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12/17/16 at 18:21:03
 

Obamacare was the basis of that hope, and Obamacare has evaporated.

As we speak, I just got off the Obamacare site and my cost of insurance has risen JUST THIS MONTH from less than $150 a month to over $1,000 a month.

If I were an indigent, I could still get the same coverage for less than $80.

Why do I feel "used" by the political system as it exists at this point?

Before Obama started this garbage to rolling along, I could buy low cost insurance.  

Now the only thing that exists in my state is Blue Cross and Blue Shield, who is apparently looking to recover losses from the last several years of very strong losses.

In short, I cannot retire because I cannot afford insurance otherwise.

I am slightly miffed at the moment.
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Reply #1 - 12/17/16 at 20:21:02
 
Miffed , I would be mad as hell. That just sucks ! Years ago my union had
"85 & out" when your years in Union and your age added up to 85 you could retire,I would have retired at 60-61. Well retirement fund went bad so they scrapped 85 & out. Fund still sliding the wrong way , other day got the letter upon retiring I will only receive about 40% of what we were going to get or fund will totally become insolvent 7 years after I turn 65 ! You must save save save and diversify your investments or plan to change your diet to alpo & gravy train !!!!!!!!!!
You are not alone and I feel your frustration !
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Reply #2 - 12/17/16 at 20:21:43
 
The hospital that we would go to is part of The Texas Health Care Network and we just received a letter from Blue Cross/Blue Shield that they have not yet negotiated a contract with our hospital for 2017.

Naturally I have Blue Cross/Blue Shield.

I guess I better start taking better care of myself.

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Reply #3 - 12/17/16 at 21:49:46
 
As we speak, I just got off the Obamacare site and my cost of insurance has risen JUST THIS MONTH from less than $150 a month to over $1,000 a month.

You know what ?  A couple year ago when Obama care started , there we people trying to tell us how this would MUSHROOM !

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Now that he is leaving office the bomb is going off ... did they wait till they saw that they loss before they lit the fuse or was it burning all along ?  Angry

If your kinda still tied to the work-clock , find us a campground near ya and we'll ride your neighborhood on your long weekends .  Wink

Give our new guy a year to find a cure , you can't be suffering alone ! Undecided

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Reply #4 - 12/18/16 at 05:04:08
 

Republicans are loath to "invent on demand" an impossible fix, so the situation may remain broken for a while.   The only quick fix on the table is to extend Medicare, which is being done on a state by state basis and so far NC has indicated they simply can't afford to do that.   You would pay a bunch and the State would pay a bunch extra right now as all the illegal Mexicans have soaked up all the spare Federal benefit dollars laying around my state.

I think they need to kick all of the illegals off of ALL the public programs, then let's see what the gov at State and Federal levels can actually do for actual real CITIZENS.
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Reply #5 - 12/18/16 at 05:07:01
 
Oldfeller--FSO wrote on 12/17/16 at 18:21:03:

Obamacare was the basis of that hope, and Obamacare has evaporated.

I am slightly miffed at the moment.


Obama is an Anti-American Marxist/Socialist.  They only know to make people's lives so miserable that the people will then "look to the government" to provide everything.  Then they sneak in their socialist government with their well-to-do heirarchy of benevolent dictators (like Cuba's Castro) who will help everyone - and if they can't, they shoot them!
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Reply #6 - 12/18/16 at 05:49:31
 
My wife is on disability and she just got a letter mention a cost of living increase, but her insurance went up the same amount and her med went up as well, so instead of getting a cost of living increase it totals out to a cost of living decrease.
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Reply #7 - 12/18/16 at 06:29:59
 
Yonuh Adisi FSO wrote on 12/18/16 at 05:49:31:
My wife is on disability and she just got a letter mention a cost of living increase, but her insurance went up the same amount and her med went up as well, so instead of getting a cost of living increase it totals out to a cost of living decrease.


Yup,

I go through that every year, Medicare premiums usually go up slightly more than what the cost of living increase is.

The 2016 COA was the first time that they did not increase Medicare premiums (and probably the last time too).

I don't even use Medicare since I get all my health coverage through the VA.
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Reply #8 - 12/18/16 at 06:55:23
 
Our small company has been fighting 20-50% yearly rises in our health care insurance costs ever since Obama created his wonderful insurance plan.  The cost of my single plan has risen from $ 200 a month to nearly a $ 1,000 a month in the last 15 years (some of that is due to my age going from 45- 60 years old).  I used to get discounts because I don't smoke and didn't have any pre-existing conditions - but those discounts disappeared  with Obamacare.

The "plan" created a situation where working people pay a high price for insurance.....so we can subsidize the cost of insurance for those who don't work.

Oldfeller:  Maybe you can find a "part time" job that can allow you to cut back on your hours - and make you enough money to pay your insurance costs.  It is something that I am looking into to help me retire in a few years - maybe a 2-3 day work week.
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Reply #9 - 12/18/16 at 08:13:37
 
I'm very sorry for the pain caused by such an obviously flawed, never should have been done, piece of legislation. I talked to a guy who lost his job because of Bamicare. And he was MAKING his company about a million dollars a year above and beyond the cost of having him employed. Union and Bamicare combined to force him out. Now he's works for a swimming pool company.
His job before? He worked for SWEPCO,locating and stopping theft of electrical services, documentation, involving the proper authorities, and recovering the money. GONE,  

I don't know who supported Bamicare, but to each of you who did, if you're also a global warming believer, NOW is the time to start listening to people who you don't agree with. Because You've Just been proven WRONG. If you supported NAFTA or any of the trade deals, do you just shrug and walk on, tell yourself
Aww, everybody is wrong once in a while..

But when have you been right?

Remember, we have All been TAUGHT all our lives that the government is made up of good people who want good things for us and all the people everywhere.
And only idiots believe that.
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Reply #10 - 12/18/16 at 08:41:29
 
Justin,

AMEN    Shocked

Global warming is certainly not evident in North Texas.....

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Reply #11 - 12/18/16 at 08:42:22
 
Wow did you say a mouthful

Of Truth !

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Reply #12 - 12/18/16 at 13:49:05
 
JOG :   Remember, we have All been TAUGHT all our lives that the government is made up of good people who want good things for us and all the people everywhere.
And only idiots believe that.


Yea , Remember --- "The Same Government that can do Anything For You -- Can also Do Anything To You !  

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Reply #13 - 12/19/16 at 06:31:36
 
My dad's rates were up to $1700 a month with a $13k deductible. He ended up finding a plan that isn't ACA compliant but it was something like $800 a month with a lower deductible and you just pay the tax penalty for not having compliant coverage. It still ended up less than the "standard" plan.
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Reply #14 - 12/19/16 at 06:42:53
 
My premiums haven't changed much since obamacare - but my family plan deductible and co-pay has gone from about $500 a year to $5,000.

Now that's a fundamental transformation and an all too real change.
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