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Florida Woman's Insurance Rate Increases 10X Under Obamacare
8:44 AM, Oct 28, 2013
by DANIEL HALPER
One Florida woman is going from paying $54 a month to $591 under Obamacare, CBS reports:
"For many, their introduction to the Affordable Care Act has been negative: A broken website, and now cancellation notices from insurance companies, followed by sticker shock over higher prices for the new plans," says a CBS reporter. "It's directly at odds from repeated assurances from the president."
"When I got this bill, I was outraged," CBS quotes a 56-year-old Florida resident who got dropped from her health care plan.
Her new plan will be 10 times higher than what she's paying now, jumping from $54 a month to $591.
"What I have right now is what I'm happy with, and I just want to know why I can't keep what I have," says the woman. "Why do I have to be forced into something else?"
Under her old limited liability plan Barrette wouldn't have been covered if she was admitted to the hospital, for instance.
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Again, what part of "She is happy with the plan she has" don't you understand?
She may be 'happy' until she needs to use a hospital.
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the health care law that was passed in 2010 outlined 10 essential benefits every plan has to provide: "ambulatory patient services; emergency services; hospitalization; maternity and newborn care; mental health and substance use disorder services, including behavioral health treatment; prescription drugs; rehabilitative and habilitative services and devices; laboratory services; preventive and wellness services and chronic disease management; and pediatric services, including oral and vision care," according to Healthcare.gov. So while you can probably keep your doctor, you can't keep you bare bones limited liability plan.
Barrette's plan didn't offer most of this. According to the same GoBlue summary mentioned earlier, and a GoBlue representative, her plan:
Only paid "up to $50 per provider per date of service for covered services."
Discounted medicines, but didn't cover them. "Contraceptives and self-injectable drugs are not covered. GoBlue pays up to $5 or $15 per prescription, depending on the plan purchased."
Didn't cover maternity/pre-natal care or hospital visits.
The old plan was so cheap because it didn't cover much.
It is funny..
For one, her new insurance is much different from her old insurance, so it is an apples to oranges comparison.
Its funny how few people realize that the PROBLEM is because it's become an "apples to oranges" comparison.
Here is a better example that is easier to follow.
Suppose there are two kinds of cars: a ****ty used KIA that only costs $5,000 or a nice BMW that costs $25,000
Even though the BMW is way better than the KIA, many people choose the KIA for many reasons - just because it's cheaper, because they don't care about all the extra stuff the BMW has, whatever.
However, let's say a law is passed that outlaws the KIA because it's "not safe enough" to drive and forces BMW to sell their car for $18,000, since it's the only car people can now buy.
That's a heck of a deal if you were already planning on buying the BMW for $25,000... but it's not a good deal AT ALL if you were only planning to buy the KIA for $5,000.
It's the same thing with health insurance. Some people DON'T WANT a lot of coverage, they would rather just pay the bare minimum and "risk it". What this new law is doing is making it so that they HAVE TO buy the expensive insurance, even if the expensive insurance is cheaper now than it used to be, it's still more expensive than the person is willing to pay for insurance and is therefore a BAD DEAL to them.
Indeed it was.A function of ACA is consumer protection. That her existing plan did not provide for ER, hospitalization or treatment suggests either she did not realize the limitations or was rolling the dice till 65. What was her back up plan if she became seriously ill or has a serious accident? What are the odds for a 56 year old?The ACA price she was quoted was the gross price. She is eligible for subsidy and that changes her net cost.
Its funny how few people realize that the PROBLEM is because it's become an "apples to oranges" comparison.
Here is a better example that is easier to follow.
Suppose there are two kinds of cars: a ****ty used KIA that only costs $5,000 or a nice BMW that costs $25,000
Even though the BMW is way better than the KIA, many people choose the KIA for many reasons - just because it's cheaper, because they don't care about all the extra stuff the BMW has, whatever.
