Do you not have health insurance? Do you not support Medicare for all? Why?

I am not an admirer of Trump and would not give him credit for inventing personal responsibility.

 

My plan was cancelled and I had to pay double to replace it with less coverage.

 

If your plan was canceled that means it didn't meet the minimum requirement for benefits. So not sure how your new plan could have covered less than the previous plan that was canceled for not meeting the minimum level of benefits.

 

You are incorrect. I had a great plan for my family of 6. I had the same doctor for 20 years. The plan included visits and even prescriptions. I could call and speak with my doctor or even drop by and be seen that day. Kids had a great pediatrician. The plan was simply no longer being offered. A good friend of mine is in the industry and the best we could find was twice the money and I have to wait 3 months to see a doctor. I lost my insurance, my doctor, and pay a lot more.

Of course, I am self employed and earn a decent income, so I don't qualify for any assistance.

 

Ah...so it was canceled due to the insurance company not offering it anymore and not because of ACA. Got it.

 

You are incorrect. My plan was discontinued as a result of Obamacare. My notice was in the mail before the ink in the ACA was dry.

Now that I only have one minor child left on my insurance, the cost has gone down. It is still more than I paid for the entire family before obamacare. This is due to the record levels of illness in the US. If only there was profit in prevention! Americans are fatter and sicker than ever, but at lease the pharm industry is enjoying record profits

 

If people are fatter than ever why does the price of insulin keep increasing at record rates? Wouldnt companies be making more money just on volume, why do they feel the need to double and triple the price in only a few years????

 

Wait...so let me see if I have this right. Your plan was a great one and met the minimum level of benefits required by ACA yet it was canceled because of ACA? That makes zero sense. The only plans that were forced to be dropped were ones that didn’t meet the minimum level of benefits.
People are fatter and sicker by choice. They could heed the advice by their doctors as preventive care but choose not to. Personal responsibility or lack of, is the issue.

 

What I had was "health insurance". That product is no longer being offered since obamacare.

You and I are being forced to buy what is making people fat and sick as well as what is keeping them that way. Personal responsibility is definitely the issue.

 

How did it change after the Advent of Obamacare?

Did it get better did it get worse or is there no discernible difference from her perspective?

 

Except the only plans that were forced to be dropped were ones that did not meet the minimum requirement of coverage. You told me you plan was great and met the minimum. So your coverage was in fact not dropped because of Obamacare.
Are you saying ALL food makes people fat and sick? Are there NO healthy food choices? I’m asking, as I don’t want to put words in your mouth.

 

Minimum requirements as defined by the customer? Or by someone else?

 

Thanks. That is excellent question for this topic. I think I have an answer,
but I will check with her to insure accuracy. Will try to post tomorrow.

 

Obamacare should have had zero impact on reimbursement fees since any increase in benefits would have been accounted for in the premiums.

 

Minimums as mandated by gov't to include coverage for unneeded / unwanted services. EVERY HEALTH PLAN MUST OFFER THESE SERVICES regardless of your want or need.

This is the mandated list:
Every health plan must cover the following services:

• Ambulatory patient services (outpatient care you get without being admitted to a hospital)
• Emergency services
• Hospitalization (like surgery and overnight stays)
• Pregnancy, maternity, and newborn care (both before and after birth)
• Mental health and substance use disorder services, including behavioral health treatment (this includes counseling and psychotherapy)
• Prescription drugs
• Rehabilitative and habilitative services and devices (services and devices to help people with injuries, disabilities, or chronic conditions gain or recover mental and physical skills)
• Laboratory services
• Preventive and wellness services and chronic disease management
• Pediatric services, including oral and vision care (but adult dental and vision coverage aren’t essential health benefits)

Additional benefits
Plans must also include the following benefits:

• Birth control coverage
• Breastfeeding coverage

 

Thank you for answering. So these minimums are not defined by the customer buying the insurance. They are imposed by force by a third party. Got it.

 

If you really wanted your medicare for all, you would be petitioning your local or state government to do this. Since you don't, you don't want it either. Either that, or you really haven't thought your way clear through this socialist nonsense.

Let me help you. You haven't done this because then YOU would have to pay for this via local taxes, rather than people who don't know you, don't live in your neighborhood, and have absolutely no incentive to pay more for their healthcare so that you can get yours for free.

It's the same reasoning Trump used when he suggested busing in illegals to sanctuary cities and states. The democrats whinged and howled like stuck pigs talking about how it's unfair that they should have to pay for their own silly ideas.

 

Many self employed with private insurance had the same problem. Calling unreasonable government overreach "minimum requirements" may be the reason my plan was discontinued. I am healthy, athletic, and eat a healthy diet that is mostly organic and vegan. Other than my annual physical, I had one snowboarding accident. I do not need the government involved in my "Health care".

There are many healthy food choices, but they don't seem to make it on the list of government subsidies. When you are on a budget, a $5 box meal is an affordable choice compared to an organic salad, broccoli, and a piece of wild caught salmon.

 

Great, look forward to it. Thank you.

 

Yeah I'm not trusting an ACA fanboy.

 

What happened to businesses paying for it? They used to do that and pay a decent wage/salary.

 

Free condoms and nipple guards?? WTH man! Can't buy their own condoms? What kind of breastfeeding care is needed? What, does the doctor play a recording of a baby crying to see if it induces lactation? Weird...

 

• Birth control coverage

• Breastfeeding coverage

At least if they'd let me watch I wouldn't object to costs as much.

 

No thanks.

 

Why is healthcare so much cheaper in other developed nations? Hint: It's the same reason why Americans buy drugs from Canada.