View Poll Results: how much more/less does your health insurance cost you than in 2006?
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Woohoo--it's cheaper!
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13.46% |
About the same
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19.23% |
Went up <=10%
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42.31% |
Went up <=20%
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11.54% |
Went up <=30%
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3.85% |
Went up <=40%
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9.62% |
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10-31-2006, 03:06 PM
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health insurance 2007
If you participated in the poll and are changing your insurance from 2006, please let us know why--chose better insurance, chose higher deductible, moved to/from an HMO, going bare, moving abroad, whatever.
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Re: health insurance 2007
10-31-2006, 03:14 PM
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Re: health insurance 2007
Despite many warnings to the contrary............no significant difference. Employer told us at beginning of year that this would be the "base" year and we will have to pay all increases from now on, so next year could be bad. I kept to telling co-workers to "pump up the base", but most of 'em just looked at me like I had three heads. Seems like most would rather complain than consider for alternatives, FSAs, etc. One big issue to me is lack of adequate compensation for co-insurance. If spouse and I both pay a full premium, we get less coverage than opting out on her plan
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Re: health insurance 2007
10-31-2006, 03:26 PM
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Re: health insurance 2007
My individual policy up just a little under 5%.
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Re: health insurance 2007
10-31-2006, 03:35 PM
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Re: health insurance 2007
I was pleased as punch, and a little shocked ) to learn that MegaCorp's retiree coverage will cost me less than 1% more next year than this year. It seems almost too good to be true!
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Re: health insurance 2007
10-31-2006, 03:37 PM
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Re: health insurance 2007
Wahoo votes woohoo (down about 30%), but... We're moving off COBRA to individual $5,000 deductible policies. I'm going to BC/BS and DW is going to the state high risk pool.
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Re: health insurance 2007
10-31-2006, 06:51 PM
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Re: health insurance 2007
On average hasnt it been going up 6 percent a year?
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Re: health insurance 2007
10-31-2006, 11:22 PM
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Re: health insurance 2007
One of the reasons I just moved to AZ was to lower my health insurance. My $5000 deductable with decent copay lowered my prior COBRA payments by 53%.
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Re: health insurance 2007
11-01-2006, 02:56 AM
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Re: health insurance 2007
Quote:
Originally Posted by astromeria
If you participated in the poll and are changing your insurance from 2006, please let us know why--chose better insurance, chose higher deductible, moved to/from an HMO, going bare, moving abroad, whatever.
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My insurance went up 18% last year and even more the year before. I think they decided to take a breather since their raises were exceeding health care inflation year after year. They will take it out of my hide in a future year, I'm sure.
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Re: health insurance 2007
11-01-2006, 04:12 AM
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Re: health insurance 2007
My Megacorp went up 7% - very disappointing.
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Re: health insurance 2007
11-01-2006, 06:00 AM
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Re: health insurance 2007
15% increase for me this year. These are the type of increases that may keep me semi-retired for life.
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Re: health insurance 2007
11-01-2006, 06:04 AM
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Re: health insurance 2007
Just got it yesterday. 10% increase for 2007. Not sure yet what I am
do next year.
JG
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Re: health insurance 2007
11-01-2006, 06:09 AM
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Re: health insurance 2007
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Originally Posted by REWahoo!
Wahoo votes woohoo (down about 30%), but... We're moving off COBRA to individual $5,000 deductible policies. I'm going to BC/BS and DW is going to the state high risk pool.
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Are the bennies the same as the COBRA policy?
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Re: health insurance 2007
11-01-2006, 06:19 AM
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Re: health insurance 2007
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Originally Posted by Patrick
Are the bennies the same as the COBRA policy?
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Not even close. COBRA was $300 deductible vs. $5,000 now. Although the premiums dropped significantly, both DW and I will pass the age 60 threshold within the next 18 months and rates bump up at that point...in addition to annual (or semi-annual in the case of the state pool) premium increases. :P
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Re: health insurance 2007
11-01-2006, 06:56 AM
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Re: health insurance 2007
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Originally Posted by REWahoo!
Not even close. COBRA was $300 deductible vs. $5,000 now.
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Try a $10,000 deductible on for size. But that was my choice. I was looking for catastrophic coverage.(Does have doc and drug co-pays) As a result, this little skin cancer surgery I will have soon will come out of my pocket. Luckily, I still have a cancer policy from my company that will reimburse me for some of it.
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Re: health insurance 2007
11-01-2006, 07:06 AM
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Re: health insurance 2007
8.8 % increase for 2007 MVP New York state
Round and round she goes
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Re: health insurance 2007
11-01-2006, 09:29 AM
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Re: health insurance 2007
I turned 50 in August and got a lovely 18% increase(I joined in July)..... They claim I will not get another big bump like this till I tick age 55.
We'll see
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Re: health insurance 2007
11-01-2006, 09:31 AM
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Re: health insurance 2007
Oh, When I turn 55 my wife will be turning 50 ...can't wait to see how they work that one out.
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Re: health insurance 2007
11-01-2006, 10:47 AM
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Re: health insurance 2007
In my previous post I indicated that my insurance went down by 53% when I got off COBRA. I neglected to add that the insurance I did get in AZ just went up by 11.4%. I had initially intended to get their other $5000 ded plan with no co-pay but it went up by a wopping 21%. I don't know why they would discourage people from going to the $5k ded which had no co-pay. I figured I can drop down to the no co-pay anytime if I feel the extra $60 per month isn't worth it.
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Re: health insurance 2007
11-01-2006, 11:41 AM
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Re: health insurance 2007
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Originally Posted by vagabond
I don't know why they would discourage people from going to the $5k ded which had no co-pay.
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In the policy that we had with my old employer, the co-pay covered almost the entire cost of most office visits, minor procedures, and drugs, after discounts and write-offs. The plan paid almost nothing.
If AZ's is like that, they don't want you to go to the no-co-pay plan because then they would have to pay SOMETHING.
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Re: health insurance 2007
11-01-2006, 09:43 PM
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Re: health insurance 2007
A 15% hike in premiums for me ... plus higher co-pays and deductables...
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