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Originally posted by: DonDiego
Oh ! Oh ! DonDiego has another anecdote.
But this one is great fun:
There are these two San Francisco Democrats who have donated to the liberal group Organizing for America and worked the phone banks a year ago for President Obama’s re-election.
They had a health care policy from Kaiser Permanente, where the wife worked. They were happy. But Kaiser Permanente notified them recently that the policy was canceled because it didn't meet ACA requirements.
But, not to worry, . . . Kaiser Permanente had enrolled them in a new plan:
Deductible: old $4000, new $4500
Doctor visit: old $40, new unknown-possibly higher
Out-of-pocket annual: old $5600, new $6350
Hospital co-insurance: old 30%, new 40%
Not so bad.
Cost-per-month: old $550, new $1300
Gulp!
The couple is troubled: "We’re not changing our [political] views because of this situation, but it hurt to hear Obama saying, just the other day, that if our plan has been dropped it’s because it wasn’t any good, and our costs would go up only slightly."
Oh goodness, . . . "it hurt."
Ahh, . . .but they do have a plan:
"If his income were to fall below four times the federal poverty level, or about $62,000 for a family of two, he would qualify for subsidies that could lower his premium cost to as low as zero. If he makes even one dollar more, he gets nothing.
That’s what he’s leaning toward — lowering his salary or shifting more money toward a retirement account and applying for a subsidy."
Yeah, . . . that's the ticket, . . . game the system. Have the taxpayer pick up some of the fees.
DonDiego wonders if such tactics will occur to others.
Ref: Loyal Obama Supporters, Cancelled by Obamacare
Obama spent today trying to explain this totally fuched up roll out to a few of his dems that feel they are in jeopardy of losing their seats in elections next year! Yesterday was a JOKE as White House chief of staff tried to explain the "well I meant to say" instead of what "he did say". This guy is probably getting tired of explaining Obama's problems to the press. You could tell he was getting very frustrated with the "press insisting" that Obama basically lied about things in the ACA
