How many people have signed up for ObamaCare thus far?
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NONE!
Only one way to go
Next week when its up to 1 person
ObamaTurds will scream
100% increase
0 to 1 equals 100% increase?
Idiot!
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One Woman’s Attempt To Signup On Healthcare.gov
Via Slate.com:
I have been in regular conversation with a person in Pennsylvania trying to get information about coverage under the Affordable Care Act.
She is optimistic about the coverage she might get, but also wonders why her existing plan, which is far from perfect, is being canceled on Jan. 1. (The president said if you like your plan you will be able to keep it.)
She started trying at 8 a.m. on Oct. 1, the minute the website went live, and has tried about 10 times over the week. Mostly she has been shut out entirely.
Recently she has been able to at least enter in some of her information, but the site doesn’t record the information correctly and doesn’t let her change it.
She took her questions to the “Live Chat” to see if she could get some answers. This is what she got (the applicant’s name is the only item in this transcript that has been altered):
Via Slate.com:
I have been in regular conversation with a person in Pennsylvania trying to get information about coverage under the Affordable Care Act.
She is optimistic about the coverage she might get, but also wonders why her existing plan, which is far from perfect, is being canceled on Jan. 1. (The president said if you like your plan you will be able to keep it.)
She started trying at 8 a.m. on Oct. 1, the minute the website went live, and has tried about 10 times over the week. Mostly she has been shut out entirely.
Recently she has been able to at least enter in some of her information, but the site doesn’t record the information correctly and doesn’t let her change it.
She took her questions to the “Live Chat” to see if she could get some answers. This is what she got (the applicant’s name is the only item in this transcript that has been altered):
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21 year old Chad Henderson has rocketed to fame over the past few days as the only known person to have successfully signed up for Obamacare. The mainstream media has trumpeted his story at every opportunity.
As it turns out, much of his story may not be true. At the very least, it is incomplete.
First, his father stated and the Washington Post confirmed that Chad had, in fact, not successfully signed up for Obamacare.
Then on Friday Breitbart's John Sexton reported a 9 month old tweet from Chad Henderson claiming to have donated $1,000 to President Obama's 2012 re-election campaign. In addition, Henderson was a vocal Obama for America volunteer, and claimed to have been invited to President Obama's 2013 inauguration. In their initial reports, mainstream media outlets had characterized Henderson as an average young person not much involved in politics.
Based on our review of Federal Election Commission records, Breitbart News has confirmed that Chad Henderson's claim of donating $1,000 to the Obama campaign is most likely true. According to those records, Chad Henderson of Flintsone, Georgia, an employee of Walmart, donated $500 to the Obama Victory Fund on June 7, 2012, and an additional $500 to Obama for America on the same day.
According to his Facebook page, Mr. Henderson is currently a student at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. His father, Bill Henderson, owns a small business in Chattanooga. Flintstone, Georgia, where the Chad Henderson who donated $1,000 to the Obama campaign in 2012 lived, is a mere 8 miles south of Chattanooga. Mr. Henderson's recently closed Twitter account included an instagram photo of a trip mapped out that originated in Flinstone, Georgia. Breitbart News has not confirmed directly with Mr. Henderson that he was employed by the Flintstone, Georgia Walmart in 2012, but based on the available evidence it is reasonable to conclude this is likely the same individual.
Though young Mr. Henderson has not yet signed up for Obamacare, he certainly has proven he has all the qualifications necessary to serve in a prominent position in the Obama administration's communications office.
As it turns out, much of his story may not be true. At the very least, it is incomplete.
First, his father stated and the Washington Post confirmed that Chad had, in fact, not successfully signed up for Obamacare.
Then on Friday Breitbart's John Sexton reported a 9 month old tweet from Chad Henderson claiming to have donated $1,000 to President Obama's 2012 re-election campaign. In addition, Henderson was a vocal Obama for America volunteer, and claimed to have been invited to President Obama's 2013 inauguration. In their initial reports, mainstream media outlets had characterized Henderson as an average young person not much involved in politics.
Based on our review of Federal Election Commission records, Breitbart News has confirmed that Chad Henderson's claim of donating $1,000 to the Obama campaign is most likely true. According to those records, Chad Henderson of Flintsone, Georgia, an employee of Walmart, donated $500 to the Obama Victory Fund on June 7, 2012, and an additional $500 to Obama for America on the same day.
