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eridani

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53. "If after internal appeal the plan still denies your request for payment or services, you can ask--

Mon May 27, 2013, 04:49 AM

May 2013

--for an independent external review." That could take quite a bit of time. Unlike France, where it is flat out illegal to deny a claim.

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Employers Eye Bare-Bones Health Plans Under New Law [View all] eridani May 2013 OP

ACA: clusterfuck. KG May 2013 #1

Unless a few states can use its provisions to establish local single payer eridani May 2013 #2

It's praised by many still Puzzledtraveller May 2013 #11

ACA will enable me to retire early without worrying about "medical coverage" Kolesar May 2013 #35

Your opinion about how good that insurance will be is worth about what your opinion-- eridani May 2013 #45

Why? eom Kolesar May 2013 #46

I take it you have a plan of action ready for when your claims get turned down? eridani May 2013 #48

Nah, I'm still going to quit my job and spend my time on DU blogging with these exciting people Kolesar May 2013 #49

"If after internal appeal the plan still denies your request for payment or services, you can ask-- eridani May 2013 #53

This part is scary: Ilsa May 2013 #3

who could have predicted? Enrique May 2013 #5

Oh my, this is so true! How could we have possibly forseen this? It's mystifying! Safetykitten May 2013 #17

Oh brother. City Lights May 2013 #47

"Administration officials confirmed in interviews that the skinny plans, in concept . . . " DrDan May 2013 #4

Still better than what the employees have now.. Bandit May 2013 #6

but they will be uninsured Enrique May 2013 #7

They are uninsured right now Bandit May 2013 #13

No one goes bankrupt over a doctor's office bill. They go Ilsa May 2013 #21

And for want of a copay for an office visit, many don't go to the doctor either. So there you have Safetykitten May 2013 #28

Yes, the insurance needs to be comprehensive Ilsa May 2013 #36

Most of these employers will probably go for the high deductible aka "Consumer Driven" plans dflprincess May 2013 #41

How? An insurance policy that doesn't pay for the insured is just extortion. n/t Egalitarian Thug May 2013 #9

It is extortion if they make employees pay the bill Bandit May 2013 #14

you are making the incorrect assumption that employees of these large corporations are uninsured DrDan May 2013 #16

Legally required. You wrote the problem of this whole train wreck in your reply. Egalitarian Thug May 2013 #20

huh? how is that? DrDan May 2013 #15

Uh, in case you forgot 800,000 about work for WALMART. Safetykitten May 2013 #22

uh . . . and many many more work for IBM, AT&T, GM, etc etc etc DrDan May 2013 #31

We should call them Baucus policies, in "honor" of Max's great service to Zorra May 2013 #8

Perhaps our elected representatives.... Flyboy_451 May 2013 #10

The WSJ ProSense May 2013 #12

And like clockwork... Safetykitten May 2013 #18

Here: ProSense May 2013 #23

Sure, using people as time buyers for what should of been is quite classy. Safetykitten May 2013 #24

Is that supposed to be a sentence? eom Kolesar May 2013 #38

What if paying the fine is cheaper than going along with the plan? nt clarice May 2013 #34

Yes, the WSJ is full of shit. Moosepoop May 2013 #37

Don't Be So Sure..... ill wind May 2013 #42

Welcome to DU my friend! hrmjustin May 2013 #44

Well, let's see...nation's largest employer is Walmart, and...oh, nevermind. Safetykitten May 2013 #19

Wow. That basically amounts to NO coverage. WinkyDink May 2013 #25

Yes, this fact is lost on many. Safetykitten May 2013 #26

thats why my employer just cut our coverage to bare bones, $2500 out of pocket before they pick up Demonaut May 2013 #27

seriously. use the er for service, buy pet store antibiotics. crash the system. its gonna happen galileoreloaded May 2013 #29

Well this will upset the worshippers. n/t L0oniX May 2013 #30

This is just the tasty party snacks part, The full course nightmare is being heated up as we speak. Safetykitten May 2013 #32

HAHA Puzzledtraveller May 2013 #43

Dude, you're on the wrong thread! Kolesar May 2013 #50

Obamacare: Tastes great! Less filling. Or, Obama DOESN'T really care. MotherPetrie May 2013 #33

K&R woo me with science May 2013 #39

kick woo me with science May 2013 #40

Time for single payer and to eliminate ties with the job on point May 2013 #51

and you won't be eligible for subsidies from the exchange because you will have "affordable" antigop May 2013 #52