cornermouse
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Mon Oct-04-10 04:48 AM
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I went to the government's health insurance plan and looked up my future plan. I thought I was only going to be paying double monthly what I pay now. Boy was I wrong. Its more like quadruple or quintuple to get the maximum out of pocket/deductible I have for the next few months. In effect, if I pay double, I have $15,000 maximum out of pocket costs and $10,000 annual deductible. I'll be paying for insurance that I cannot afford to use.
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Mon Oct-04-10 05:02 AM
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1. sorry to hear that, cornermouse... sadly, though, it is not unexpected |
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Edited on Mon Oct-04-10 05:03 AM by ixion
this is what those of us opposed to the legislation had said was going to happen. :(
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Mon Oct-04-10 05:08 AM
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3. I knew it would be bad but I didn't realize it would be this bad. |
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Mon Oct-04-10 05:04 AM
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2. See if your Congressman's office can help you navigate this. Some feedback here would help. |
cornermouse
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Mon Oct-04-10 05:19 AM
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4. I know I'm not alone in this |
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How many thousands of people can or should my Congressman be expected to help? There are several thousand people employed at my location alone and they're doing this on a corporate multi-state wide level. I have no pre-existing conditions, am not on any medications/prescriptions, and I am abnormally healthy for someone over 50 and the insurance quotes are beyond my ability. If I get the really good deductible/out-of-pocket-costs I currently have, I would be paying only slightly less (about $200 a month less) for health insurance as I would for the roof over my head.
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Mon Oct-04-10 05:54 AM
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5. I know I have been paying for |
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insurance I can't afford to use for at least 5 yrs now...If it goes up in January like it does every year I will be priced ...what do you pay now? ..how much will you pay according the gov plan? can you link me to the site you went to?
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Schema Thing
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Mon Oct-04-10 08:14 AM
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why would your insurance be getting worse?
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Mon Oct-04-10 08:22 AM
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7. because the Health Insurance Reform bill left gaping loopholes |
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for the industry to take advantage of.
a CEO somewhere is laughing himself all the way to the bank.
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Schema Thing
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Mon Oct-04-10 08:52 AM
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9. no, this does not answer my question |
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this is just you being a freeper on DU.
I'll let the OP answer me with his or her specifics.
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Mon Oct-04-10 08:26 AM
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8. If your numbers are accurate then the levels of angry non-compliance will FORCE congress to fix or |
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eliminate this garbage law that they and this week-kneed, fence sitting, triangulating administration have attempted to impose on us.
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Mon Oct-04-10 09:30 AM
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10. Why aren't you keeping what you already have? |
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Mon Oct-04-10 12:45 PM
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11. That's why I finally dropped my insurance |
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instead of paying for insurance that I can never afford to use, I pay for what healthcare I can afford and hope that I'm doing enough in terms of "preventative care" that I won't need much more than that.
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