According to his Facebook page, Mr. Henderson is currently a student at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. His father, Bill Henderson, owns a small business in Chattanooga. Flintstone, Georgia, where the Chad Henderson who donated $1,000 to the Obama campaign in 2012 lived, is a mere 8 miles south of Chattanooga. Mr. Henderson's recently closed Twitter account included an instagram photo of a trip mapped out that originated in Flinstone, Georgia. Breitbart News has not confirmed directly with Mr. Henderson that he was employed by the Flintstone, Georgia Walmart in 2012, but based on the available evidence it is reasonable to conclude this is likely the same individual.
Though young Mr. Henderson has not yet signed up for Obamacare, he certainly has proven he has all the qualifications necessary to serve in a prominent position in the Obama administration's communications office.
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One of her websites was selling Uggs and NFL apparel...
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Obamacare's winners and losers in Bay Area
By Tracy Seipel
Cindy Vinson and Tom Waschura are big believers in the Affordable Care Act. They vote independent and are proud to say they helped elect and re-elect President Barack Obama.
Yet, like many other Bay Area residents who pay for their own medical insurance, they were floored last week when they opened their bills: Their policies were being replaced with pricier plans that conform to all the requirements of the new health care law.
Vinson, of San Jose, will pay $1,800 more a year for an individual policy, while Waschura, of Portola Valley, will cough up almost $10,000 more for insurance for his family of four.
"Welcome to the club," said Robert Laszewksi, a prominent health care consultant and president of
Health Policy and Strategy Associates in Virginia.
For years, the nation has been embroiled in the political rhetoric of "Obamacare," but this past week the reality of the new law sank in as millions of Americans had their first good look at how the 3 1/2-year-old legislation will affect their pocketbooks.
This much quickly became clear:
As state- and federal-run health insurance exchanges debuted across the country offering a range of prices for different tiers of insurance coverage, the new online marketplaces -- which represent the centerpiece of Obamacare -- could greatly benefit more than 40 million Americans who now lack coverage. But an additional 16 million -- who buy individual health insurance policies on the open market -- are finding out that their plans may not comply with the new law, which requires 10 essential benefits such as maternity care, mental health care and prescription drug coverage.
In California, 1.9 million people buy plans on the open market, according to officials with Covered California, the state's new health insurance exchange. And many of them are steaming mad.
"There's going to be a number of people surprised" by their bills, said Jonathan Wu, a co-founder of ValuePenguin, a consumer finance website. "The upper-middle class are the people who are essentially being asked to foot the bill, and that's true across the country."
Covered California spokesman Dana Howard maintained that in public presentations the exchange has always made clear that there will be winners and losers under Obamacare.
"Some people will see an increase who are already on the individual market purchasing insurance," he said, "but most people will not."
Covered California officials note that at least 570,000 of the 1.9 million people who buy their own insurance should be eligible for subsidies that will reduce their premiums.
Even those who don't qualify for the tax subsidies could see their rates drop because Obamacare doesn't allow insurers to charge people more if they have pre-existing conditions such as diabetes and cancer, he said.
People like Marilynn Gray-Raine.
The 64-year-old Danville artist, who survived breast cancer, has purchased health insurance for herself for decades. She watched her Anthem Blue Cross monthly premiums rise from $317 in 2005 to $1,298 in 2013. But she found out last week from the Covered California site that her payments will drop to about $795 a month.
But people with no pre-existing conditions like Vinson, a 60-year-old retired teacher, and Waschura, a 52-year-old self-employed engineer, are making up the difference.
"I was laughing at Boehner -- until the mail came today," Waschura said, referring to House Speaker John Boehner, who is leading the Republican charge to defund Obamacare.
"I really don't like the Republican tactics, but at least now I can understand why they are so pissed about this. When you take $10,000 out of my family's pocket each year, that's otherwise disposable income or retirement savings that will not be going into our local economy."
Both Vinson and Waschura have adjusted gross incomes greater than four times the federal poverty level -- the cutoff for a tax credit. And while both said they anticipated their rates would go up, they didn't realize they would rise so much.
"Of course, I want people to have health care," Vinson said. "I just didn't realize I would be the
Brochures and handouts on the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, are shown at the education outreach booth sponsor by Daughters of Charity O'Connor Hospital at Santa Clara County Library Alum Rock branch in San Jose on Oct. 1, 2013. (Josie Lepe/Staff)
one who was going to pay for it personally."
