I am a physician and I was disturbed profoundly by the crony nature of the system before Obamacare. When Obamacare mandated this cronyism–making it law–I had no choice but to quit providing health care within that system. But as a pediatric subspecialist, it is difficult to financially compete with subsidized crony health care programs. So […]
I am 73 years old, on Medicare and SS. My wife is 62 years old, Real Estate agent. The RE market is bad, cannot afford to sign up for Healthcare. I was forced to go back to work with a company that has benefits. The point I’m trying to make is that to get my […]
We are in a small town with only one medical clinic. Wife retired as City Employee. City paid, as part of retirement benefits, our health insurance premium as well as a retirement check. Note: Health insurance premium is greater than retirement paycheck. December 2014, at an all-retirees meeting, City announced that increase in premiums due […]
I am a 60 year old single white male, non-smoker in excellent health. My employer-United AirLines, Houston, TX. Prior to January 1st 2014 (and for the previous 10 years), I had a “Build Your Own Plan” policy with “0” Deductable and 100% coverage-no Out Of Pocket. January 1st, 2014, (to “align” our corporate plans more […]
This is from the letter I sent to my congressional representative: Subject: Repeal of ObamaCare Dear Congressman Brooks, Health care insurance is something that, thankfully, my family and I have not historically had to worry too much about. Our health care has normally been provided by or heavily subsidized by my employer. However, due essentially […]
After quitting my job to raise my children, I applied to several health insurance companies. All but one denied us, due to pre existing conditions. Kansas Blue Cross Blue Shield was the only insurance company to cover four healthy individuals. Our premium was over $1000, and increase more the next year. In 2014, we receive […]
My husband and I are in our 50’s and in good health. We own our own business and have individual health insurance. The policy we had before ObamaCare was a HSA catastrophic plan through BCBS. Our deductible was $10,000 for the family. Our new policy through BCBS has more than doubled and our deductible is […]
Post COBRA purchased an individual plan for 2014 at a reasonable rate. (No preexisting conditions.) The new ACA compliant plan is about 300% higher. They said they do not offer any non-compliant plans. I understand there are only a couple of holes in the law. 1. Specific disease / malady insurance you can buy. Cheap […]
My premium more than doubled! I have the letter from my insurance provider if you would like it.
I am loosing my employer based coverage I have had for 38 years because my plan is called substandard . The obamacare plan including the subsidy , or tax that some other poor working person has to pay to support me . Is still so expensive that it is not worth paying for, when I […]
Under Obama Care, no longer can insurance companies price their policies based on prior experience. Like the old goal of Communism, everybody pays the same, whether they strive to be healthy, or smoke 3 packs a day and overeat to the point they are obese. Our 32 employees have tended to be healthy with one […]
My employer could not “keep our current medical plan”. And Minnesota is not going to honor Unpresidential Obama’s “fix” to keep those previous plans. The changes resulted in horrible changes for me. I have Multiple Sclerosis and Coronary Artery Disease. I will now NOT be able to receive my MS medication nor 3 of my […]
Our insurance is a high deductible HSA, with 100% coverage after the deductible is reached. We chose a plan that met our needs and, although expensive, gave us peace of mind and a good safety net. Obamacare forced our insurance provider to include a host of services and coverage we do not want, need, and […]
I wanted to pass on this information on to a news source in hopes that you can do something with it. My name is Jonathan Gerster and my wife and I live in Eagan, MN. I recently bought health care insurance this past October from Health Partners hoping that my wife and I could find […]
Policy done 1/1/2014 After having one for 30 years
My premium increase is devastating to my budget and I am, for the first time in my life, worried about my health care. I was just getting by and thanks to The “Affordable” Care Act (Obamacare) I am no longer able to make ends meet. Is this what Obama means by redistributive policies? It is […]
Got some bad news today. We received correspondence from our company’s health insurance broker explaining what we are facing with the ACA after January 1, 2014. This will be a hard pill to swallow: “…your current risk factor rating with [Insurance Company] is .80, on a scale of .75 to 1.25. When January 1st rolls […]
Just got my 2014 healthcare package details this week. It includes a 73% increase in premium contribution, $600 deductible increase, and $2,000 increase in out of pocket maximum. My current plan option was discontinued so I could not “keep my plan” even though I was completely satisfied with it. Now I am hoping my current […]
I was laid off from a government contractor in 2011 and have had to purchase my own health insurance since then. I am currently not working. Not only did the cost for my current insurance carriers sky rocket, I was hit with the increase 4 months early; starting in January, rather than April. I cannot […]
Received notice that my medicare advantage plan is discontinued. New plan is 400% higher premium and my prescription drugs no longer covered – one of which is near $400/month. I am on Social Security. The lesson premium plan doesn’t cover drugs. The drug plans don’t cover my prescription drugs. I am basically without insurance now […]
