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2016 Postmortem

wishstar

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26. My federal retiree Blue Cross has gone up every year too, and COLA's too small to cover the raise

Reply to LexVegas (Original post)

Tue Oct 25, 2016, 03:40 PM

Oct 2016

But I can't complain as I'm grateful to just have the coverage.

I know several people who signed up for Obamacare Blue Cross, got subsidies so their premiums were a lot lower than mine, and then they proceeded to have expensive surgeries and hospitalizations for serious conditions that they had postponed getting treatment for until they could get on Obamacare.

One acquaintance then dropped his coverage after getting Blue Cross to cover tens of thousands of dollars of expensive procedures since he thinks he is much better and can go a year or two longer and is taking his chances again before signing back up. So it is no wonder the insurances aren't doing as well as expected and raising premiums when so many people have had huge medical bills in the first year or two of ACA..

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I work for one of the 100 largest companies in the world and my insurance premiums just went up.... [View all] LexVegas Oct 2016 OP

Same here Chico Man Oct 2016 #1

Me too, and so did mine. VMA131Marine Oct 2016 #2

Thank you for pointing this fact out. People fail to recognize this. tonyt53 Oct 2016 #5

This is part of the problem though..ACA was advertised that it would lower costs. CentralMass Oct 2016 #9

It doesn't help that the GOP House blocks funds to reimburse insurance companies for . . . DeltaLitProf Oct 2016 #32

The ACA doesn't adequately address the cost of medical care. CentralMass Oct 2016 #33

Costs going up on everything. Fact of life. oasis Oct 2016 #3

Except my SS payments tavernier Oct 2016 #14

Let's stay focused on the important things: How's their stock doing? bluedigger Oct 2016 #4

Why Doesn't The MSM Put The Blame Where It Belongs?..... global1 Oct 2016 #6

And the obstructionist GOP Congress ooky Oct 2016 #15

That would require analysis past the 2nd grade level. JoePhilly Oct 2016 #31

It wouldn't be as big of an issue if our health and the service was somewhat better nolabels Oct 2016 #8

I agree that our health care system needs a lot of improvement, but The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2016 #10

As a mechanic i would say you shouldn't try to fix your car yourself nolabels Oct 2016 #19

We need more unions! JNelson6563 Oct 2016 #12

When Obamacare was passed, everyone knew TheDebbieDee Oct 2016 #13

When will msnbc mewntion this? BSdetect Oct 2016 #16

Mine is offered through my state retirement system.... and it went up. femmocrat Oct 2016 #17

As far as many/most voters are concerned, that's a yes or a maybe. Orsino Oct 2016 #18

I work for one of the 10 biggest companies in the country and ..... CajunBlazer Oct 2016 #20

Thanks Obama! jcgoldie Oct 2016 #21

My inurance went up too... work insurance. Demsrule86 Oct 2016 #22

Went up how much? B2G Oct 2016 #23

My federal retiree Blue Cross has gone up every year too, and COLA's too small to cover the raise wishstar Oct 2016 #26

if it happened before July then yes but everything after that is now Hillary's fault dlwickham Oct 2016 #27

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