A frustrated Vinson went on the Covered California site to see what she would pay for the same policy if she lived in Los Angeles or Sacramento. She discovered she would save at least $100 monthly.
According to data compiled by ValuePenguin, Santa Clara County, San Mateo County, San Francisco as well as Santa Cruz, Monterey and San Benito counties have some of the highest health insurance rates in the state. Covered California officials say that in addition to the higher cost of living here, more hospitals in the Bay Area are owned by hospital groups that can demand higher rates because of the lack of competition.
Not all of the sticker shock can be blamed on Obamacare.
Health care inflation costs routinely increase at least 4 percent annually, said Ken Wood, a senior adviser for Covered California. Those increases, he noted, are due to an aging population and the rising costs of new medical technology and drugs, among other factors.
But Wood, Wu and others also said premiums will rise as a result of people getting better insurance under the new law, which requires most Americans, with few exceptions, to buy health insurance no later than March 31, or pay a minimum $95 annual penalty.
The law's intent is to cover people who are now uninsured by making insurance accessible to everybody. But that means rates will rise for many because sick and healthy people will now be charged the same premium.
Adding a required list of 10 essential benefits to all plans is also significant. A study published last year in the journal Health Affairs said more than half of Americans who had individual insurance in 2010 were enrolled in plans that would not qualify because they didn't meet all the new requirements.
Wood likened these mandates to the higher cost of buying cars today that must have safety features like air bags and anti-lock brakes.
The law also will often make some policies more expensive because it limits out-of-pocket expenses to $6,350 annually for an individual and $12,700 for a family. In addition, the law restricts the minimum and maximum premiums that people can be charged based on their age.
Now, a 64-year-old can be charged almost five times more than a 21-year-old. Beginning Jan. 1, it will be a 3-1 ratio.
Those explanations, however, don't completely satisfy Waschura and Vinson.
"I'm not against Obamacare," Waschura said. "It's just the initial shock. I'm holding out hope that there will be a correction over a handful of years."
But to Gray-Raine, the breast cancer survivor from the East Bay, that correction has already come.
"Obamacare is a huge step in the right direction for those of us without employer coverage," she said, adding that she hopes everyone will "join in and make this new legislation a success for all."
Contact Tracy Seipel at 408-275-0140. Follow her at Twitter.com/taseipel.
By Tracy Seipel
Cindy Vinson and Tom Waschura are big believers in the Affordable Care Act. They vote independent and are proud to say they helped elect and re-elect President Barack Obama.
Yet, like many other Bay Area residents who pay for their own medical insurance, they were floored last week when they opened their bills: Their policies were being replaced with pricier plans that conform to all the requirements of the new health care law.
Vinson, of San Jose, will pay $1,800 more a year for an individual policy, while Waschura, of Portola Valley, will cough up almost $10,000 more for insurance for his family of four.
"Welcome to the club," said Robert Laszewksi, a prominent health care consultant and president of
Health Policy and Strategy Associates in Virginia.
For years, the nation has been embroiled in the political rhetoric of "Obamacare," but this past week the reality of the new law sank in as millions of Americans had their first good look at how the 3 1/2-year-old legislation will affect their pocketbooks.
This much quickly became clear:
As state- and federal-run health insurance exchanges debuted across the country offering a range of prices for different tiers of insurance coverage, the new online marketplaces -- which represent the centerpiece of Obamacare -- could greatly benefit more than 40 million Americans who now lack coverage. But an additional 16 million -- who buy individual health insurance policies on the open market -- are finding out that their plans may not comply with the new law, which requires 10 essential benefits such as maternity care, mental health care and prescription drug coverage.
In California, 1.9 million people buy plans on the open market, according to officials with Covered California, the state's new health insurance exchange. And many of them are steaming mad.
"There's going to be a number of people surprised" by their bills, said Jonathan Wu, a co-founder of ValuePenguin, a consumer finance website. "The upper-middle class are the people who are essentially being asked to foot the bill, and that's true across the country."
Covered California spokesman Dana Howard maintained that in public presentations the exchange has always made clear that there will be winners and losers under Obamacare.
"Some people will see an increase who are already on the individual market purchasing insurance," he said, "but most people will not."
Covered California officials note that at least 570,000 of the 1.9 million people who buy their own insurance should be eligible for subsidies that will reduce their premiums.
Even those who don't qualify for the tax subsidies could see their rates drop because Obamacare doesn't allow insurers to charge people more if they have pre-existing conditions such as diabetes and cancer, he said.
