Anyone sign up for Obamacare yet?

[candrew]

All I know is my company's medical insurance is way more expensive since that dumbass became President.

It's way more expensive since Obama took office, since Bush took office, Clinton, the other Bush and Reagan....

At least now someone is trying to do something about it.

 

[Gameface]

All I know is my company's medical insurance is way more expensive since that dumbass became President.

Why, do they actually have to provide decent coverage now?

 

[Beantown]

Why, do they actually have to provide decent coverage now?

same coverage, just more expensive

 

[Beantown]

It's way more expensive since Obama took office, since Bush took office, Clinton, the other Bush and Reagan....

At least now someone is trying to do something about it.

That's not comparing apples to apples. We haven't seen the rate hikes like this.

That's cute that he tried but he made it worse.

 

[b_line]

That's not comparing apples to apples. We haven't seen the rate hikes like this.

That's cute that he tried but he made it worse.

Have you tried the exchange?

 

[Harambe]

same coverage, just more expensive

Last time my insurance went up was a year before aca came in to law. Something about we were below 12 percent for 12 or so years, and then jumped to 16 two years in a row.

Seems to indicate, at least to me, that we were due for a huge increase.

So lets just stop this "obama equips the war axe of rising insurance cost +1" attitude.

 

[One Brow]

All I know is my company's medical insurance is way more expensive since that dumbass became President.

Back in 2001, the health insurance company I worked for put out a list of reasons why health insurance was increasing so much faster than inflation. For some reason, ObamaCare didn't make the list.

 

[LogGrad98]

Back in 2001, the health insurance company I worked for put out a list of reasons why health insurance was increasing so much faster than inflation. For some reason, ObamaCare didn't make the list.

Where did "Increases in Executive Salaries and Bonuses" fall on the list, just curious.

If it didn't make the list, they lied.

 

[One Brow]

Where did "Increases in Executive Salaries and Bonuses" fall on the list, just curious.

If it didn't make the list, they lied.

I don't recall that item being on the list, and it was probably a lie by omission.

 

[Litany]

I'm still in touch with people at the prior company I was with. They experienced annual increases in cost insurance of about 6% prior to O care. This year they were just told the increase would be 40%.

Someone is paying for those lower costs some people here are experiencing.

 

[One Brow]

I'm still in touch with people at the prior company I was with. They experienced annual increases in cost insurance of about 6% prior to O care. This year they were just told the increase would be 40%.

Someone is paying for those lower costs some people here are experiencing.

Some people got huge increases two or three years ago. Some have seen steady increases over the last 5-6 years, with no big jumps. Are those ObamaCare as well?

 

[b_line]

I'm still in touch with people at the prior company I was with. They experienced annual increases in cost insurance of about 6% prior to O care. This year they were just told the increase would be 40%.

Someone is paying for those lower costs some people here are experiencing.

I would have to think that if they are experiencing that high of costs, then either their employer is not being smart about who they use for coverage, or the person themselves is not being smart in shopping around for better coverage. I got the very best plan available on the healthcare exchange, and it was less than a 40% increase would have been on our previous employer provided healthcare. In fact, is was only marginally more than the employer provided coverage, and the deductible is less than half with the aca coverage I bought on the exchange. It definitely pays to put just a little work into saving some money.