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well I wanted to retire next year, not quite old enough for Medicare. I could have cobra'd my employers insurance for 18 months at a mere 700.00 a month. I could have went with a private carrier, alas, not with a bad heart, no one wants to cover you, however if I could have found a carrier, it would have been between 1200.00 to 1400.00 a month...not able to do that on SS. My SS will be 14,000.00 a year. My portion of the insurance coverage will be around 50.00 a month (Silver plan) after the federal contribution. For me it works, for me I can get out of the work force and some young person can come take my job (which has fabulous medical benefits ) The more money you make the more you will pay.
And what happens if you move out of state? Say in the middle of the year? Then what?
Yes so your situation represents the great in the ACA. So many are in that situation who could not otherwise get coverage.
I actually was wondering the same thing about moving out of state in the middle of the year (I'd have to sell a house so it probably wouldn't be anyway). Surely that will happen to folks...but I doubt that detail was thoroughly planned.
I agree that in a few years we won't recognize this. Might be a rough few years until then.
The cynic in me thinks that this is driving towards single payer. And I'm not judging whether that would be good or bad. It's just suspicious.
When this first started up, they wanted a single payer system (which would have been ideal), but settled on the ACA in order to attempt to compromise with the Republicans. Hopefully this is just a stepping stone on the way to a more stable national healthcare system. I for one, cannot wait to present my case to the national death panel.
Based on a Manhattan Institute analysis of the HHS numbers, Obamacare will increase underlying insurance rates for younger men by an average of 97 to 99 percent, and for younger women by an average of 55 to 62 percent. Worst off is North Carolina, which will see individual-market rates triple for women, and quadruple for men.
Looked at the #'s and a family of 4 earning $50,000 will be able to get a mid grade plan for $282.00/mo after tax credit. This is above the avg. earnings in NC by about $6000. So lower earners will find larger tax credits.
This is less then most co. plan to charge their employees.
Based on a Manhattan Institute analysis of the HHS numbers, Obamacare will increase underlying insurance rates for younger men by an average of 97 to 99 percent, and for younger women by an average of 55 to 62 percent. Worst off is North Carolina, which will see individual-market rates triple for women, and quadruple for men.
Well, someone is going to have egg on their face come Oct. 1. If it's the administration then we're all screwed. But I have a feeling they are not counting on wool in order for their plan to work and if MI is wrong then the administration will just strengthen their line on how the right will lie to scare you out of benefits. Not good for the right I'd say.
I don't think we'll see 4X raise in anything in NC. It's peculiar to state this since sample rates have already been released. Even Justice Institute is surprised by how low the numbers are considering the lack of competition.
For me, the rates look very reasonable and that's before tax breaks and consideration that I can't buy affordably on the open market due to pre-existing conditions.
My beef with the whole thing is states rights. As a nation we keep doing things because they are "right" versus that little clause about the states. And I don't care about commerce clause arguments or even the right for the fed to tax based on Supreme Court whacky decisions. That's just how I feel.
Looked at the #'s and a family of 4 earning $50,000 will be able to get a mid grade plan for $282.00/mo after tax credit. This is above the avg. earnings in NC by about $6000. So lower earners will find larger tax credits.
This is less then most co. plan to charge their employees.
Except when insurers and doctors start exiting the market due to ever increasing costs, then everyone will pay a lot more. My rates increased 30% over last year because of this. The haves are being forced to pay for the have nots against their will because it isn't "fair". It was never about insurance anyway, it was about having the ability to pay for medical services.
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For me, the rates look very reasonable and that's before tax breaks and consideration that I can't buy affordably on the open market due to pre-existing conditions.
I'm sorry about your condition but as I've stated above, my rate increase is paying for your ability to get insurance. So are the increased taxes on medical manufacturers (many of whom have laid off people) and other cost increasing portions of the bill.
I'm sorry about your condition but as I've stated above, my rate increase is paying for your ability to get insurance. So are the increased taxes on medical manufacturers (many of whom have laid off people) and other cost increasing portions of the bill.
Your rates are not paying anything for me. OTOH 50% of the property taxes I pay go to children's education for kids I do not have. Apparently, some think that educating kids I don't have makes the world a better place and therefore benefits me. I am not trying to bring the argument to a general one as I am speaking of property taxes that are paid on the local level. There's a big difference between local and a federal mandate.
But we also have a department of education that some think would be cruel to eliminate on a national level and then there's medicare and medicaid and social security that people also think have good preventative measures but still are questionable on the federal level. This is why the GOP is trying so hard to overturn ACA because once it's there it will be impossible to take back. Of course that's unless the GOP is right.
I am not qualified to participate in Obamacare. That doesn't mean I can't check a rate chart.
If the costs are indeed as high as shown for a family of four in NC, This will hurt business here more than it will hurt everywhere because people will look else where.
I didn't realize that Coventry was only offering plans in certain counties (BCBS will in all) - it's really unfortunate that we don't have the same level of competition here because that will only hurt the consumer:
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