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I'm confused. Did the Cali exchange say you can't purchace insurance?
Or did it say you can't have a Government money handout to do so?
Today approximately 6 million Americans got health insurance via the ACA
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Or did it say you can't have a Government money handout to do so?
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TRAIN WRECK UPDATE: WaPo: Second wave of health-insurance disruption affects small businesses. “When millions of health-insurance plans were canceled last fall, the Obama administration tried to be reassuring, saying the terminations affected only the small minority of Americans who bought individual policies. But according to industry analysts, insurers and state regulators, the disruption will be far greater, potentially affecting millions of people who receive insurance through small employers by the end of 2014.”
Plus: “If they do it one way, the word canceled gets attached to it. If they do it another way, they say they are amending the policy. It sounds more gentle but it’s the same thing.”
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Plus: “If they do it one way, the word canceled gets attached to it. If they do it another way, they say they are amending the policy. It sounds more gentle but it’s the same thing.”
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this is why our country is fucked
low info people who vote based on COLOR instead of ability
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SELFISH BITCH
Thinks its ONLY about her
DUMB CUNT!
NEW YORK (CNNMoney)
Jeanne Patterson really needs to see a doctor but had to cancel her appointment last week.
Why? Because her new Obamacare benefits were not in order, forcing her to spend hours and hours on hold with her insurer, Independence Blue Cross.
Many folks who signed up for coverage through the state and federal exchanges are running into roadblocks now that they are trying to use their new benefits. And though exchange officials and insurers have urged consumers to call their insurers if they encounter problems, many say they either wait endlessly on hold or get the runaround. Coverage for the first wave of Obamacare applicants took effect Jan. 1.
Patterson's journey started New Year's Day, when she landed in the emergency room for a stomach ailment. The Independence policy number she received didn't work and the hospital required her to sign a form saying she would pay for care herself, though it agreed to bill her later. She then received an ID card for her HMO plan in the mail a few days later, so she made an appointment with her primary care doctor and a gastric specialist for follow up.
But when the 59-year-old went to her doctor last week, she was told he couldn't see her because she hadn't designated him as her primary care provider. If she wanted to be treated, she'd have to pay for the visit and lab work and request reimbursement. She spent an hour on hold with Independence trying to fix the problem and left the office without care.
Patterson, who has previously always had insurance, said she was not told she had to designate a primary care provider in Independence's system before seeing the doctor. When she got home, she went online and did that, but learned she'd have to wait until February to make an appointment.
That was too long a delay. So, she called Independence three or four times a day, spending more than an hour on hold each time hoping to get a representative to waive the waiting period. But she would hang up before reaching anyone.
"I can't get a person no matter what I do," said Patterson, who is unemployed and lives with her husband in Drexel Hill, Penn.
After being contacted by CNNMoney Friday, an Independence executive reached out to Patterson and confirmed that she has had coverage since Jan. 1 and her primary care doctor designation is in order. Brian Lobley, senior vice president of marketing and consumer business, told CNNMoney he did not know why Patterson had problems at the doctor's office or hospital, but told her to call him if any issues persisted.
The company has seen a significant number of consumers, particularly new members, calling its help line for assistance in using their benefits, getting ID cards and making payments, Lobley said. He acknowledged that hold times have increased to an average of 40 to 50 minutes, but said Independence has increased its staff by 20% to 25% and has extended its hours to accommodate the crush.
Patterson will find out this week if her coverage is in fact in order when she calls her primary care doctor to make another appointment. "I don't want to get my hopes up too high," she said Friday.
Share your story: Have you begun using your Obamacare benefits?
Others found they ran into similar walls. Matt and Nancy Parisi were waiting weeks to resolve a problem with Cigna (CI, Fortune 500), which could not find the Tequesta, Fla., couple in its system. They called repeatedly to get their ID number so he could fill a prescription and she could visit the doctor, but were either left waiting on hold or bounced around from department to department.
"They put you on hold until they wear you out," said Matt Parisi, 63, a fisherman, who had to pay $40 out-of-pocket to get his high blood pressure medication. "It's very uncomfortable to think that if we had to go to the hospital right now, we could face a quarter-million [dollar] bill because Cigna can't find us."
After CNNMoney reached out to the insurer Friday to check their status, the couple received a call from a Cigna supervisor, who gave them their ID number and emailed them a letter confirming coverage. However, the supervisor said the Parisis still won't show up in the insurer's system for the time being.
