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10-12-2018, 01:30 PM
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#81
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Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Sarasota, FL & Vermont
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Originally Posted by ShokWaveRider
Why is it folk LOVE to blame the ACA for all THEIR healthcare woes? It is the Insurance companies that are gauging the folk, and NOT providing adequate coverage. ACA just says you need to cover some BASIC items (Quite reasonable really). Insurance companies are the ones that set the prices. If we had a proper system then Insurance and Basic healthcare would not even be used in the same sentence. It should be NOT FOR PROFIT!
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It is shocking to me the number of people that don't have the most elementary understanding of our health insurance system.... you couldn't be more wrong.
Under the law, insurers are limited to charging 125% of their health claim costs... the 25% providing for overhead, taxes and profit. Any premiums charged that end up exceeding 125% of claims paid must be refunded to the insureds.
The reason that health insurance premiums are so high is because health care services (docs, hospitals, prescriptions, etc) are so high... not anything the insurers are doing.
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10-12-2018, 02:27 PM
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#82
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Oct 2017
Location: Tellico Village
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Originally Posted by pb4uski
It is shocking to me the number of people that don't have the most elementary understanding of our health insurance system.... you couldn't be more wrong.
Under the law, insurers are limited to charging 125% of their health claim costs... the 25% providing for overhead, taxes and profit. Any premiums charged that end up exceeding 125% of claims paid must be refunded to the insureds.
The reason that health insurance premiums are so high is because health care services (docs, hospitals, prescriptions, etc) are so high... not anything the insurers are doing.
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Here is a recent article by a medical professional addressing the way to "fix" the health care system. It is very interesting and makes 4 points of contention with the current system- one being that people need to have more "skin in the game".
https://www.whitecoatinvestor.com/health-care-reform/
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10-12-2018, 02:35 PM
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#83
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Join Date: Dec 2015
Posts: 1,166
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Originally Posted by joeea
You thing setting the penalty to $0 has caused costs to stabilize?
That's funny.
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Yes, and that's actually already proven to be the case.
Funny thing when you have a product people don't "have" to buy. The companies selling (in this case, the insurers) can't simply keep raising rates into infinity with an inelastic demand curve. They actually have to let the free market (there's a concept) decide what people will be willing to pay, or they just won't buy it.
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10-12-2018, 02:40 PM
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#84
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Join Date: Dec 2015
Posts: 1,166
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Originally Posted by pb4uski
You have a couple other choices. 1. Continue to work. 2. Skip health insurance and take your chances.
Time to put your big boy pants on.
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I think that's not realistic. Saying "put your big boy pants on" when our system has been utterly destroyed by bad politics and premiums and deductibles have skyrocketed as a result is not a reasonable position.
Had the ACA never come along, I wouldn't have to be budgeting $200K+ to get me and DW to Medicare. It would have been half - or LESS - than that.
Seems there's two camps on our board - those who are managing income to get subsidies (and hence love the ACA) and those who have higher expenses and cannot manage our income to get the subsidies. The first group basically says "too bad" to the second, which doesn't seem overly reasonable..
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10-12-2018, 02:42 PM
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#85
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Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Southern Cal
Posts: 4,032
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You have to live with the current system, reasonably or not, it is what it is.
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10-12-2018, 02:48 PM
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#86
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Originally Posted by Fedup
You have to live with the current system, reasonably or not, it is what it is.
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Ding ding.
ACA certainly cost me much more money than pre-ACA days. Back then my health insurance cost would be zero cause I couldn't buy any.....
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10-12-2018, 02:49 PM
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#87
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Quote:
Originally Posted by RetireSoon
.... The companies selling (in this case, the insurers) can't simply keep raising rates into infinity with an inelastic demand curve. They actually have to let the free market (there's a concept) decide what people will be willing to pay, or they just won't buy it.
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Actually, they couldn't keep raising rates to infinity because premiums are limited to 125% of medical claim costs. It is a free market because each insurer can decide what to price its product for as long as it doesn't exceed 125% of claim costs... some may be happy with less and their premiums will be lower.
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10-12-2018, 03:00 PM
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#88
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Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Southern Cal
Posts: 4,032
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Originally Posted by MRG
Ding ding.
ACA certainly cost me much more money than pre-ACA days. Back then my health insurance cost would be zero cause I couldn't buy any.....
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It can still be zero for some, I understand the mandate was removed.
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10-12-2018, 03:16 PM
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#89
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The ACA didn’t exist when I retired in 2010. I had to do 18 months of COBRA and then I was in the state high risk pool for 16 months. In a lot of ways I did work, toward the end, for the health insurance. Also for the money. But I think I could have retired earlier. High risk pool was $941/mo at the time: bankruptcy insurance.
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10-12-2018, 03:26 PM
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#90
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Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Midwest
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Originally Posted by RetireSoon
Yes, and that's actually already proven to be the case.
Funny thing when you have a product people don't "have" to buy. The companies selling (in this case, the insurers) can't simply keep raising rates into infinity with an inelastic demand curve. They actually have to let the free market (there's a concept) decide what people will be willing to pay, or they just won't buy it.
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So, they were lying all along about how much "it costs" but took the money anyway simply because they could? The the icing isn't so thick anymore so they make the product more affordable.
