Goodbye, healthcare policy. Hello, socialized medicine.
One of the biggest concerns that many Americans had when ObamaCare was first being discussed widely was whether they’d be able to keep their current health plans. President Obama and his people repeatedly assured us that yes, we would be able to keep them. No one would be forced to change their healthcare plan because of ObamaCare.
Let’s see a show of hands from those who believed them. In what is turning out to be another in an endless series of broken promises and lies, millions of Americans are being forced to change their healthcare plans due to ObamaCare. Right now it’s looking like approximately 16 million Americans will find themselves in this position before too long.
Why are insurance companies such as Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield, Aetna, Medical Mutual of Ohio and others canceling so many policies? Because they’ve figured out that it will be impossible for them to be profitable if they have to adhere to all of the ObamaCare requirements, including covering more “essential benefits” and the cost of medical treatments for pre-existing conditions.
Oh, if only someone would have pointed out this likelihood before ObamaCare was passed. Oh yeah, that’s right, numerous Republican and Libertarian politicians stated this exact thing before ObamaCare was voted on. They repeatedly shouted out that employers would drop insurance coverage for employees, that health insurance companies would drop policies, that many people would lose their jobs and that the economy would suffer. But Congress and the Supreme Court did not listen, and now we’re stuck with a law that is going to crush everything in its sights.
Even the liberal media is reporting this latest ObamaCare fiasco, which forced the President to issue an apology of sorts for the problem. Without holding himself or the Democrats responsible, Obama told NBC News, “I am sorry that (Americans) are finding themselves in this situation based on assurances they got from me. We’ve got to work hard to make sure that they know we hear them and we are going to do everything we can to deal with folks who find themselves in a tough position as a consequence of this.”
Let me tell you something that I’ve told you before. This type of news does not come as a shock to Obama. This is all part of the grand scheme that will usher in socialized medicine. Once the first painful steps of eliminating employer healthcare coverage and private healthcare plans are taken, people will have no choice but to turn to the government for healthcare. And that’s right where Obama wants them.
Have you been told by your healthcare insurer that your plan is being cancelled? If so, what have you done about it? Many people are waiting to see if this will happen to them, so please let us know about your experience.
My sister has Stage III cancer thanks to Obamacare. She was repeatedly denied diagnostics/medical care by providers who refused to accept her coverage through Aetna. Yes, it’s true. The American people are now required to pay for health “insurance” and fined if we refuse, but medical providers are not required to accept the policies that we are paying for! There is no way of knowing this until you are already being bled dry for exorbitant premiums.
Aetna repeatedly denied my sister’s claims for herself and her daughter (who has life-threatening asthma). She was told that her policy was in arrears when it was actually paid 1-2 months in advance — $850/mo, more than her rent. This went on for over a year. She had to wait until the exchanges reopened (now we now why they are called “exchanges”) so that she could switch to another carrier. Then it was a nightmare trying to coordinate doctors and facilities who would BOTH accept her policy. If the doctor will, but the clinic or hospital where the procedures are performed will not, you’re screwed. She spent entire days on the phone just trying to book appointments. She drove long distances to appointments only to be told, “Oh, we don’t accept that coverage. You will have to pay in advance and get reimbursed by your insurance company.” Yah, good luck with that….and not something you want to deal with when you’re extremely ill.
Now she is stuck with a good surgeon but poor quality hospital because they were the only combination who would both accept her new policy. And in the meantime, due to the year of no coverage (she is self-employed and couldn’t afford insurance) followed by a year of providers refusing to accept her coverage, she went from minor symptoms to full blown cancer. Her new provider is canceling coverage in her state at the end of this year and she will once again have to find a new provider, right in the middle of her cancer surgeries and treatment.
The true goal of Obamacare is to separate the working poor and middle class from the rest of their income, while destroying their health and leading to an early death to get rid of us altogether. And it is working.
What people are missing in the equation is the simple fact that this president was raised by grandparents who espoused Socialist ideologies, and his mentors and friends, Bill Ayers, being one and still is, espouses the very same things.
So what do you expect? Remember he told everyone he was fundamentally going to change America. Socialism is about as much a change as you can get from our present for of government as you can get without declaring it either a communist country or a religious theocracy.
This is one major reasons why the election in Nov 2016 is so majority important to us all.
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I think the President is in a no win situation…….what do I mean? These insurance companies (“the enemy of the people”) are being asked to take less and provide more and that’s why they are bailing out. There bottom-lines won’t be as fat and they can’t issue the fat bonus to their top cats……..What’s wrong with this information on this blog? Isn’t the reason for the 99% being considered in this new health care law? Bottomline, he can’t win!!!!!!
OB care may be 1 st step to a one payor system socialized health care, we pay government, they pay bill — when one group can make laws for all others ,but not be covered by those same laws something is very wrong — is IRS covered by OB care ??
When will OUR law-makers, have to go on the ACA?
You can bet they will do everything in their power to keep “their” Gold Plan, that you & I pay for!
Our company is a small business, less than 50 employees. Last year our renewal occurred 1 month before ACA was implemented. Our premiums went up 23%. Preliminary quotes by our carrier are showing an increase of 45%. The sad reality is that the new quotes are age banded because we are a small business. For anyone over 50, it is a financial ruin. Additionally, we will have to pay $ 850 a month in ACA upcharges. Since the Supreme Court ruled this a tax, when is a tax aged based?
I have worked in healthcare for 45 years. The ACA is the most frustrating thing I have ever encountered. Government hype against reality, guess which one wins? I wish sometimes that there was a website that people could send their reality bills to.
Just got a letter from California Health Net that they will no longer be offering their HMO plans. We received this letter on March 31 and we have until July 1 to decide on another plan. Don’t know what we’ll do. Out employer assured us that this wouldn’t happen as our policy complied with new regulations. It doesn’t matter what coverage is provided, they want everyone on government run healthcare.