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SheilaT

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6. Doesn't the current law require that the insurance companies

Reply to mike_c (Reply #1)

Sun Sep 1, 2013, 09:35 PM

Sep 2013

pay out a specific large percentage of their income for actual health care? And if they collect more than that they have to refund the excess?

Not that I'm a huge fan of the insurance companies mind you. I look forward to Medicare For All in the foreseeable future.

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So I was playing with the MnSure premium calculator [View all] dflprincess Sep 2013 OP

it's only tangentially hoped to be affordable.... mike_c Sep 2013 #1

Which is why I often refer to as dflprincess Sep 2013 #2

Thank your stars you aren't in my shoes. You'd be singing a different tune. NYC_SKP Sep 2013 #14

I have been in your situation dflprincess Sep 2013 #16

I have to admit that I didn't check your state's rates, I checked my own. NYC_SKP Sep 2013 #17

And I did not check New York's rates- I imagine they would be higher than Minnesota's dflprincess Sep 2013 #19

Doesn't the current law require that the insurance companies SheilaT Sep 2013 #6

have we forgotten the subsidies? VanillaRhapsody Sep 2013 #3

Once a single person has an adjusted income of $46,000 they are not eligible for subsidies. n/t dflprincess Sep 2013 #7

$782/mo, with only a $2500 deductible at age 60, no pre-existing, etc., sounds decent. Hoyt Sep 2013 #4

Much of what we call preventive care are actually screening tests dflprincess Sep 2013 #8

Holy crap. I thought COBRA was bad. The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2013 #5

COBRA is worse than that... VanillaRhapsody Sep 2013 #9

It wasn't for me. The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2013 #10

5 yrs ago I was offered health insurance at a company... VanillaRhapsody Sep 2013 #11

No, female. But until I retired I worked for a very large corporation The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2013 #12

Minnesota has not allowed different rates for men and women for many years. n/t dflprincess Sep 2013 #13

I was too, three years ago, then I was rehired and left and it costs $1,432.49/month for just me. NYC_SKP Sep 2013 #15

This is something I don't understand about health insurance vs other kinds of insurance dflprincess Sep 2013 #18

I'm a current MCHA holder geardaddy Sep 2013 #20