ObamaCare Plans Come on the Market October 1st. Get Ready

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Another extremist wingnut is trying to access the site!

RammerJammer14 said:

sebell I wanted to thanks/like/dislike your thanks/like/dislike of swoop, but couldn't so I settled for this

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It's what I call "the full banjeaux". I do it most times when someone mentions his name in a post.

RIP, Banjeaux

bamachile said:

It's what I call "the full banjeaux". I do it most times when someone mentions his name in a post.

RIP, Banjeaux

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Good, now it has a name and a pretty good it is.

If this disaster of a start was rolled out from a public company I doubt they ever recover. I know I would lose my job if a system I developed and implemented did not meet expected demand, and embarrassed my client to this level. It is not just the web based systems that are not meeting the interest. I suspect that a vast majority is just curiosity, but one has to plan for that as well. I expected this to be a disaster, inefficient and expensive, but the start is far worse than I expected. It just isn't that hard these days to develop and implement a system that scales up and determine expected load. I expect there will eventually be some trying to blame this on some right wing denial of service attack.

mittman said:

If this disaster of a start was rolled out from a public company I doubt they ever recover. I know I would lose my job if a system I developed and implemented did not meet expected demand, and embarrassed my client to this level. It is not just the web based systems that are not meeting the interest. I suspect that a vast majority is just curiosity, but one has to plan for that as well. I expected this to be a disaster, inefficient and expensive, but the start is far worse than I expected. It just isn't that hard these days to develop and implement a system that scales up and determine expected load. I expect there will eventually be some trying to blame this on some right wing denial of service attack.

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yeah, but you can't discount the looky-loos...like rubberneckers at a car wreck. Yes, the car is in the trees, yes, the po-po and paramedics/firemen have it under control...nothing for you to see here...and don't complain about the traffic.

seebell said:

You know the glitches in the Obamacare sites could be caused by a right wing denial of service attacks.!!!!

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LOL, I'm not the type to say I told you so, but ...

If any of yall need help, PM me and I can send you to the right links.

"Welcome stupid people". Regardless of where you fall on this issue this is both funny and scary:

haven't visited the exchanges yet, but i did peruse Kaiser's site (that's who we currently have) and we will be able to get a gold level plan for about $400 less per month (no subsidy) than we are paying right now. in the next few weeks i will give the exchanges a whirl to see what else is out there, but for now, because of our daughter, we want to stay with the same group of doctors.

92tide said:

haven't visited the exchanges yet, but i did peruse Kaiser's site (that's who we currently have) and we will be able to get a gold level plan for about $400 less per month (no subsidy) than we are paying right now. in the next few weeks i will give the exchanges a whirl to see what else is out there, but for now, because of our daughter, we want to stay with the same group of doctors.

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Ignoring the difference in price and your current choice of doctors, the Gold plan is equal or better with respect to coverage and out-of-pocket costs (e.g. deductibles, coinsurance, etc.)?

Another way to ask: Have you confirmed that the actuarial value of the Gold plan is at least equivalent to your current plan?

Tide1986 said:

Ignoring the difference in price and your current choice of doctors, the Gold plan is equal or better with respect to coverage and out-of-pocket costs (e.g. deductibles, coinsurance, etc.)?

Another way to ask...have you confirmed that the actuarial value of the Gold plan is at least equivalent to your current plan?

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its roughly the same plan i have now. no deductible, co-pay is $5 less. out of pocket max is roughly the same. i think hospital stays are a touch more.

92tide said:

its roughly the same plan i have now. no deductible, co-pay is $5 less. out of pocket max is roughly the same. i think hospital stays are a touch more.

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I can't recall...do you have an individually underwritten plan today or a group plan?

seebell said:

Best I can figure my cost will double for a plan not quite as good.
I'm depressed right now.

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I'm shocked.....shocked I tells ya!

After all, it's the Affordable Care Act! With apologies to Dick Cheney shooting a man in the face.

Tide1986 said:

I can't recall...do you have an individually underwritten plan today or a group plan?

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we buy on the individual market

Mrs. Cuda's daughter is spitting nails. The plan she has, for herself and 2 daughters, was just cancelled. With no replacement being offered.

So, she looks into BoehnerCare...............

Premiums are at least $100/mo. more. And that depends on what level she picks. And the deductible.................lowest one is >$12k. The plan she was on had a $5k deductible.

I'm glad some of y'all are actually seeing "lower premiums", but over here.............in Texas............plans are being cancelled, left and right. Small bidnis owners, who have catastrophic-only plans, are loosing all of those. And the replacements............if they offer one (which in a lot of cases they are not)............both much higher premiums and deductibles.

In my case.......and this is just an estimate, as that is all that I could get work......................$7500 premium..............deductible, maybe $6300.

Some bargain, eh!

Now.........since I am poor and sick..........in theory, I can qualify for catastrophic-only coverage. Except there are no estimates available, and, of course, no promise I can qualify.

Now................here is where it gets even stranger! (If that is even possible.)

If I was single, and claimed my meager earnings, I am not eligible for a gubbament subsidy (like I would take one), since Texas did not expand MediScare.

But...................

If I say I am married (technically I am), and would therefore have to claim Mrs. Cuda's salary, as part of "household income", Uncle Sugar will give me around $2500 of Obamamoney, to pay the premium.

How in the world does that make any sense? (Obviously, it doesn't.)

Welcome to the Brave New World. Seig heil.