"As long as I have the ID number, it's a step in the right direction," Matt Parisi said, though he said they'll feel more confident that they actually have insurance when they get an ID card in the mail. That's when they'll make a doctor's appointment for his wife's shoulder issue.
Thinks its ONLY about her
DUMB CUNT!
NEW YORK (CNNMoney)
Jeanne Patterson really needs to see a doctor but had to cancel her appointment last week.
Why? Because her new Obamacare benefits were not in order, forcing her to spend hours and hours on hold with her insurer, Independence Blue Cross.
Many folks who signed up for coverage through the state and federal exchanges are running into roadblocks now that they are trying to use their new benefits. And though exchange officials and insurers have urged consumers to call their insurers if they encounter problems, many say they either wait endlessly on hold or get the runaround. Coverage for the first wave of Obamacare applicants took effect Jan. 1.
Patterson's journey started New Year's Day, when she landed in the emergency room for a stomach ailment. The Independence policy number she received didn't work and the hospital required her to sign a form saying she would pay for care herself, though it agreed to bill her later. She then received an ID card for her HMO plan in the mail a few days later, so she made an appointment with her primary care doctor and a gastric specialist for follow up.
But when the 59-year-old went to her doctor last week, she was told he couldn't see her because she hadn't designated him as her primary care provider. If she wanted to be treated, she'd have to pay for the visit and lab work and request reimbursement. She spent an hour on hold with Independence trying to fix the problem and left the office without care.
Patterson, who has previously always had insurance, said she was not told she had to designate a primary care provider in Independence's system before seeing the doctor. When she got home, she went online and did that, but learned she'd have to wait until February to make an appointment.
That was too long a delay. So, she called Independence three or four times a day, spending more than an hour on hold each time hoping to get a representative to waive the waiting period. But she would hang up before reaching anyone.
"I can't get a person no matter what I do," said Patterson, who is unemployed and lives with her husband in Drexel Hill, Penn.
After being contacted by CNNMoney Friday, an Independence executive reached out to Patterson and confirmed that she has had coverage since Jan. 1 and her primary care doctor designation is in order. Brian Lobley, senior vice president of marketing and consumer business, told CNNMoney he did not know why Patterson had problems at the doctor's office or hospital, but told her to call him if any issues persisted.
The company has seen a significant number of consumers, particularly new members, calling its help line for assistance in using their benefits, getting ID cards and making payments, Lobley said. He acknowledged that hold times have increased to an average of 40 to 50 minutes, but said Independence has increased its staff by 20% to 25% and has extended its hours to accommodate the crush.
Patterson will find out this week if her coverage is in fact in order when she calls her primary care doctor to make another appointment. "I don't want to get my hopes up too high," she said Friday.
Share your story: Have you begun using your Obamacare benefits?
Others found they ran into similar walls. Matt and Nancy Parisi were waiting weeks to resolve a problem with Cigna (CI, Fortune 500), which could not find the Tequesta, Fla., couple in its system. They called repeatedly to get their ID number so he could fill a prescription and she could visit the doctor, but were either left waiting on hold or bounced around from department to department.
"They put you on hold until they wear you out," said Matt Parisi, 63, a fisherman, who had to pay $40 out-of-pocket to get his high blood pressure medication. "It's very uncomfortable to think that if we had to go to the hospital right now, we could face a quarter-million [dollar] bill because Cigna can't find us."
After CNNMoney reached out to the insurer Friday to check their status, the couple received a call from a Cigna supervisor, who gave them their ID number and emailed them a letter confirming coverage. However, the supervisor said the Parisis still won't show up in the insurer's system for the time being.
"As long as I have the ID number, it's a step in the right direction," Matt Parisi said, though he said they'll feel more confident that they actually have insurance when they get an ID card in the mail. That's when they'll make a doctor's appointment for his wife's shoulder issue.
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Feel Ya
would still vote fo the KNEEE GRRRR, cause FEEL YA votes for COLOREDS
NY Times Acknowledges U.S. Health Care System A Mess Because of Obamacare…
Impossible to deny.
FORT WORTH (NYT) — Paul D. Donahue and his wife, Angela, are among more than a million Americans who have signed up for health coverage through the federal insurance exchange. Mr. Donahue has a card in his wallet from his insurer to prove it. But when he tried to use it to get a flu shot and fill prescriptions this week, local pharmacies could not confirm his coverage, so he left without his medications.
