How Is Obamacare Working Out for You?

[Sightseek]

Switch to Cedars-Sinai. They are the absolute best and take Anthem EPO.

[GPK]

http://www.roanoke.com/news/columns_....html?mode=jqm

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by GPK

http://www.roanoke.com/news/columns_....html?mode=jqm

yay, virginia. that'll show obama, not expanding medicaid like that. if a few people (well, a few hundred thousand in that one state) have to do without...at least obama's getting his.
what, half the states voted not to expand...so guess who all is affected? all the people who still have coverage, and all the others who will continue to pay higher prices to pick up the slack.

[GenuineRisk]

Originally Posted by Danzig

yay, virginia. that'll show obama, not expanding medicaid like that. if a few people (well, a few hundred thousand in that one state) have to do without...at least obama's getting his.
what, half the states voted not to expand...so guess who all is affected? all the people who still have coverage, and all the others who will continue to pay higher prices to pick up the slack.

From the article:

"Congress also assumed that states would expand Medicaid eligibility for people like Hedges whose earnings were below the poverty level, Lee said. The ACA requires the federal government pay 100 percent of a state’s expanded Medicaid costs through 2016, and at least 90 percent of the cost thereafter.

But the Republican lawmakers in the Virginia General Assembly (along with legislatures in 21 other states) have refused to expand Medicaid coverage, even though it costs states nothing in the short term and will cost relatively little long term."

Ugh. That's what I really don't understand. These politicians won't expand Medicaid because why? If they think it'll cost them reelection, that indicates some pretty nasty things about the people they represent.

And, the article skimmed over that she has three kids but only receives child support for one. So she's got at least one, maybe two, deadbeat baby daddies out there.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by GenuineRisk

From the article:

"Congress also assumed that states would expand Medicaid eligibility for people like Hedges whose earnings were below the poverty level, Lee said. The ACA requires the federal government pay 100 percent of a state’s expanded Medicaid costs through 2016, and at least 90 percent of the cost thereafter.

But the Republican lawmakers in the Virginia General Assembly (along with legislatures in 21 other states) have refused to expand Medicaid coverage, even though it costs states nothing in the short term and will cost relatively little long term."

Ugh. That's what I really don't understand. These politicians won't expand Medicaid because why? If they think it'll cost them reelection, that indicates some pretty nasty things about the people they represent.

And, the article skimmed over that she has three kids but only receives child support for one. So she's got at least one, maybe two, deadbeat baby daddies out there.

The repubs in those states are more than willing to let people suffer if it means thumbing their nose at Obama. Every state that refused to expand medicaid is republican controlled.

[Sightseek]

Originally Posted by GPK

http://www.roanoke.com/news/columns_....html?mode=jqm

That is sad.

[Rupert Pupkin]

Originally Posted by Sightseek

Switch to Cedars-Sinai. They are the absolute best and take Anthem EPO.

That is funny you should mention that. I just found out about that yesterday (that Cedars is taking Anthem Blue Cross again). That is the only good news that I have gotten lately with regard to health insurance. Cedars stopped taking Anthem for the last year or two but just started taking it again.

That is good news in terms of emergencies if I ever need to go to the hospital. It is also good for certain specialists. They have some very good orthopedic surgeons there.

But in terms of my regular doctors that I have gone to for years, such as my internist, he is not taking the Anthem EPO. He always took the Anthem PPO.

[Sightseek]

Originally Posted by Rupert Pupkin

That is funny you should mention that. I just found out about that yesterday (that Cedars is taking Anthem Blue Cross again). That is the only good news that I have gotten lately with regard to health insurance. Cedars stopped taking Anthem for the last year or two but just started taking it again.

That is good news in terms of emergencies if I ever need to go to the hospital. It is also good for certain specialists. They have some very good orthopedic surgeons there.

But in terms of my regular doctors that I have gone to for years, such as my internist, he is not taking the Anthem EPO. He always took the Anthem PPO.

While not as ideal as having your insurance cover him, often you can negotiate insurance prices for cash pay. Unless you have a very low deductible, your out of pocket for the new year would be that anyway.