However, let's say a law is passed that outlaws the KIA because it's "not safe enough" to drive and forces BMW to sell their car for $18,000, since it's the only car people can now buy.
That's a heck of a deal if you were already planning on buying the BMW for $25,000... but it's not a good deal AT ALL if you were only planning to buy the KIA for $5,000.
It's the same thing with health insurance. Some people DON'T WANT a lot of coverage, they would rather just pay the bare minimum and "risk it". What this new law is doing is making it so that they HAVE TO buy the expensive insurance, even if the expensive insurance is cheaper now than it used to be, it's still more expensive than the person is willing to pay for insurance and is therefore a BAD DEAL to them.
No, it would be more like:
There are two cars. Car A can only be driven 5 miles a day, and will not start when you really need it, but only costs $5,000.
Car B can go as long as you wan it to go, is very reliable never breaks down, and costs $10,000.
Those that choose to buy car A can risk it, but if there is a serious need then the person with car B will have to drive them wherever they need to go.
That is what happens when people with the crappy or no insurance end up needing serious medical care that their policy doesn't cover. MY insurance rates go up to cover THEIR medical treatment.
Florida Woman's Insurance Rate Increases 10X Under Obamacare
8:44 AM, Oct 28, 2013
by DANIEL HALPER
One Florida woman is going from paying $54 a month to $591 under Obamacare, CBS reports:
"For many, their introduction to the Affordable Care Act has been negative: A broken website, and now cancellation notices from insurance companies, followed by sticker shock over higher prices for the new plans," says a CBS reporter. "It's directly at odds from repeated assurances from the president."
"When I got this bill, I was outraged," CBS quotes a 56-year-old Florida resident who got dropped from her health care plan.
Her new plan will be 10 times higher than what she's paying now, jumping from $54 a month to $591.
"What I have right now is what I'm happy with, and I just want to know why I can't keep what I have," says the woman. "Why do I have to be forced into something else?"
Florida insurance is crazy. All of it. (Auto, HO etc...) Not surprised. They have like the 4th highest uninsured rate iirc.
It wasn't 'free'. They just paid you in insurance instead of in dollars. If you hadn't had insurance from your employer, they likely would have paid you more. And even if that weren't true, you were still trading work-hours for insurance costs.
Nothing is free.
Considering it was one of the highest paying jobs in that city, I would say it was free. (Barring movie producers, internet millionaires, lawyers, and business owners, that is.)
Crawford’s report omitted loads of key information, including the fact that 56 year-old Dianne Barrette’s old insurance plan barely even qualifies as insurance, paying only $50 toward most of the small list of covered services (Dianne pays the rest), and offering exactly zero coverage for hospitalization. Crawford also failed to mention that, based on her age and income, Barrette’s new plan would actually cost her about $209 a month, not $591.Actually, the plan BCBSFL was only one of many plans Dianne has to choose from, 10 of which are cheaper than that $591, and based on her income, she’d only pay around $209 a month, but Greta did cut right to the chase about the quality of her old plan. “Your $54 a month policy is a pretty, you know, bare bones policy, “Greta said. Actually, it doesn’t cover any hospital stays. It doesn’t cover any outpatient care, except for mammography, osteoporosis screening, diabetes self-management, and complications from pregnancy. For that handful of services, the plan pays $50, and Dianne pays the rest.
Last edited by Zimbochick; 10-29-2013 at 07:46 PM..
No, it would be more like:
There are two cars. Car A can only be driven 5 miles a day, and will not start when you really need it, but only costs $5,000.
Car B can go as long as you wan it to go, is very reliable never breaks down, and costs $10,000.
Those that choose to buy car A can risk it, but if there is a serious need then the person with car B will have to drive them wherever they need to go.
That is what happens when people with the crappy or no insurance end up needing serious medical care that their policy doesn't cover. MY insurance rates go up to cover THEIR medical treatment.
Yep!
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