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Robbien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 09:22 AM Original message |
Some health insurers raising rates again |
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littlewolf (920 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 09:34 AM Response to Original message |
1. and people are surprised because ??? |
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SocialistLez (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-10-10 09:52 PM Response to Reply #1 |
22. Exactly. NT |
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Roland99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 09:35 AM Response to Original message |
2. Only going to get worse as they work to raise rates to get that floor premium as high as possible... |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 09:48 AM Response to Original message |
3. And the sun sets in the west. nt |
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Riley133 (258 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 09:48 AM Response to Original message |
4. Just told doc's office I couldn't afford it anymore |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 10:10 AM Response to Original message |
5. The HCR bill isnt a sustainable process. The more they raise the rates the more people become |
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Schema Thing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 10:22 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. er, no. |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 10:31 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. And you think that the insurance companies are going to settle for less. |
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Riley133 (258 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 11:14 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Two problems with that |
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Schema Thing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 11:21 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Their numbers have to match cost, so of course as cost go up |
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Riley133 (258 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 11:20 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. MLR exemptions |
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Hoyt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 12:43 PM Response to Reply #7 |
15. Yes. Next to removing pre-existing exclusions in 2014, MLR provisions are key features of HCR. |
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Schema Thing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 01:42 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. me too. |
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Riley133 (258 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 02:13 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. Sorry, progress priced me right out the door. (NFT) |
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Schema Thing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 02:52 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. no it didn't. |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 03:04 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. Wendell Potter has pointed out that MLRs are easy to get around |
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Hoyt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 08:01 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Sure regulation is key, but that is true of just about everything like this. |
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2Design (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 10:21 AM Response to Original message |
6. good thing our government got health care insurance for this companies |
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nc4bo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 11:24 AM Response to Original message |
12. My 78 yo mom expects her usual annual increase but now no COL for SS |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
13. Mandatory insurance always costs more |
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goforit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 11:48 AM Response to Original message |
14. Insurers will loose. DR.s now cutting insurers out going straight to patient. |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 08:27 PM Response to Original message |
21. GREED! |
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