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will you be shopping for coverage on the health exchange next month. (Original Post) srican69 Sep 2013 OP
You should redo your poll FSogol Sep 2013 #1
too late now .. but i'd wager that everyone without insurance would atleast be tempted to look srican69 Sep 2013 #2
Not sure. Many will just assume it is too expensive, don't qualify, or listen to the GOP mis-info FSogol Sep 2013 #3
Another category: I already meet ACA requirements, no need to shop pinboy3niner Sep 2013 #7
Also, veterans enrolled in VA health care meet the ACA requirements and won't be shopping. nt pinboy3niner Sep 2013 #4
We will be in a couple of years after my husband retires. Skidmore Sep 2013 #5
january i`ll be shopping for my medicare supplement plan madrchsod Sep 2013 #6
I was wondering what the rules for buying through the exchange would be if you had Medicare. liberal_at_heart Sep 2013 #8
I don't know. liberal_at_heart Sep 2013 #9
yes, Broken_Hero Sep 2013 #10
I won't. I'm on Medicare. MineralMan Sep 2013 #11
Good news for you! pinboy3niner Sep 2013 #13
Yup. It'll help. She is uninsurable, and is stuck in MineralMan Sep 2013 #16
Probably? Wait Wut Sep 2013 #12
Links to make it easier to enroll/shop: Zorra Sep 2013 #14
We are on Medicare Blue_In_AK Sep 2013 #15
Quite Possibly Ron Obvious Sep 2013 #17
I'm eager to see what's there. Skip Intro Sep 2013 #18

FSogol

(45,425 posts)
1. You should redo your poll
Mon Sep 23, 2013, 04:23 PM
Sep 2013

Yes.
No, I already have insurance thru work.
No, I don't plan on buying insurance.

srican69

(1,426 posts)
2. too late now .. but i'd wager that everyone without insurance would atleast be tempted to look
Mon Sep 23, 2013, 04:25 PM
Sep 2013

and that makes them shoppers

FSogol

(45,425 posts)
3. Not sure. Many will just assume it is too expensive, don't qualify, or listen to the GOP mis-info
Mon Sep 23, 2013, 04:29 PM
Sep 2013

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)
7. Another category: I already meet ACA requirements, no need to shop
Mon Sep 23, 2013, 04:40 PM
Sep 2013

Lookers are not necessarily "shoppers."

madrchsod

(58,162 posts)
6. january i`ll be shopping for my medicare supplement plan
Mon Sep 23, 2013, 04:37 PM
Sep 2013

my wife may be shopping through her employer plan. her employer still has`t figured out what to do.

liberal_at_heart

(12,081 posts)
8. I was wondering what the rules for buying through the exchange would be if you had Medicare.
Mon Sep 23, 2013, 04:41 PM
Sep 2013

My husband and the rest of us have private insurance policies. He also qualified for Medicare. We never cancelled his private policy after he started receiving Medicare. His bills are 100% covered this way. So, should he shop for private insurance on the exchange? Can he even do that? I don't know if he has a Medicare supplemental plan or not. I don't think he does. If he were to get a Medicare supplemental plan would his bills be 100% covered or would he be better off keeping his private policy? I'm really confused. Maybe I need to call someone.

Broken_Hero

(59,305 posts)
10. yes,
Mon Sep 23, 2013, 04:43 PM
Sep 2013

currently using IHS(Indian Health Services) but we are going to fish around and see if we can get better care

MineralMan

(146,241 posts)
11. I won't. I'm on Medicare.
Mon Sep 23, 2013, 04:43 PM
Sep 2013

My wife will, though, and based on what we've seen so far, it's going to save a good deal of money over her current high health insurance premium.

MineralMan

(146,241 posts)
16. Yup. It'll help. She is uninsurable, and is stuck in
Mon Sep 23, 2013, 04:51 PM
Sep 2013

an expensive individual plan. This will let her switch, and we'll probably qualify for the subsidies, too.

Wait Wut

(8,492 posts)
12. Probably?
Mon Sep 23, 2013, 04:46 PM
Sep 2013

The Republicans in Arizona are having a civil war so I'm hoping to be able to do something once they decide which side has bigger guns, or sumthin'. Last I checked, the .gov site said of Arizona "Check back later for updates".

It's been 12 years since I've had insurance. I'm scared to death of going to the doctor, now.

 

Ron Obvious

(6,261 posts)
17. Quite Possibly
Mon Sep 23, 2013, 04:56 PM
Sep 2013

I received a letter from BCBS saying that our current plan will end 12/31. I haven't read it closely enough to see if we're going to be auto-enrolled in something else or if we need to go shopping ourselves.

Our current crappy plan is $600 a month and covers essentially nothing. A silver plan would be over $1,000 a month according to the calculator but would actually cover a few things and would limit annual out of pocket expenses.

We'll have to see how it works out.

Skip Intro

(19,768 posts)
18. I'm eager to see what's there.
Mon Sep 23, 2013, 05:10 PM
Sep 2013

If the prices are too high, I'll probably just pay the fee for not carrying insurance.

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