Obama asks church leaders to encourage people to sign up for "Obamacare"

[cheri1122]

Well...Obama did ask the NBA and NFL but they declined. I am surprised he hasn't asked the rap and hiphop folks. Maybe that is coming?

Rates are going to go up. If you are going to insure 30M more that don't have coverage now, pretty good guess everyone will be footing the bill.

I don't know - how many don't have insurance because [like myself] they have no apparent medical problems? There's a lot of very healthy people who aren't paying any premiums, who will be contributing more money into the collective pot.

And of course, you have 11M illegals that will become part of that at some point. It is not part of the current bill, but it is coming.

Hey: that's 11 million more people paying for insurance!

 

[cheri1122]

My wife and I have a Blue Cross Anthem policy which has almost doubled this year thanks to OBummer. We are going to raise our deductable's so we can afford it.

Of course BC/BS blames it on Obama - but the insurance industry doesn't exactly have a track record of being truthful.

 

[paullud]

Care to share the link you used?

Found it and it is the one linked from healthcare. gov which it turns out the prices I was comparing were for different policies. The new policy the government will help me get covers a much lower percentage of my medical costs while at the same time raising the amount of out of pocket costs I am responsible for. So even if I don't use it I have to pay hundreds more plus the American taxpayer takes a hit. This is the calculator provided by a biased government website and it shows I am getting screwed but others may want to see what the impact to them will be. http://kff.org/interactive/subsidy-calculator/

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[paullud]

Of course BC/BS blames it on Obama - but the insurance industry doesn't exactly have a track record of being truthful.

The insurance industry is full of weasels, which is why they supported Obamacare.

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[cheri1122]

I support whatever would lower the ridiculous costs of medical care in the US, but it sure doesn't look like Obamacare is it.

 

[paullud]

I support whatever would lower the ridiculous costs of medical care in the US, but it sure doesn't look like Obamacare is it.

Health insurance has been considered a major reason for the expense of health care because people don't pay attention to the fact that the hospital will charge $12 for an Advil.

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[cheri1122]

Hospitals claim the prices reflect the costs of treating those who can't pay, so in theory, having everyone insured will lower costs.
Why don't I believe it will happen that way?

 

[davekc]

Well...Obama did ask the NBA and NFL but they declined. I am surprised he hasn't asked the rap and hiphop folks. Maybe that is coming?

Rates are going to go up. If you are going to insure 30M more that don't have coverage now, pretty good guess everyone will be footing the bill.

I don't know - how many don't have insurance because [like myself] they have no apparent medical problems? There's a lot of very healthy people who aren't paying any premiums, who will be contributing more money into the collective pot.

And of course, you have 11M illegals that will become part of that at some point. It is not part of the current bill, but it is coming.

Hey: that's 11 million more people paying for insurance!

In a perfect world only. The 11 million are for the most part on lower rung of the economic ladder. What they would pay in penalties or a premium won't come close to covering their actual care and costs. Taxpayers will be picking up the rest.
Insurance companies under the new plan and law have to spend 80 percent of every dollar on patient care. I don't believe they are going to be raking it in. The high rates will be generated by covering 30M more people and the explosive growth of lawsuits. When they start looking at tort reform and nationwide portable insurance, then you will know they are actually looking at costs.
Obamacare in my opinion is nothing more than a first move to a government single payer system.
And we see how well that is working in other countries.