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74. Every time I see a Dr....

Reply to Fred Sanders (Reply #62)

Sat Jul 4, 2015, 09:35 PM

Jul 2015

I end up with months of medical debt because of shitty insurance. And I pay extra premiums for lower deductibles.

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Health Insurance Companies Seek Big Rate Increases for 2016 [View all] CatWoman Jul 2015 OP

WTF? "saying their new customers under the Affordable Care Act turned out to be sicker than expected NRaleighLiberal Jul 2015 #1

Let us pay premiums to the non-profit medicare system instead of the 'for profit' Corps. Sunlei Jul 2015 #16

+1 daleanime Jul 2015 #52

+1million rury Jul 2015 #66

Bernie should run on doing just this. I think he would get the votes from both sides of the aisle if trillion Jul 2015 #87

There we go. Chemisse Jul 2015 #88

face palm yes... PatrynXX Jul 2015 #54

My wife had an aortic aneurysm and open heart surgery at The Cleveland Clinic. BC/BS covered three 24601 Jul 2015 #113

"...their new customers under the Affordable Care Act turned out to be sicker than expected." CrispyQ Jul 2015 #2

GMTA! NRaleighLiberal Jul 2015 #3

It just amazes me that they didn't see that coming! CrispyQ Jul 2015 #11

that sentence stuck out like a beacon for me as well CatWoman Jul 2015 #22

Single Payer, now! onecaliberal Jul 2015 #4

+1,000,000,000,000,000 Auggie Jul 2015 #7

YES!!!! rury Jul 2015 #67

Fuck em. Medicare for all! Stop this insanity! mountain grammy Jul 2015 #5

When we instigate Medicare for all we need to eliminate the 20% copay. totodeinhere Jul 2015 #28

Yes, I would agree with that. mountain grammy Jul 2015 #37

YES. It's good we have Medicare, but the coverage is absolute crap compared to what the Europeans kath Jul 2015 #60

On Medicare SSDI and the 20% is killing me. It's still hard on people like me. What about Dental? YOHABLO Jul 2015 #109

Yes, comprehensive dental care should be available to all Americans. totodeinhere Jul 2015 #110

In Oregon the regulator demanded the insurance company raise former9thward Jul 2015 #6

There is some logic Travis_0004 Jul 2015 #23

Thanks for clarifying it. newthinking Jul 2015 #40

Yes, the smaller companies that are raising their premiums 30%. former9thward Jul 2015 #49

The insurance companies already control the regulatory agencies that govern them. Dustlawyer Jul 2015 #91

The problem is that insurance is regulated at the state level. former9thward Jul 2015 #99

Bully Pulpit for the state corruption! Dustlawyer Jul 2015 #101

The individual mandate was supposed to offset higher care costs. yallerdawg Jul 2015 #8

Yeah, I pointed that angle out as soon as they mentioned the profit margin regulation during the Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jul 2015 #29

If we could have the Medicare pricing system... yallerdawg Jul 2015 #34

"...and couldn't care less about anyone else." CrispyQ Jul 2015 #98

The problem is the penalty for not having insurance wasn't high enough to make that happen, PoliticAverse Jul 2015 #38

That penalty goes up every year. yallerdawg Jul 2015 #42

No one checks this. former9thward Jul 2015 #57

H & R block checks it! yallerdawg Jul 2015 #102

The IRS does not require documentation. former9thward Jul 2015 #103

This penalty program just started this year for required coverage. yallerdawg Jul 2015 #104

Do you never violate the speed limit? former9thward Jul 2015 #106

excellent point, thanks! n/t DebJ Jul 2015 #83

Thanks, Liberals & Obama bread_and_roses Jul 2015 #9

+1,000 !!! CountAllVotes Jul 2015 #12

Yeah, that is the message from a premium REQUEST, in one State by a few companies...attack Obama?? You on the right site? Fred Sanders Jul 2015 #18

"This is a liberal and Obama site"? PSPS Jul 2015 #25

My opinion is that as long as it is President Obama (D), this site is what I said it is. Check the TOS and Fred Sanders Jul 2015 #41

there's plenty of folk here who think this is an "Obama site" Skittles Jul 2015 #72

Liberals were against the ACA as it didn't go far enough. Le Taz Hot Jul 2015 #51

I'm of the Chris Hedges camp on "Liberals." bread_and_roses Jul 2015 #89

I know that the terms shouldn't be iterchangeabe Le Taz Hot Jul 2015 #90

Exactly so bread_and_roses Jul 2015 #96

No problem. Le Taz Hot Jul 2015 #100

This was always going to be a problem with handing insurance companies the Nay Jul 2015 #10

I'm shocked, shocked I tell you. hobbit709 Jul 2015 #13

Who could have known?????? BrotherIvan Jul 2015 #19

This on the heels of yet another of my annual rent increases that I received last week. Ed Suspicious Jul 2015 #14

Insurance and Risk Management Runs the World bucolic_frolic Jul 2015 #15

Yet we were told this week the "merger mania" among insurers was a result of the increased profits� Journeyman Jul 2015 #17

