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Horse with no Name

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37. First of all...our premiums doubled this year

Fri Mar 22, 2013, 11:34 PM

Mar 2013

The letter said it was because of the ACA.

Then it also went on to say that our policy was "grandfathered" and the preventative portions of the ACA would not apply to us. So, basically we were hit with double premiums and no access to the "free" preventative benefits ie colonoscopys, mammograms, medication.
It was ridiculous. I was piled on by the faithful. I deleted the entire ridiculous thing and blocked the assholes so I didn't have to run across them in the future.
I copied the letter verbatim. Why would I lie?

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Health Insurers Warn on Premiums [View all] dkf Mar 2013 OP

sounds kinda like a conspiracy to fix prices does it not? some well placed threats from the Feds msongs Mar 2013 #1

I suspect that number could be correct for new policies for now uninsured with existing conditions HereSince1628 Mar 2013 #2

Health Insurers Threaten To Increase Premiums, Even As Profits Soar ProSense Mar 2013 #3

The problem with setting a profit margin is increasing the costs increases the profit. dkf Mar 2013 #5

You clearly ProSense Mar 2013 #8

Costs are rising...could it be because there is no longer an incentive to keep them down? dkf Mar 2013 #15

Wait ProSense Mar 2013 #18

That is supposed to be part of the role of insurers, to negotiate prices with providers. dkf Mar 2013 #21

That makes no sense. ProSense Mar 2013 #22

They made a bad system worse because they land up incentivizing the wrong thing. dkf Mar 2013 #23

Nonsense. ProSense Mar 2013 #27

Well we will see what happens to premiums and if things will be as rosy as you have promised. dkf Mar 2013 #29

Oh please, ProSense Mar 2013 #31

I'm not even for medicare for all because that isn't enough of a change. dkf Mar 2013 #33

So ProSense Mar 2013 #35

Well if you are going to use all your political capital you might as well improve things. dkf Mar 2013 #36

I suppose ProSense Mar 2013 #38

The ACA was probably part of it. Igel Mar 2013 #42

So The Companies Will Put Themselves Out Of Business, Ma'am The Magistrate Mar 2013 #4

So people go without healthcare and get taxed? dkf Mar 2013 #6

The Long-Term Goal, Ma'am, is To Break the Private Insurance Companies The Magistrate Mar 2013 #7

So why pass anything? Was it to accelerate costs faster? dkf Mar 2013 #10

At This Point, Ma'am, This Is Just Gougers Making Noise The Magistrate Mar 2013 #16

Yet the Government mandates we buy this product. Argh dkf Mar 2013 #17

The People Who Own The Legislature, Ma'am, Want Something Else The Magistrate Mar 2013 #28

Well if they meant for healthcare to take over our pocketbooks then they should be happy. dkf Mar 2013 #30

Jump. you fuckers, jump. bluedigger Mar 2013 #9

We'll see soon enough. If it's a big clusterf**k, costlier to most, Skip Intro Mar 2013 #11

For what it's worth I start Medicare next month and was told by an doc03 Mar 2013 #12

As planned. Ruby the Liberal Mar 2013 #13

That's pretty cynical. dkf Mar 2013 #19

What can I say - I am a liberal Ruby the Liberal Mar 2013 #39

Every single Health Insurance executive can kiss my lilly white ass. Gravitycollapse Mar 2013 #14

I wonder what it's like to go to work every day Nye Bevan Mar 2013 #20

Interesting. I posted a letter from my insurer Horse with no Name Mar 2013 #24

The health insurance companies are the liars. ProSense Mar 2013 #32

What did it say? dkf Mar 2013 #34

First of all...our premiums doubled this year Horse with no Name Mar 2013 #37

Wow. dkf Mar 2013 #43

Yeah and the thing is Horse with no Name Mar 2013 #44

Of course premiums are going to go up. Zax2me Mar 2013 #25

Let's get universal public healthcare done and force these killers Zorra Mar 2013 #26

The US has a health care cost problem, too many fingers in a pie which does not Thinkingabout Mar 2013 #40

kick Dawson Leery Mar 2013 #41