[Magdalen] health care...

[Lynn Ronkainen]

I have private individual insurance, not *part* of Gov Website.  2 years 
ago, after hours (and hours) of waiting on phone and combing through the 
website,  the government insurance was 70% more than what I could buy at 
einsurance.com  for similar coverage (after the gov 'rebate' it was more 
similar, but I don't qualify for a rebate either). The premiums may go up 
50% here for those who are not part of a group plan because TX is still a 
hold out on the Medicaid tie-in for US government funds, because insurers 
like me are now helping to support the huge, still uninsured populace here 
with our annual increases in premium.  This is a separate issue from the one 
I was also concerned about regarding increases in cost for Medicare taken 
from one's SS payment over the course of the next few years (a graduated 
increase built in by the ACA)  I'm beginning to think that no one who voted 
on this read the fine print about all the phased in stuff : (

L

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From: "Jim Guthrie" <jguthrie at pipeline.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2015 9:35 AM
To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] health care...

> From: Sibyl Smirl
>
> On 10/20/15 5:46 PM, Lynn Ronkainen wrote:
>>>   I am hoping the letter with the premium price does arrive and I can
>>> deal with the anticipated increase and not have to enter 'the arena'
>>> again... it's like walking into the lion's den.  In just a few short
>>> years (maybe 5?) how could insurance have become so difficult, so much
>>> more costly and so confusing?
>
>>How? We got Affordable Health Care, that's how!
>
> Don’t forget, Sib, Lynn lives in Texas where Republicans have worked hard 
> to sabotage the Affordable Care Act.  That sabotage results in higher 
> premiums and more complicated choices for anyone trying to do the right 
> thing.
>
> Let's  be blunt: Republicans hate "moochers"  -- defined anyone who makes 
> use of government safety net programs. And the best way to keep taxes low 
> is to let the "moochers" die -- which is why so many Republican-led states 
> have refused to expand Medicaid or make Medical Insurance choices 
> affordable be setting up local exchanges.
>
> That's also why the Republican mantra is to "control" (i.e. reduce or 
> eliminate "entitlements" defined only as liars and thieves can , and 
> Medicare and Social Security.
>
> No modern Republican can be characterized as either having respect for 
> life, or respect for the dignity of all persons, I think.
>
> Jim Guthrie
>
>
> -- 
> Sibyl Smirl
> I will take no bull from your house!  Psalms 50:9a
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