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postulater

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1. The doctors will be screwed anyway.

Reply to eridani (Original post)

Tue Dec 17, 2013, 05:25 AM

Dec 2013

The deductibles are so high that without a hospital or ER visit the clinic will be having to collect for the first few thousand anyway.

So premium non-payment will be the least of the clinic's worries.

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Payment Due: The Obamacare Deadline No One is Talking About [View all] eridani Dec 2013 OP

The doctors will be screwed anyway. postulater Dec 2013 #1

Even if people DO pay the Right will claim it's a failure because it's not making Obama rich. Spitfire of ATJ Dec 2013 #7

This is a valid concern for me. Control-Z Dec 2013 #2

I think that most people will certainly try to pay eridani Dec 2013 #3

umm.. Time to take care of yourself. riversedge Dec 2013 #4

... Lochloosa Dec 2013 #10

Compliance in signing up for ACA plans + Noncompliance with payment agreements. Fridays Child Dec 2013 #5

The media keeps harping about the insurance exchanges as if THAT is "Obamacare".... Spitfire of ATJ Dec 2013 #6

When was the ACA ever billed as a Medicaid expansion? Nuclear Unicorn Dec 2013 #14

The ACA was about ending the abuses of the insurance industry.... Spitfire of ATJ Dec 2013 #15

Well, then it failed in that respect. Nuclear Unicorn Dec 2013 #16

The main thing the ACA did was open the debate on the duty of government.... Spitfire of ATJ Dec 2013 #18

So the goalposts have gone from Nuclear Unicorn Dec 2013 #19

We're not "losing" with the public.... Spitfire of ATJ Dec 2013 #20

"The deadline varies somewhat by state and by insurer." Demit Dec 2013 #8

People aren't understanding that they have to pay now to get covered on 1/1/2014 n/t eridani Dec 2013 #9

Were they sent invoices? Demit Dec 2013 #11

Ours is due PasadenaTrudy Dec 2013 #12

Thank you. You seem to understand what the OP doesn't. Demit Dec 2013 #13

"It's a small portion so far." freedom fighter jh Dec 2013 #17

People rushed to buy this insurance because they want it. They will pay the bills when TeamPooka Dec 2013 #21