Boys, the surprise factor in that disappeared months (I'm being generous) ago.
1. Persons having insurance have ALWAYS picked up some of the slack in covering those without insurance by a) their insurance paying inflated costs of procedures and anything else a hospital bills you for so the providing entity can recover the costs of freebies and/or cut-rates for treating those without the ability to pay; and b) because of this, persons with insurance pay higher premiums to their carriers so those carriers, in turn, can recoup their costs - NEWS FLASH -.-.-.- insurance companies are for profit entities. I outlined in a previous thread my experience at a local church-affiliated major hospital's Emergency Room when I was in a car wreck during the three month period I was without health insurance (the first time that had happened to me in 35 years) where I was given a 50% discount on the bill.
2. Though I don't qualify for ACA assistance from the government, I established an account at healthcare.gov to be able to easily take a look at the range of plans available along with their costs (estimated or not - I can't rely on Lexus Blather's info any more than I can Trendaway's reading of polls) as well as to go through the process in order to address through personal experience what (as usual) turned out to be wild, factless boola-sheeta being spread around by the local, gutless, Teawipe Geniuses. ANOTHER NEWS FLASH -.-.-.- it took me 15-20minutes to establish an account at 9pm Friday, October 11, 2013. It was not a lot different than using the Texas Healthcare site for the Texas High Risk Pool coverage I have had for the past year or other electronic or paper forms I had completed in the past few years for other carriers.
The wildly hysterical "Nervous Nellies" are eaten up with the dumbass (who knew?!?) and are just stirring the pot by (again, who knew?!?) complete disregard of truth, justice and The American Way (and, naturally, Da Facts).
Oh yes, I can get a better policy for a modest 15% savings over my current Texas High Risk policy, but who's counting - right?
Originally Posted by Randy4Candy
Very informative, thanks. A little expansion:
The big elephant in the room that Obamacare failed to address and due to the popularity contest the repubs can't talk about it either, is illegal aliens. A very huge part of your healthcare costs come from ER's and doctors having to "eat the cost" when they come in and subsequently bail on the bill if they are unable to pay. What is it now? 10M, 15M receiving free healthcare now? Yes it is true that insurance companies are for profit entities and you can check the SEC filing for how much profit they make and you can even buy their stock if you think they are making too much money and share the profits with them. It's extremely irritating to hear the administration set a goal of 7 million people they hope to voluntarily or force to buy insurance, yet they ignore and turn a blind eye on 15 million unlawful people they know are going to keep fucking American citizens up the ass.