Ok fuckers, you had your chance - single payer! Elmer S. E. Dump Jul 2015 #20

But they have no problem with outrageous CEO salaries LuckyLib Jul 2015 #21

The die was cast as soon as the ACA restricted the overhead percentage RufusTFirefly Jul 2015 #24

Unless another insurer's premium is $1200, and a bunch of your insured jump ship. Hoyt Jul 2015 #31

Not to mention the standard minimum coverages by law, no preconditions, etc...folks are forgetful. Fred Sanders Jul 2015 #59

It is not overhead that is limited, it is direct delivery of health care services. Sheesh. Fred Sanders Jul 2015 #43

Interesting. I'd like to see the direct wording. What I had read previously was DebJ Jul 2015 #86

It is restricting profit - by forcing a certain level of spending you force a cap on profits....the company can have as Fred Sanders Jul 2015 #94

Of course this was obvious tymorial Jul 2015 #80

The same old game flamingdem Jul 2015 #26

They are being retained by the insurance companies. nt awoke_in_2003 Jul 2015 #45

I wonder if two great slums will be big enough. I used to think all these little temp fixes like the jtuck004 Jul 2015 #27

Make them prove they need to raise rates. Frustratedlady Jul 2015 #30

Who the heck will make them prove rate hikes when they bankroll govt. officials? appalachiablue Jul 2015 #58

Obamacare covers that! Fred Sanders Jul 2015 #61

This may be good news for Sanders, since Clinton wants to keep the profiteers in the system Doctor_J Jul 2015 #32

Affordable care. eom GeorgeGist Jul 2015 #33

I haven't seen bunches of them filing for bankruptcy... SoapBox Jul 2015 #35

For the first time ever medical bankruptcies have DROPPED along with difficulties paying medical bills Fred Sanders Jul 2015 #62

Every time I see a Dr.... CANDO Jul 2015 #74

Appears this was baked into the Wellstone ruled Jul 2015 #36

of course it was... awoke_in_2003 Jul 2015 #47

Yup,and our Nation thinks it was a Wellstone ruled Jul 2015 #48

I hope that they don't get it. RoccoR5955 Jul 2015 #39

No one could have anticipated this awoke_in_2003 Jul 2015 #44

How are their current profits? Renew Deal Jul 2015 #46

all-time high, and going up every quarter Doctor_J Jul 2015 #63

This was absolutely predicted Le Taz Hot Jul 2015 #50

Aw,...poor babies were looking forward to new customers while providing ZERO care. Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2015 #53

This is exactly why a public option was needed. Vinca Jul 2015 #55

Selling health for corporate profit is evil. God told me so. eom DirtyHippyBastard Jul 2015 #56

Yes, it is evil and immoral, by any philosophy except the Love of Greed. n/t DebJ Jul 2015 #84

BTW all of these increases will be absorbed by people with employer plans Doctor_J Jul 2015 #64

What is "affordable" about astronomical premiums for LibDemAlways Jul 2015 #65

The rate increases should be denied across the board imo. cstanleytech Jul 2015 #68

This is why we absolutely must have a "public option" n/t cosmicone Jul 2015 #69

Do you really think it will be much cheaper, unless there is some tough restrictions Hoyt Jul 2015 #70

It will be at least 31% cheaper cosmicone Jul 2015 #107

Actually it won't. ACA limits "overhead" to 20%, out of that 20% come credentialing of Hoyt Jul 2015 #108

The idea of govt. health care will be ruined forever by Obama's insurance scam. Skeeter Barnes Jul 2015 #71

Which just proves that insurance companies need to be extracted from health care altogether. marmar Jul 2015 #73

They will price themselves out if business TexasBushwhacker Jul 2015 #75

What "value added " do healthcare insurance companies add to healthcare in America The Jungle 1 Jul 2015 #76

I guess that is why most states have turned to private insurers to save money on Medicaid. Hoyt Jul 2015 #77

This message was self-deleted by its author DebJ Jul 2015 #85

Right - must be why everywhere else the people hate their national system bread_and_roses Jul 2015 #93

Nope. I'm defending the transition to a national system. Medicare Hoyt Jul 2015 #95

Sorry if I misread you bread_and_roses Jul 2015 #97

You work for an insurance company? The Jungle 1 Jul 2015 #111

Not hardly, but I used to work for a state Medicaid agency decades ago and follow Hoyt Jul 2015 #112

Only bad experience The Jungle 1 Jul 2015 #114

This was destined to occur tymorial Jul 2015 #78

A Lot Of These People Are Seeing The Doctor For The First Time DallasNE Jul 2015 #79

insurance companys need to suck it up.. the_sly_pig Jul 2015 #81

Which is exactly why Astraea Jul 2015 #82

Thanks, Obama! candelista Jul 2015 #92

According to the KFF report, avg increase is 4.4% for the 2 lowest silver plans. L2-Cache Jul 2015 #105