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Dragonfli

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15. I apologize, for some reason I thought we all went into a special risk pool, I guess I was mistaken.

Reply to pnwmom (Reply #11)

Thu Sep 26, 2013, 01:28 AM

Sep 2013

How about us old farts? Do we get it cheap too? (he crosses his fingers)

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Obamacare ends corporate invasion of privacy. [View all] ErikJ Sep 2013 OP

I'm sure they'll find something else. RC Sep 2013 #1

Why? None of that would matter because preexisting conditions can't be excluded anymore.n/t pnwmom Sep 2013 #2

What about existing conditions? RC Sep 2013 #3

Because of the ACA customers who get screwed can switch to a competetor who covers it. tridim Sep 2013 #5

No health conditions can be excluded, whether current or preexisting. pnwmom Sep 2013 #6

Doesn't make any difference what they find - Ms. Toad Sep 2013 #10

The pre-existing changes alone are a big deal in many ways. Hoyt Sep 2013 #4

They don't care as much as you think because they get to way overcharge for covering such people. Dragonfli Sep 2013 #8

No, you're wrong. They do NOT get to charge more for preexisting conditions. pnwmom Sep 2013 #11

I apologize, for some reason I thought we all went into a special risk pool, I guess I was mistaken. Dragonfli Sep 2013 #15

We old farts (pre Medicare, that is) actually benefit the most pnwmom Sep 2013 #25

The unnecessary and vampirific nature of the very existence of insurance middle men Dragonfli Sep 2013 #18

Sorry to have offended you. But it was hard for me to believe a smart person pnwmom Sep 2013 #26

There will be increased premiums for pre-existing, there has to be, Nuclear Unicorn Sep 2013 #47

There will not be increased premiums for people with preexisting conditions. pnwmom Sep 2013 #49

I didn't say higher costs would be confined to patients with pre-existing condition Nuclear Unicorn Sep 2013 #53

Everyone else will NOT be paying a higher premium. pnwmom Sep 2013 #55

"By pulling more people into the system through the individual mandate" Nuclear Unicorn Sep 2013 #56

You said all premiums are going to be higher, and that's false. pnwmom Sep 2013 #59

No they don't. Ms. Toad Sep 2013 #12

That is good news, I am happy to hear your daughter can get a break. Dragonfli Sep 2013 #21

I am very sorry about what happened to your wife. The ACA was written to try to prevent pnwmom Sep 2013 #32

You appear to be missing the point, we were well insured, Insurance care is very expensive to USE, Dragonfli Sep 2013 #43

I think you missed my point. An insurer won't be able to string a patient along for 9 months pnwmom Sep 2013 #45

You know I am too angry to continue here, stop pretending the evil was vanquished, Dragonfli Sep 2013 #50

I didn't say "evil was vanquished," I said that the ACA is trying to fix the problem. pnwmom Sep 2013 #52

She has been relying on insurance companies to treat two serious, life threatening illnesses Ms. Toad Sep 2013 #40

My income was 40,000, and I don't have any income now. Dragonfli Sep 2013 #46

There is a difference between denying the vampire in the room Ms. Toad Sep 2013 #63

I am sick to death that no one cares to end the suffering Dragonfli Sep 2013 #64

I am not willing to allow everyone to continue to drown Ms. Toad Sep 2013 #65

I'm SO glad for you. pnwmom Sep 2013 #28

It is a relief - Ms. Toad Sep 2013 #41

Thank you, ErikJ! Cha Sep 2013 #7

YW Cha! ErikJ Sep 2013 #19

You do know area51 Sep 2013 #9

Cite, please. Ms. Toad Sep 2013 #13

I do know that investigating providers for fraud is a definite cost-saving measure... Hekate Sep 2013 #36

LOL! OnyxCollie Sep 2013 #14

From what I understand your rate is based on only 3 things ErikJ Sep 2013 #17

Exactly. And women can't be charged more. SunSeeker Sep 2013 #20

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Actually, the NYCLU didn't say that. SunSeeker Sep 2013 #22

+1 uponit7771 Sep 2013 #23

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Obamacare is not a Bush policy. SunSeeker Sep 2013 #27

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i see you joined DU tonight to push a bullshit right wing blog. nt SunSeeker Sep 2013 #31

Libertarians are anarchists for the rich/corporatists as they say. ErikJ Sep 2013 #34

Sadly, Libertarians prove you can smoke pot and still be an asshole. nt SunSeeker Sep 2013 #58

It's a Heritage Foundation plan solarhydrocan Sep 2013 #35

Heritage claims the mandate part. But not the other key parts (expansion of Medicaid, etc.). SunSeeker Sep 2013 #44

Alerted on our newbie friend and got a reply faster than light: 3/3 to leave it. Hekate Sep 2013 #37

Ha! Apparently an alerter with more clout or a different jury took another look... Hekate Sep 2013 #39

Me too. Whoever alerted first got a crap jury, but MIR noticed the repeated alerts. SunSeeker Sep 2013 #62

We are too fixated on health insurance and not health care... Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2013 #29

Hopefully a public option/single payer will be added somehow in the future. ErikJ Sep 2013 #33

The goal is free health care as a benefit for being a citizen of the richest cou,...wait a sec.... Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2013 #38

BINGO! nt adirondacker Sep 2013 #54

Who could not click on a thread title like that one? LWolf Sep 2013 #42

That's not entirely accurate OhioChick Sep 2013 #48

thanks for that. We need answers as to where the work is being done and what our antigop Sep 2013 #51

So, in other words... ChromeFoundry Sep 2013 #57

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Wondering if the internet connection is secure since most public ones are not. uppityperson Sep 2013 #61