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10-12-2018, 03:44 PM
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#91
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Originally Posted by Fedup
It can still be zero for some, I understand the mandate was removed.
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+1 for them.
I have a c-spine that could cost hundreds of thousands to make whole, if I survive. Of course there's a great chance of being paralyzed surgery or a fall. I'll keep paying whatever, to prevent medical bankruptcy.
A few years ago I had an emergency room visit that was 25k( CTs, ultrasound. and an IV). Trust me, no one would bear that pain I got to experience. They gave me Dilaudid for pain management.
I was still in my deductible stage but the insurance companies discount saved like 23k. I'm not sure about anyone else but it seems foolish to go without.
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10-12-2018, 03:49 PM
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#92
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Originally Posted by Fedup
I don’t mind people getting subsidies, but what I do not like is people with large asset like over 5 Million plus complaints incessantly about health care. In fact some is at the point of being stressful. News for those people, you might die young of that stress, just spend the money, you don’t have to worry about eating broccoli and spinach.
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So Fed my comment you referred to was, if you are over Medicaid income you should pay at least something toward your healthcare ...below Medicaid income.. free I have no problem with that and over Medicaid level some amount even if it seems like a token amount but ZERO is just too generous IMO..
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10-12-2018, 03:52 PM
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#93
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The good thing about Medicare is at least you know what your costs are. Based on your choice of supplement plan of course. With advantage I am sure it is just a crap shoot. Prior to that it is whatever it is...
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10-12-2018, 04:06 PM
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#94
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Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Southern Cal
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Originally Posted by DeborahB
The ACA didn’t exist when I retired in 2010. I had to do 18 months of COBRA and then I was in the state high risk pool for 16 months. In a lot of ways I did work, toward the end, for the health insurance. Also for the money. But I think I could have retired earlier. High risk pool was $941/mo at the time: bankruptcy insurance.
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That’s what my sister would have to pay before ACA for high risk pool. She decided to skip it. Crazy idea for a person with a lot of health issues, actually she had just high blood pressure then.
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10-12-2018, 04:08 PM
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Location: Southern Cal
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MRG
+1 for them.
I have a c-spine that could cost hundreds of thousands to make whole, if I survive. Of course there's a great chance of being paralyzed surgery or a fall. I'll keep paying whatever, to prevent medical bankruptcy.
A few years ago I had an emergency room visit that was 25k( CTs, ultrasound. and an IV). Trust me, no one would bear that pain I got to experience. They gave me Dilaudid for pain management.
I was still in my deductible stage but the insurance companies discount saved like 23k. I'm not sure about anyone else but it seems foolish to go without.
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No, I don’t recommend for you. But I’m saying before the mandate some people like my sister went without when she got laid off.
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10-12-2018, 04:10 PM
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Location: Southern Cal
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Originally Posted by ivinsfan
So Fed my comment you referred to was, if you are over Medicaid income you should pay at least something toward your healthcare ...below Medicaid income.. free I have no problem with that and over Medicaid level some amount even if it seems like a token amount but ZERO is just too generous IMO..
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I don’t know how much people pay but even with retiree health insurance, my family pay over $6000 a year for the premium. There is no free lunch for us. However, we are grateful, we won’t be complaining.
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10-12-2018, 04:15 PM
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#97
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Originally Posted by Fedup
I don’t know how much people pay but even with retiree health insurance, my family pay over $6000 a year for the premium. There is no free lunch for us. However, we are grateful, we won’t be complaining.
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That's an example of why everyone should pay something, even government subsides have to be paid by taxpayers. I don't want people thinking I'm heartless and do believe the Medicaid limit is a good thing, but if you are over the line you need to pay something IMO...
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10-12-2018, 04:28 PM
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#98
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Join Date: Aug 2011
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Originally Posted by ivinsfan
That's an example of why everyone should pay something, even government subsides have to be paid by taxpayers. I don't want people thinking I'm heartless and do believe the Medicaid limit is a good thing, but if you are over the line you need to pay something IMO...
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Pay me now or pay me later. If you have a $0 premium policy you probably have some significant deductibles and out-of-pocket maximums that you will be responsible for.
Its kind of similar to home mortgages where you can buy down your interest rate by paying points up front.
You need to look at the full cost of the health insurance policy before saying that someone isn't paying anything for it.
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10-12-2018, 04:30 PM
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Location: Tampa
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ivinsfan
That's an example of why everyone should pay something, even government subsides have to be paid by taxpayers. I don't want people thinking I'm heartless and do believe the Medicaid limit is a good thing, but if you are over the line you need to pay something IMO...
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In FLA, there is no Medicaid expansion, so how much should one pay if they can't qualify for the ACA minimum?
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10-12-2018, 04:34 PM
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#100
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Originally Posted by gauss
Pay me now or pay me later. If you have a $0 premium policy you probably have some significant deductibles and out-of-pocket maximums that you will be responsible for.
Its kind of similar to home mortgages where you can buy down your interest rate by paying points up front.
You need to look at the full cost of the health insurance policy before saying that someone isn't paying anything for it.
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Not necessarily, if you have a silver no cost plan and it hits zero you will get a lot of cost sharing.
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