200,000 Coloradans to lose their insurance because of Obamacare

[JohnnyMack]

Hmmm the cost of MY plan actually had a LOWER increase than in previous years, the coverage is EXACTLY the same, my deducible went up $50 and my MAX out of pocket went up $100. But then I have always had a REAL Health Insurance plan not one that cost $100/mo and pays for NOTHING.

[Katarina Witt]

Originally Posted by middle-aged mom

According to WHO 39% of adults in the world are overweight/ obese. 74.1 % of US adults are overweight. 33% are obese. 26% of children are obese. Here's the order:

US
China
India
Russia
Brazil
Mexico
Egypt
Germany
Pakistan
Indonesia

US is in 51st place for cigarette consumption. Russia and most of the former USSR states have consumption rates 2-3 X higher than the US rate.

The US tops the list with the most and highest paid non medical hospital administrators, a significant contributer to overhead. In the US, hospitals compete for business on factors unrelated to cost. It's brand management, acquisition or destruction of the competition and medical practices to ensure a pipeline of steady business. It's massive lobbying by the American Hospital Association, Big Pharma and medical device manufacturers to protect their interests.

What's your source? My source is different.
http://www.oecd.org/els/health-syste...pdate-2014.pdf
Top 5 of OCED countries:
US 35.3
Mexico 32.4
New Zealand 31.3
Hungary 28.5
Australia 28.3

The country with the lowest obesity rate is India with 2.1%, followed by Indonesia (2.4) and China (2.9), Japan (3.6) and Korea (4.6) #6 takes a big jump in percentage to Norway at 10.0.

[aneftp]

Originally Posted by JohnnyMack

Hmmm the cost of MY plan actually had a LOWER increase than in previous years, the coverage is EXACTLY the same, my deducible went up $50 and my MAX out of pocket went up $100. But then I have always had a REAL Health Insurance plan not one that cost $100/mo and pays for NOTHING.

You do realize most people under age 30 could have gotten comprehensive HSA tax advantages REAL insurance with max out of pocket Around $2000-2500 for around $100-150/month.

Most under age 40 could have gotten the same for under $200/month with max (and I mean max out of pocket in network less than $200/month.

Real insurance. Comprehensive. Tax advantage. Meaning u can throw in around $3000 into ur HSA and get a real $700-1000 tax savings as well.

Now with the ACA. WhAt the ACA does is jack up those plans for younger people. Those max out of pocket expenses become double to $6000 for the same $100-150/month deductible.

[SoCalbound12]

Originally Posted by petch751

The fallout continues from the president's dishonesty. And the rest of America is suffering because of it.

200,000 residents of Colorado who recieved a waiver on Obamacare mandated coverage on their old insurance policies when it was revealed that the president lied about consumers being able to keep their insurance policies if they liked them. People are up in arms about it.

"Obama lied to the American people and now Colorado families are being forced to bear the burden of that lie. Republicans are arguing that people who want to stay on their old plans should be able to.

Colo. to end ACA exception for 190K people

Shocking, government intervention failed. It seems as though you cannot solve things through government mandates and more laws. Hmm.