Similar problems are occurring daily in doctors’ offices and drugstores around the country as consumers try to use insurance coverage that took effect on Jan. 1 under the Affordable Care Act.
In addition to the difficulties many face in proving they have coverage, patients are also having a hard time figuring out whether particular doctors are affiliated with their health insurance plan. Doctors themselves often do not know if they are in the network of providers for plans sold on the exchange.
But interviews with doctors, hospital executives, pharmacists and newly insured people around the country suggest that the biggest challenge so far has been verifying coverage. A surge of enrollments in late December, just before the deadline for coverage to take effect, created backlogs at many state and federal exchanges and insurance companies in processing applications. As a result, many of those who enrolled have yet to receive an insurance card, policy number or bill.
Many are also having trouble reaching exchanges and insurance companies to confirm their enrollment or pay their first month’s premium. Doctors’ offices and pharmacies, too, are spending hours on the phone trying to verify patients’ coverage, sometimes to no avail.
“The system wasn’t really built to handle this kind of glut of new patients,” said Dr. Curtis Miyamoto, a radiation oncologist at Temple University Hospital who is president of the Philadelphia County Medical Society. “So it’s resulting in us having some delays in getting people verified, and therefore delays in their care.”
would still vote fo the KNEEE GRRRR, cause FEEL YA votes for COLOREDS
NY Times Acknowledges U.S. Health Care System A Mess Because of Obamacare…
Impossible to deny.
FORT WORTH (NYT) — Paul D. Donahue and his wife, Angela, are among more than a million Americans who have signed up for health coverage through the federal insurance exchange. Mr. Donahue has a card in his wallet from his insurer to prove it. But when he tried to use it to get a flu shot and fill prescriptions this week, local pharmacies could not confirm his coverage, so he left without his medications.
Similar problems are occurring daily in doctors’ offices and drugstores around the country as consumers try to use insurance coverage that took effect on Jan. 1 under the Affordable Care Act.
In addition to the difficulties many face in proving they have coverage, patients are also having a hard time figuring out whether particular doctors are affiliated with their health insurance plan. Doctors themselves often do not know if they are in the network of providers for plans sold on the exchange.
But interviews with doctors, hospital executives, pharmacists and newly insured people around the country suggest that the biggest challenge so far has been verifying coverage. A surge of enrollments in late December, just before the deadline for coverage to take effect, created backlogs at many state and federal exchanges and insurance companies in processing applications. As a result, many of those who enrolled have yet to receive an insurance card, policy number or bill.
Many are also having trouble reaching exchanges and insurance companies to confirm their enrollment or pay their first month’s premium. Doctors’ offices and pharmacies, too, are spending hours on the phone trying to verify patients’ coverage, sometimes to no avail.
“The system wasn’t really built to handle this kind of glut of new patients,” said Dr. Curtis Miyamoto, a radiation oncologist at Temple University Hospital who is president of the Philadelphia County Medical Society. “So it’s resulting in us having some delays in getting people verified, and therefore delays in their care.”
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The problem with healthcare.was too many americans want to be poor
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Too many of you obana kind enjoy that welfare...a little too much
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Why did the obama regime stop issuing business license for Doctors?
For those obama kind, i dare your lazy ass to prove me wrong....
Obama has stop doctors from opening new practices....
Obana is Hitler 2.0
For those obama kind, i dare your lazy ass to prove me wrong....
Obama has stop doctors from opening new practices....
Obana is Hitler 2.0
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Couldn't purchase. I haven't been able to yet in Minnesota, but I am still trying.
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Why not? Because the logistics are borked, or because you're not allowed to?
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Hey busybody, "older" folks....folks over 65....already have Medicare.
You are correct, the majority of folks signing up for Obamacare appear to be in the 45-64 age demographic. Have you got a problem with that?
You are correct, the majority of folks signing up for Obamacare appear to be in the 45-64 age demographic. Have you got a problem with that?
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Sounds like the most likely demographic to have been stuck with pre-existing conditions. Imagine that.
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How exciting...more welfare people
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I think in both cases it is probably a case of the logistics being messed up. I get "you qualify for X" and transport to x's website and then a no qualify. I suspect it is because not everyone in the system has their ducks in a row. Also in my case I currently have individual insurance, which I cannot afford, it's more than my rent, and that puts me into individuals, consultants whatever category and that is still not working correctly. I suspect that maybe the same with Naughtius.
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That's not nearly Protestant enough for America.
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