The ACA does not start until another 90 minutes, unless you are under 26 and can be on your parents plan. When the ACA does start, she would probably fall under Medicaid. Did she have health insurance before she got into this condition? Originally Posted by flghtr65Who has been "paying the tab" up to now ...? So what's changed in "90 minutes"?
You are 100% incorrect.BCBS and Humana are selling policies on the government exchange. They are not private health insurance companies? I did not say that the government ordered them to sell policies on the exchanges. These companies and others chose to do so.
If a private insurance company wishes to provide health insurance, there are minimum requirements that must be met UNLESS THE CARRIER FALLS WITHIN ONE OF THE EXEMPT CATEGORIES PROVIDING COVERAGE TO EXEMPT INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS, and they can then be in the "pool" of "approved" carriers .....
other persons needing health care coverage not qualifying and/or unable to pay ....
.. will be allowed to sign up for Medicare!
The Government cannot ORDER an insurance company to provide health insurance.
The Government cannot ORDER a provider to provide certain services.*
*Except based on Constitutional grounds within a specific, individualized situation in which a court can ORDER a provider NOT TO DISCONTINUE TREATMENT ALREADY GIVEN or GIVE TREATMENT TO OTHERS SIMILARLY SITUATED.
"Obamacare" merely facilitates the acquisition of AVAILABLE COVERAGE... it is a MISNOVER as far as providing any CARE.
Why the hell do you think the ADMINISTRATION changed the name ..... people were LOSING THEIR CARE!!!!!! Originally Posted by LexusLover
BCBS and Humana are selling policies on the government exchange. They are not private health insurance companies? I did not say that the government ordered them to sell policies on the exchanges. These companies and others chose to do so. Originally Posted by flghtr65Huh?
Huh?Why the lecture LL? Neither company is controlled by the government like Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae. I would consider IBM a private company, they sell shares of stock so they are not privately owned. The point I was trying to make in the other reply is that Obamacare and Medicare are different. RedL was saying they are the same.
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You think the government owns them? They are privately OWNED. That makes them ...
a "private company"!!! Originally Posted by LexusLover
Who has been "paying the tab" up to now ...? So what's changed in "90 minutes"?If you signed up for an Obamacare policy and paid your premium, if you got sick after midnight, you would be covered and could submit a claim. That is what changed.
"Pea and the shell game" ... the "pea" is there ... different shell. You find it!
You have been buying Obaminable's snake oil ....... the label is false. Originally Posted by LexusLover
Cigna, Humana, Aetna, et al, are selling policies in Texas through healthcare.gov. They are absolutely private insurance companies. Medicare, on the other hand, is the government and what THEY pay doctors sets the bar for the private companies, which is why so many of them developed their own "death panels" decades ago.I was trying to figure out the same thing. We know he does not like the ACA.
The system was so seriously fucked up and corrupt that reform was imminent. And it has only just begun.
WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU STILL ARGUING ABOUT, LLIDIOT? You're going down (pun intended) with your whiny bitch ship in Shoal Creek ... you know, the one near Clarksville!
It's January 1.
I'm COVERED!
Fuck you! Originally Posted by Yssup Rider
If you signed up for an Obamacare policy and paid your premium, if you got sick after midnight, you would be covered and could submit a claim. That is what changed. Originally Posted by flghtr65.............. that's up to the individual carrier ....
I was trying to figure out the same thing. We know he does not like the ACA. Originally Posted by flghtr65You talking about me? If I am what YouRong calls me ...
Why the lecture LL? Neither company is controlled by the government like ..... . Originally Posted by flghtr65Up until now they (insurance companies) were controlled by the States .... look it up!
Medicare, on the other hand, is the government and what THEY pay doctors sets the bar for the private companies, which is why so many of them developed their own "death panels" decades ago. Originally Posted by Yssup RiderDo you just make this shit up, or do you actually believe that crap?
Do you just make this shit up, or do you actually believe that crap?It's an index called the SGR. Look it up. of course, we all know you know all, right?
No wonder you don't know where Nau's ENFIELD Drug is located!!!!!!!!!!
Medicare doesn't set what private companies pay doctors.
Why the fuck do you think that doctors are stopping taking Medicare patients?
Because MEDICARE DOES NOT PAY AS WELL AS PRIVATE COMPANIES!!!!
DUH!!!!!
Do you have a clue as to how Medicare codes/charges are determined? Can I answer it?
Fuck No! Or you wouldn't make such a dumb-ass remark. Originally Posted by LexusLover