Does Canada have any universally recognized world class medical facilities like the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota?
Smile! You’ve Got Socialized Healthcare!
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If that is a good hospital... you better get the Gold Plan. People with inexpensive plans will be shut out of the best hospitals. That is Obamacare.
And pay for their meds.
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/201...keep-or-afford-your-medicine-under-obamacare/
But they'll be able to get condoms for free.
According to the WHO, Canada ranks # 30 while the USA ranks # 38 in health care. Therefore, you are more than a few steps ahead of us. Now with Obamacare things are improving here.
As a staffer did you get to keep your Cadillac plan gopher ?According to the WHO, Canada ranks # 30 while the USA ranks # 38 in health care. Therefore, you are more than a few steps ahead of us. Now with Obamacare things are improving here.
Which plan....bronze... silver... gold... platinum?
Uh Oh...
Doctors boycotting California's Obamacare exchange | WashingtonExaminer.com
Uh Oh...
Doctors boycotting California's Obamacare exchange | WashingtonExaminer.com
Say it ain't so................
One of Obamacare's biggest critics is now officially covered under the federal health care exchange: Sen. Marco Rubio.
"Senator Rubio spent time looking at all the options and decided to enroll through the D.C. exchange for coverage for him and his family," spokeswoman Brooke Sammon told the Buzz.
Rubio took the federal subsidy afforded to lawmakers and staff — a perk worth up to 75 percent of monthly premium costs — that some Republicans wanted to kill off. Some lawmakers who have enrolled in the exchange (The Washington Post is keeping a list) have rejected the taxpayer-funded employer contribution, which is far more generous than most workers get.
Rubio enrolls family in Obamacare exchange | Tampa Bay Times
One of Obamacare's biggest critics is now officially covered under the federal health care exchange: Sen. Marco Rubio.
"Senator Rubio spent time looking at all the options and decided to enroll through the D.C. exchange for coverage for him and his family," spokeswoman Brooke Sammon told the Buzz.
Rubio took the federal subsidy afforded to lawmakers and staff — a perk worth up to 75 percent of monthly premium costs — that some Republicans wanted to kill off. Some lawmakers who have enrolled in the exchange (The Washington Post is keeping a list) have rejected the taxpayer-funded employer contribution, which is far more generous than most workers get.
Rubio enrolls family in Obamacare exchange | Tampa Bay Times
You expect him to go without ins?Say it ain't so................
One of Obamacare's biggest critics is now officially covered under the federal health care exchange: Sen. Marco Rubio.
"Senator Rubio spent time looking at all the options and decided to enroll through the D.C. exchange for coverage for him and his family," spokeswoman Brooke Sammon told the Buzz.
Rubio took the federal subsidy afforded to lawmakers and staff — a perk worth up to 75 percent of monthly premium costs — that some Republicans wanted to kill off. Some lawmakers who have enrolled in the exchange (The Washington Post is keeping a list) have rejected the taxpayer-funded employer contribution, which is far more generous than most workers get.
Rubio enrolls family in Obamacare exchange | Tampa Bay Times
I would only expect that if he was fully committed to his former claims that it is bad system for Americans. He could forgo the 'subsidy' portion and get his own Private For Profit Insurance............
What Republicans don't want: Florida woman cries tears of joy after getting $3.19 Obamacare policy
Daily Kos: What Republicans don't want: Florida woman cries tears of joy after getting $3.19 Obamacare policy
JoAnn Smith, a 60-year-old Florida woman, is making headlines as the latest Obamacare success story. Smith told NBC News that she "just instantly burst into tears" when she was able yesterday to sign up for a $3.19 a month health insurance policy through Obamacare.
Smith described the low-cost of her federally-subsidized plan as "totally mind-blowing" and praised the Obamacare call center agent who assisted her sign-up as "the most loveliest of helpers."
Previously, the aging Smith had been uninsured. The company for which Smith is a medical transcriptionist does not offer coverage to its employees.
"They took a vote at the company and people wanted more money in their pockets," Smith was reported as saying. "I have had four paycuts in one year."
Smith's new, highly affordable Obamacare policy will cover her household, including her unemployed husband Eric, age 56.
Republicans who are praying for the failure of Obamacare do not want stories like the one told by JoAnn Smith to get out, but Smith's Obamacare success story bodes well for Democrats running for re-election in 2014.
Smith had been trying to sign up for health insurance for the past two months, but Obamacare's rocky rollout and website glitches had prevented her from doing so successfully.
