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uponit7771

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62. Would you take the chance with a loved ones life with pre ACA HCI? tia

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Thu Jul 6, 2023, 07:19 AM

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People forget lifetime caps on health insurance [View all] Casady1 Jul 2023 OP

My sister died (age 32) of cancer because of a lifetime cap. lastlib Jul 2023 #1

What a stab to the heart! I am moonscape Jul 2023 #13

One of several parasitic industries Artcatt Jul 2023 #20

The VA has spent over a million on my cancers over the the last 15 years. Thank you largest ... marble falls Jul 2023 #2

Private equity will destroy it all anyway. Anesthesiology practices lostnfound Jul 2023 #3

✔️+ live love laugh Jul 2023 #4

No one seems to know anything about a new venture capitalist partner's Backseat Driver Jul 2023 #23

The cigar chomping boys in their darkened, oak-paneled, boardroom yonder Jul 2023 #31

Sometimes I only see my Endos NP and I am ok with it as cstanleytech Jul 2023 #48

Happening to veterarian practices too. Support your independent vet groups! mahina Jul 2023 #50

I am so grateful to President Obama WhiteTara Jul 2023 #5

The ACA jacked our monthly insurance rate up about $1200 over 10 years Auggie Jul 2023 #6

Interesting. The effect on my household was the opposite. sybylla Jul 2023 #12

there are still states which refuse to accept the Medicaid Expansion yellowdogintexas Jul 2023 #30

We are self employed family as well. MontanaMama Jul 2023 #16

that's an outrage NJCher Jul 2023 #22

I write my congress critter and Senators every single December MontanaMama Jul 2023 #43

What state? tia uponit7771 Jul 2023 #65

Montana. MontanaMama Jul 2023 #73

Sympathies extended Auggie Jul 2023 #25

Back at you, friend. MontanaMama Jul 2023 #42

Obama did the best he thought he could, but the ACA was only a partial fix. PatrickforB Jul 2023 #37

Exactly Auggie Jul 2023 #39

The US doesn't have a health care system. markodochartaigh Jul 2023 #52

I beg to disagree on that. True Blue American Jul 2023 #55

If we wanted to come together, we'd stop spending over half the budget ($858B this year) PatrickforB Jul 2023 #71

Medicare for all is not the answer ExWhoDoesntCare Jul 2023 #78

that is madness, 46,000+ usd per year potentially out of pocket!!!! Celerity Jul 2023 #70

Yep self employed and small business coverage are areas that need improvement IbogaProject Jul 2023 #17

Hmm. There are other factors Hortensis Jul 2023 #18

Well, rates are based on age and zip code ... Auggie Jul 2023 #24

If you're getting it for a decent price it's because your income is low enough to get more subsidies questionseverything Jul 2023 #51

Not if you are old enough to get Medicare Advantage. True Blue American Jul 2023 #56

The aca doesn't cover you if you're old enough for medicare questionseverything Jul 2023 #59

Wrong again.The ACA True Blue American Jul 2023 #75

Medicare advantage is private insurance that guts regular medicare questionseverything Jul 2023 #79

Wrong, it adds to Medicare with extra benefits. True Blue American Jul 2023 #80

I bought insurance before Obamacare and insurance definitely had a million dollar cap Casady1 Jul 2023 #27

I get it ... Auggie Jul 2023 #32

Your "decent PPO" would have dropped you if you'd developed an expensive cancer pnwmom Jul 2023 #36

That's a fabrication. You can't know that. Auggie Jul 2023 #38

I can't know about your particular health situation, but it's not a fabrication that most policies pnwmom Jul 2023 #44

Yes we can uponit7771 Jul 2023 #61

No you can't. It's a fabrication to substantiate your own righteousness. Auggie Jul 2023 #69

Yes you CAN have know if your insurer COULD drop you before ACA. The answer is they can ... uponit7771 Jul 2023 #72

And lack of facts.o True Blue American Jul 2023 #76

How do you come to this conclusion,? True Blue American Jul 2023 #57

Would you take the chance with a loved ones life with pre ACA HCI? tia uponit7771 Jul 2023 #62

I came to that conclusion by reading and experience. We knew how high hospital bills pnwmom Jul 2023 #68

Did ACA jack up your cost or the state you live in? tia uponit7771 Jul 2023 #60

funny, I paid a lot less treestar Jul 2023 #64

ACA saved my life bmichaelh Jul 2023 #7

No Repuke should ever be believed ... and especially not Chump FakeNoose Jul 2023 #45

:) True Blue American Jul 2023 #58

The Sad Thing Is NowISeetheLight Jul 2023 #8

This is why we have huge market caps however lostnfound Jul 2023 #9

If you haven't seen Sicko, Abigail_Adams Jul 2023 #10

Cuba NowISeetheLight Jul 2023 #26

Thank you, everyone who voted Democratic Hortensis Jul 2023 #11

Health insurance companies are needless parasites. Hermit-The-Prog Jul 2023 #14

The insurance companies are still keeping track Cairycat Jul 2023 #15

+1 leftstreet Jul 2023 #47

thank you President Obama LetMyPeopleVote Jul 2023 #19

Great point bmichaelh Jul 2023 #21

Lets not forget "ACA" is pretty much the republicans original healthcare option from the 90s Cheezoholic Jul 2023 #28

The public option was supposed to make the difference questionseverything Jul 2023 #81

I have free HC insurance XanaDUer2 Jul 2023 #29

No lifetime maximum caps with Medicare. Liberal In Texas Jul 2023 #33

Not all Medicare Advantage plans are equal wolfie001 Jul 2023 #66

re: prior authorizations misanthrope Jul 2023 #74

Yup Dave says Jul 2023 #34

Don't put all the blame on the "benefit managers". They have to negotiate Wonder Why Jul 2023 #35

I was going to say that the true cost is probably less than $100,000 SouthernDem4ever Jul 2023 #41

The difference between what you pay for and what you get is called "profit". Midnight Writer Jul 2023 #40

My grand baby would be dead if that cap were still in place peggysue2 Jul 2023 #46

STEPHEN KING HAD TO SUE HIS INSURANCE COMPANY Jimvanhise Jul 2023 #49

wtf ?! yeah, if Stephen King is suing for insurance coverage the avg America was screwed uponit7771 Jul 2023 #63

My husband and I are on Obamacare, too. THANK YOU, President Obama, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, LaMouffette Jul 2023 #53

It WAS a BFD flamingdem Jul 2023 #54

I am so, so glad I joined the Army. Ligyron Jul 2023 #67

But you still went on Medicare True Blue American Jul 2023 #77

Bump in honor of Peggysue2's baby granddaughter's liver transplant Hortensis Aug 2023 #82