ST Alpha - "All I have to say is.. Obama better deliver. If the premiums aren't lower (for the same coverage) then I will be pissed." (Reading a Post)

SlickerTalk
Search Archives
The Leaderboard
The FAQ

Login
Create Account

Search Dr. S. Talk
TT/ST Wiki
How Well Do You Know ...

RSS Feed

Hosting by DigitalOcean

Support ST on Ko-Fi

Down to Post

Backboards:

Posts: 152

In response to "SITWAP: Blue Shield of California seeks rate hikes of as much as 59% for individuals" by James Bond (aka Igor)

All I have to say is.. Obama better deliver. If the premiums aren't lower (for the same coverage) then I will be pissed.

Posted by James Bond (aka Igor) (aka Igor) Jan 6 '11, 14:15

(Once the law is active).

Responses:

certainly not in the California high-risk pool. -- nm - y kant pixie read Jan 6, 14:23
You have to look longer term than that. It was never intended to have a short term effect of lowering premiums. - pmb Jan 6, 14:23
I thought the purpose of the healthcare bill was to extend coverage, not reduce healthcare costs -- nm - Roger More Jan 6, 14:21 6
- Over the long term it is supposed to bend the cost curve by limiting increases. - TWuG Jan 6, 14:24 4
  - [deleted] 1
    - This is true. Though one side has economists making the claim and the other side has self-interested parties making the claim. -- nm - TWuG Jan 6, 15:00
  - Sure, but the immediate impact was to provide healthcare coverage to a big chunk of the one-sixth of Americans that didn't have it - Roger More Jan 6, 14:34
  - I'm going to break into your house and steal your valuables. It's for your own good though because a better criminal could come along later if I don't - Loyola Jan 6, 14:31
- strike that. reverse it. -- nm - y kant pixie read Jan 6, 14:22
I thought the republicans have ruled it unconstitutional or some such? -- nm - Spawn Jan 6, 14:17
Weren't you anti-health-care-reform when it was being discussed? -- nm - ty97 Jan 6, 14:16 1
- No, I don't think I posted anything anti about it. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jan 6, 14:18
if the premiums are lower for the same coverage, you're getting paid less. - TFox Jan 6, 14:16

Post a message top

Replies are disabled on threads older than 7 days.