Smith expressed continued shock that after months of difficulty, Obamacare's sign-up process is now working well enough that her application 'took seconds to complete' according to NBC. Smith now only has to confirm payment with her new insurer:
Those cancellations combined with rollout glitches led to weeks of bad press for Obamacare. Success stories like that of JoAnn Smith might indicate that many Americans will instead find cheaper coverage through Obamacare, and that the health overhaul's worst days have passed.
She, like many others, is enjoying socialized medicine. Hooray!
Daily Kos: What Republicans don't want: Florida woman cries tears of joy after getting $3.19 Obamacare policy
JoAnn Smith, a 60-year-old Florida woman, is making headlines as the latest Obamacare success story. Smith told NBC News that she "just instantly burst into tears" when she was able yesterday to sign up for a $3.19 a month health insurance policy through Obamacare.
Smith described the low-cost of her federally-subsidized plan as "totally mind-blowing" and praised the Obamacare call center agent who assisted her sign-up as "the most loveliest of helpers."
Previously, the aging Smith had been uninsured. The company for which Smith is a medical transcriptionist does not offer coverage to its employees.
"They took a vote at the company and people wanted more money in their pockets," Smith was reported as saying. "I have had four paycuts in one year."
Smith's new, highly affordable Obamacare policy will cover her household, including her unemployed husband Eric, age 56.
Republicans who are praying for the failure of Obamacare do not want stories like the one told by JoAnn Smith to get out, but Smith's Obamacare success story bodes well for Democrats running for re-election in 2014.
Smith had been trying to sign up for health insurance for the past two months, but Obamacare's rocky rollout and website glitches had prevented her from doing so successfully.
Smith expressed continued shock that after months of difficulty, Obamacare's sign-up process is now working well enough that her application 'took seconds to complete' according to NBC. Smith now only has to confirm payment with her new insurer:
"I am kind of afraid to call them because I feel like it's a trick. I am afraid I will call and they will say 'JoAnn who?'"
Obamacare backers aim for the law to improve the quality of healthcare for Americans by:
- Providing insurance federally through healthcare.gov
- Providing insurance through state-based website exchanges
- Providing coverage by increasing the availability of Medicaid
- Eliminating insurance denials or extra charges based on gender or pre-existing health status
- Eliminating junk insurance policies and instead setting national standard for high quality coverage
Those cancellations combined with rollout glitches led to weeks of bad press for Obamacare. Success stories like that of JoAnn Smith might indicate that many Americans will instead find cheaper coverage through Obamacare, and that the health overhaul's worst days have passed.
She, like many others, is enjoying socialized medicine. Hooray!
For someone to win under Obamacare someone else must become a loser. Obamacare is a form of stealth income redistribution from some to others.
No question. If she is getting that inexpensive policy... someone else is paying.
This woman thought she was going to pay $169 a month as was so happy that she wrote the President. He was so happy he used her as an example.
Then reality struck and she learned she will have to pay $900 a month. She cannot afford it.
Rude Awakening for Federal Way Woman Who Got Shout-Out From President – Can’t Afford Obamacare Policy After All | Washington State Wire - News of Capitol Importance
I get Health Insurance through my employer. They delayed the employer mandate for one year... perhaps because they can only deal with one disaster at a time.
So all this news is from the private insurance mandate. Those who don't who don't get insurance through their employer, private contractors, etc.
My pain will come next year. When the state of Massachusetts passed Romney Care my rates went up, my deductible went up, and my co-pay for meds went up. I am sure that will happen again.
I'll keep you informed Petros.
She makes 23K per year... He doesn't work
So others will foot the bill for her and her husband.... success! (not)
From what I've gleaned this program is about health providers not being stuck with the bill for "uncompensated care". I read or saw on the tube somewhere that one hospital alone loses $400 million in uncompensated care annually.
That's not chump change.
That's not chump change.
And they think it is going to work! This is just the sign up phase. This is just telling people you now have insurance. As a doctor said yesterday on Capitol Hill.
"There is a big difference between giving someone a blue plastic card that says you have health insurance and having access to health care."
And Gopher was so excited about the administration saying 1 Million signed up... well 5 Million have been notified they are losing their coverage on Dec 31. And the success story he uses is a 60+ year old woman, and her unemployed husband who just got a heavily subsidized health care plan.
Can you say... UNSUSTAINABLE?
It'll only make rates and deductibles rise for those with insurance.
For us to top up Provincal coverage with Blue Cross with all the bells and whistles including term life it is $203 a month for both of us.
Saskatchewan Blue Cross - Personal - Blue Choice® Rate Calculator
For us to top up Provincal coverage with Blue Cross with all the bells and whistles including term life it is $203 a month for both of us.
Saskatchewan Blue Cross - Personal - Blue Choice® Rate Calculator
And rise it will. They have to get it entrenched first... then premiums, deductibles, prescription costs will sky rocket.