issue is in the low $200 per month. I have called about Chip but I am well above the 200 percent threshold. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 905924 United States 06/29/2012 02:41 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | This is a short-sighted and extremely partisan calculator. It does NOT tell how Obamacare will affect you, because the truth is that NONE OF US KNOW YET how Obamacare will affect anyone when: 1. Doctors quit the business by the score. 2. Doctors quit seeing medicare/medicade patients all-together. 3. Employers stop carrying insurance for their employees. 4. People start becoming irate because they live healthy lifestyles and are being forced to pay for those that don't. Too many variables. No one knows what will happen. |
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Frankenstein User ID: 15055540 United States 06/29/2012 03:17 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Some of you people are nuts. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 6368077 I cannot get turned down now because of cancer I had a few years back. Also, I am paying an crazy amount out of pocket because I am self-employed...and the previous diagnosis...just major medical so I have to pay all my doc bills anyway. This would save me TONS of money and will never have to deal with rejection because of my previous illness will be nice. Just because you are hell bent on hating Obama...don't pretend that this is not a GOOD THING for poor, working poor, middle class and those with pre-existing conditions! Gawd. Wake up. I, for one, will enjoy not having the insurance companies rape me with my clothes on. No you are nuts....read this again. If you have been unable to obtain health insurance as a result of a pre-existing medical condition, you may be able to buy it through one of the “high risk pools” the law has set up in each state through the end of 2013. But the premiums in the pools vary and can be high. Now, listen carefully. You cannot be denied insurance because of pre-existing conditions. By law you have to buy insurance now. So by law you will be forced to get it, only problem is your bill will be close to 900.00 a month or greater. If you think this is a good thing, then shout it out and stand proud. You won't be able to afford it, yet you will be required to get it. Now, how do you feel? You are exactly correct. FACT: The BCBS Preferred Blue PPO Guaranteed Issue (no medical underwriting, no pre-existing condition exclusions) rate for a $1000 deductible plan in PA is $868 per month for a single and $2,589 for a family. For a $500 deductible it is $971 for an individual and $2,895 for a family. THis is about what we will be required to pay because the young folks will prefer to pay the penalty or tax than a much higher health insurance premium. THis in turn drives up the cost of health insurance for everyone else. The ACA WILL absolutely positively drive up the cost of healthcare to levels that will be damn near unaffordable for the average wage family. They will have no choice but to pay the tax.... check mate, federal government. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 3461001 United States 06/29/2012 03:44 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | At my last company the cheapest plan was $80 a month. But your out of pocket for the year was $2500. That meant you still paid $80 a month, but had to spend all of the out of pocket before the insurance would cover anything. So if you went to the doctors 5 times and the each visit was $100 you had to pay. Now if you broke your arm and the bill was $3000, you would have to pay $2500 or what ever was left for your out of pocket. So just because you're required to have insurance doesn't mean you still won't be paying out of pocket. I am very happy about the pre-existing conditions. Having had brain surgery and hip surgery (with more hip surgeries in the future). We pay a lot though for this coverage. |
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Kidf8 User ID: 1589356 United States 06/29/2012 04:35 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | If the cost of the penalty/insurance is more than %8 percent of your income then you are exempt from both penalty and insurance. Pre-existing conditions will no longer prevent you from obtaining insurance since (just about) everybody will be paying in. If you make more than $200,000 a year you will pay %.09 more in taxes. Unfortunately the Supreme court ruled it unconstitutional for the Federal Government to force states to expand their medicaid programs even if they pay for it. This means that depending on what state you live in depends on the availability of the insurance. This is mostly a fancy expansion of medicaid that puts tougher regulations on insurance companies. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 1609552 United States 06/29/2012 06:22 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | No, my husband works a job that does NOT have benefits, so NONE of us have coverage, but we make BARELY enough to just NOT QUALIFY for government benefits. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 6313471 We DON'T have a fucking TV. And we SHARE one car for the whole family. This means that my husband uses the car to go to work, except on days that I have to take our newborn to doctors appointments, then I take him to work and drop him off. Don't fucking lecture me on household luxuries. We can barely afford our monthly bills, which are as follows: RENT, UTILITIES, CAR INSURANCE, MEDICAL BILLS. The only fucking "luxury" we have is our phone bill and internet. If we were any poorer, we actually WOULD be able to get benefits from the government!! As of now...we are going to have to shell out MORE to the government when we are barely making ends meet. So fuck off. Here's the part that I don't understand (perhaps someone with better economic experience could explain it). If you can't afford Health Insurance to begin with, how are you going to be any better off when you not only cannot buy Health Insurance but you also have to pay a humongous tax on top of everything else? And any family making $18,000 (or more) will be paying the tax. That's $1500 a month, and for a family that's not a whole lot by the time you pay all your other bills. And for those who think that "only the rich" are going to be required to pay the tax, wait until they move the "poverty line" way down. A whole bunch of poor/really low income families are suddenly going to find themselves included into the "Middle Class", at least as far as all those 6,000 new IRS employees are concerned. According to the ACA payment calculator, any family making less then $30,000 will get medicad for free. My personal premiums will go from $12,000 to $5,000. $7000 that can go into my saving and the economy. [link to healthreform.kff.org] |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 15428126 United States 06/29/2012 06:28 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | No, my husband works a job that does NOT have benefits, so NONE of us have coverage, but we make BARELY enough to just NOT QUALIFY for government benefits. We DON'T have a fucking TV. And we SHARE one car for the whole family. This means that my husband uses the car to go to work, except on days that I have to take our newborn to doctors appointments, then I take him to work and drop him off. Don't fucking lecture me on household luxuries. We can barely afford our monthly bills, which are as follows: RENT, UTILITIES, CAR INSURANCE, MEDICAL BILLS. The only fucking "luxury" we have is our phone bill and internet. If we were any poorer, we actually WOULD be able to get benefits from the government!! As of now...we are going to have to shell out MORE to the government when we are barely making ends meet. So fuck off. If you're in such a bad financial situation, then why did you go and have a kid? I don't understand why people do this. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 5100558 United States 06/29/2012 06:38 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | $536-$633 a month to insure my family. Yea, sounds about right. Guess we will end up on the welfare exchange. What a bunch of BS! |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 18824719 United Kingdom 06/29/2012 06:49 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | So "Coward"....we will all just support you...go ahead and use ER so that all of us who pay for insurance can pay extra premium just for you. Because you are so much more important and special than the rest of us peons who work our asses off Quoting: Anonymous Coward 18782751 bingo, finally america takes a step towards democracy |
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Frankenstein User ID: 15055540 United States 06/29/2012 08:24 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | according to the calculator if you already have insurance it does not affect you Quoting: Anonymous Coward 18824719 That is not accurate. When pre-existing condition exclusions are eliminated in 2014, all policies will be guaranteed issue. No medical underwriting. The ACA will mandate policies be underwritten on a 3:1 instead of 5:1 age band which will have the net effect of increasing premiums 35% to 40% for insureds between the ages of 29 to 39. As the younger folks go into shock over the increase many who have coverage or who have purchased coverage will opt out and pay the far less expensive penalty tax. The result of this will be additional increases across the full age band spectrum. We call this the death spiral. The fed is going to make a lot of money on this scheme. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 2321204 United States 06/30/2012 12:40 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Well good for you asshole, but I AM the working poor and this is going to put my family in the fucking poorhouse!! Quoting: Anonymous Coward 6313471 We already CAN'T AFFORD insurance, and don't qualify for Medicaid because we are BARELY above the cutoff!!...NOW we will have to shell out an additional 2000 a year that we already CAN'T AFFORD!!!! My newborn baby will SUFFER because of this, because that is now money that is going to the GOVERNMENT rather than other household expenses. It has NOTHING to do with hating Obama, you stupid fucktard. But I'm glad YOU are going to be better off. Most of us DON'T have pre-existing conditions!!! They should just include people with pre-existing conditions into Medicaid!! Rather than make the rest of us pay a TAX! So you're just above the current cutoff (100% FPL), yet the law will expand medicaid to 133% of the FPL, so if you are "just above", then you will be able to get medicaid. So where's the problem? And even if you were "just above" the new 133% cutoff, lets say you are in the 133.01-150% bracket, your maximum ANNUAL premium for a family of four would be $992. If you believe that $82/mo would be overly burdensome for a family of four to get healthcare, you're delusional. |
