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A lot of Texans were happy to receive refunds for their policies. Our resident Happy Texan, couldn't be more unhappy about it (as he/she is, for pretty much anything).
Getting $795 in the mail is normally a good thing, but Katy Fernandez saw it as evidence of something she had long suspected.
"We were being overcharged."
Fernandez, her husband, Louis, and their daughter Sarah each received rebates for their individual health insurance policies last month, three of the 1.5 million Texans to benefit from a provision of the Affordable Care Act that requires insurance companies to return a portion of the premiums if they spend less than 80 percent on medical care.
A lot of Texans were happy to receive refunds for their policies. Our resident Happy Texan, couldn't be more unhappy about it (as he/she is, for pretty much anything).
Getting $795 in the mail is normally a good thing, but Katy Fernandez saw it as evidence of something she had long suspected.
"We were being overcharged."
Fernandez, her husband, Louis, and their daughter Sarah each received rebates for their individual health insurance policies last month, three of the 1.5 million Texans to benefit from a provision of the Affordable Care Act that requires insurance companies to return a portion of the premiums if they spend less than 80 percent on medical care.
Texas' population is nearly 25 million.
So maybe 6% of people got this rebate, while the other 94% didn't (and have premiums go up, hours reduced, or worse yet let go)... Yay!
Texas' population is nearly 25 million.
So maybe 6% of people got this rebate, while the other 94% didn't (and have premiums go up, hours reduced, or worse yet let go)... Yay!
Must be nice to get near $800 back.
Average check for those that received them was $150.
Could have been that my company didn't gouge us on high premiums to begin with.
My company used the money for more free wellness programs.
Texas' population is nearly 25 million.
So maybe 6% of people got this rebate, while the other 94% didn't (and have premiums go up, hours reduced, or worse yet let go)... Yay!
And must you ignore the percentage of Texans who actually bought health insurance on their own? And like our perpetually unhappy Happy Texan, I assume you too would prefer that the government demand the employers sponsoring insurance to refund their costs to the employees (which, makes up the largest chunk of insured people in Texas)?
But..those rebates can be kept by your company and used in the future to "offset increased costs".
That's the letter I got along with my 20% yearly increase in premium for next year.
Your speaking to folks who don't pay for insurance therefore don't have a clue. The could give a **** since its being paid for by someone else.
Obamacare is a good start, but Medicare for all needs to be the final goal. My premiums went down but my insurance company can still deny care. The corporate greedheads need to be removed from the drivers seat and chained up in the back.
Ah yes, because the greedy, CORRUPT politicians should be in charge of your health?
Please show me ONE government agency that:
1. Didn't cost significantly more than predicted.
2. Wasn't full of waste, fraud and abuse.
3. Isn't going broke, or IS broke.
If you think our government won't deny care, you are delusional.
A lot of Texans were happy to receive refunds for their policies. Our resident Happy Texan, couldn't be more unhappy about it (as he/she is, for pretty much anything).
Getting $795 in the mail is normally a good thing, but Katy Fernandez saw it as evidence of something she had long suspected.
"We were being overcharged."
Fernandez, her husband, Louis, and their daughter Sarah each received rebates for their individual health insurance policies last month, three of the 1.5 million Texans to benefit from a provision of the Affordable Care Act that requires insurance companies to return a portion of the premiums if they spend less than 80 percent on medical care.
Um, they were only "overcharged" after the government stepped in and changed the rules, right?
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