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Ihateignorantpeople User ID: 18903397 United States 07/01/2012 01:03 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Seriously people?!?!? Someone PLEASE explain to me how this is ANY different than me being "forced" to pay for car insurance or risk paying a fine? Even though my record indicates I have never had an accident nor have I ever had a ticket. I am a low risk, low income, customer, yet still forced to pay...whether I want or need it. It is called,... say it with me now...PRE-VENT-A-TIVE!! A concept most of us greedy, selfish Americans are all to unfamiliar with. In a nation where our doctors strive on pharmocology, and are trained to never let a patient leave the office with out an RX and us patients being trained to never leave a Dr. office with out some sort of "fix" for what ailes us.If you do not currently make more than $200,000 per year, your employer currently provides you afforable insurance, or you are living below the poverty level...well, don't you worry your pretty little heads. The world as you know it will remain the same. For those of you who have been affected by the cost of actually providing for your own healthcare based off your currect income, or those of you how earn a quarter-million dollars a year and will now be "forced" to help others by facing a 0.9% tax increase, a word of advice, which was once given to me from a Republican..."don't by expensive jeans or cigarettes and your should be fine." BLESS YOUR HEART!! XOXOX |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 18903397 United States 07/01/2012 01:26 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | according to the calculator if you already have insurance it does not affect you Quoting: Anonymous Coward 18824719 can someone explain the negative effect? Honey, there simply are none. :) Sit back, relax, and enjoy the hissy fits thrown by those precious little spoiled brats who believe it is never thier obligation to support anything but themselves. In the end they will either back the president who currently supports the Patient Protection and Affordability Act, or the flip-flopper who previously supported it. "America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves." Abraham Lincoln |
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Rotorboy User ID: 2185472 United States 07/01/2012 08:28 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Some of you people are nuts. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 6368077 I cannot get turned down now because of cancer I had a few years back. Also, I am paying an crazy amount out of pocket because I am self-employed...and the previous diagnosis...just major medical so I have to pay all my doc bills anyway. This would save me TONS of money and will never have to deal with rejection because of my previous illness will be nice. Just because you are hell bent on hating Obama...don't pretend that this is not a GOOD THING for poor, working poor, middle class and those with pre-existing conditions! Gawd. Wake up. I, for one, will enjoy not having the insurance companies rape me with my clothes on. And I would assume, based on your statements, that if you become a really bad driver and start wrecking cars, you should always be able to get car insurance, and not have to pay more for that car insurance? I am sorry you had cancer and I pray that you never relapse, but the fact is you are a high risk. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 17514772 United States 08/23/2012 06:34 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | ... Quoting: AbsoluteTruth71 Do you work at McDonalds? Or do you have over the top accommodation in living that it cost's you a monthly leg and arm? Get rid of your netflix, get rid of your 1000 TV channel line up, get rid of your xm radio for your car. Hell, get rid of your car and get one that's 20 years old and your insurance will be almost non existent due to it being a "classic" no matter the make or model. I see this crap everyday. It's never the persons fault right? Let me know when you been on the streets for years without nothing but a coffee can and 1 daily packet of ramen noodles. No, my husband works a job that does NOT have benefits, so NONE of us have coverage, but we make BARELY enough to just NOT QUALIFY for government benefits. We DON'T have a fucking TV. And we SHARE one car for the whole family. This means that my husband uses the car to go to work, except on days that I have to take our newborn to doctors appointments, then I take him to work and drop him off. Don't fucking lecture me on household luxuries. We can barely afford our monthly bills, which are as follows: RENT, UTILITIES, CAR INSURANCE, MEDICAL BILLS. The only fucking "luxury" we have is our phone bill and internet. If we were any poorer, we actually WOULD be able to get benefits from the government!! As of now...we are going to have to shell out MORE to the government when we are barely making ends meet. So fuck off. You need to drop your current medical and opt into a program that does a community paid benefit. Meaning people who pay out of pocket and not paid for by taxes. A single fee everyone has to pay, regardless if it cost that much to be told if you have the flu or not, any extra $$ from the previous person gets moved to the next person. Not sure what you're not getting here...we don't HAVE current medical. That's the point. The reason we don't is because we can't afford it. And now we will have to pay this additional monthly tax. It's not going to be an additional monthly tax. It is going to come out of that big fat tax return you get each year that you blow on big screen TVs. |