People like Marilynn Gray-Raine.
The 64-year-old Danville artist, who survived breast cancer, has purchased health insurance for herself for decades. She watched her Anthem Blue Cross monthly premiums rise from $317 in 2005 to $1,298 in 2013. But she found out last week from the Covered California site that her payments will drop to about $795 a month.
But people with no pre-existing conditions like Vinson, a 60-year-old retired teacher, and Waschura, a 52-year-old self-employed engineer, are making up the difference.
"I was laughing at Boehner -- until the mail came today," Waschura said, referring to House Speaker John Boehner, who is leading the Republican charge to defund Obamacare.
"I really don't like the Republican tactics, but at least now I can understand why they are so pissed about this. When you take $10,000 out of my family's pocket each year, that's otherwise disposable income or retirement savings that will not be going into our local economy."
Both Vinson and Waschura have adjusted gross incomes greater than four times the federal poverty level -- the cutoff for a tax credit. And while both said they anticipated their rates would go up, they didn't realize they would rise so much.
"Of course, I want people to have health care," Vinson said. "I just didn't realize I would be the
Brochures and handouts on the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, are shown at the education outreach booth sponsor by Daughters of Charity O'Connor Hospital at Santa Clara County Library Alum Rock branch in San Jose on Oct. 1, 2013. (Josie Lepe/Staff)
one who was going to pay for it personally."
A frustrated Vinson went on the Covered California site to see what she would pay for the same policy if she lived in Los Angeles or Sacramento. She discovered she would save at least $100 monthly.
According to data compiled by ValuePenguin, Santa Clara County, San Mateo County, San Francisco as well as Santa Cruz, Monterey and San Benito counties have some of the highest health insurance rates in the state. Covered California officials say that in addition to the higher cost of living here, more hospitals in the Bay Area are owned by hospital groups that can demand higher rates because of the lack of competition.
Not all of the sticker shock can be blamed on Obamacare.
Health care inflation costs routinely increase at least 4 percent annually, said Ken Wood, a senior adviser for Covered California. Those increases, he noted, are due to an aging population and the rising costs of new medical technology and drugs, among other factors.
But Wood, Wu and others also said premiums will rise as a result of people getting better insurance under the new law, which requires most Americans, with few exceptions, to buy health insurance no later than March 31, or pay a minimum $95 annual penalty.
The law's intent is to cover people who are now uninsured by making insurance accessible to everybody. But that means rates will rise for many because sick and healthy people will now be charged the same premium.
Adding a required list of 10 essential benefits to all plans is also significant. A study published last year in the journal Health Affairs said more than half of Americans who had individual insurance in 2010 were enrolled in plans that would not qualify because they didn't meet all the new requirements.
Wood likened these mandates to the higher cost of buying cars today that must have safety features like air bags and anti-lock brakes.
The law also will often make some policies more expensive because it limits out-of-pocket expenses to $6,350 annually for an individual and $12,700 for a family. In addition, the law restricts the minimum and maximum premiums that people can be charged based on their age.
Now, a 64-year-old can be charged almost five times more than a 21-year-old. Beginning Jan. 1, it will be a 3-1 ratio.
Those explanations, however, don't completely satisfy Waschura and Vinson.
"I'm not against Obamacare," Waschura said. "It's just the initial shock. I'm holding out hope that there will be a correction over a handful of years."
But to Gray-Raine, the breast cancer survivor from the East Bay, that correction has already come.
"Obamacare is a huge step in the right direction for those of us without employer coverage," she said, adding that she hopes everyone will "join in and make this new legislation a success for all."
Contact Tracy Seipel at 408-275-0140. Follow her at Twitter.com/taseipel.
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The confusion over Obamacare has created a perfect opportunity for scammers, the Better Business Bureau said this morning.
David Smitherman, president and CEO of the Central Alabama Better Business Bureau, told WBRC that his organization had received reports of scammers using robocalls and going door-to-door in Birmingham, Alabama while posing as insurance agents.
“[They’re] telling homeowners that they are with an insurance company or they are with Medicare and that [the homeowners] are going to have to have an . . . Affordable Care Act card” in an attempt to obtain banking information or Social Security numbers, Smitherman said.
“There are places where you can go for information [on Obamacare], but answering your door and talking to strangers about it is not one of them,” he said.
David Smitherman, president and CEO of the Central Alabama Better Business Bureau, told WBRC that his organization had received reports of scammers using robocalls and going door-to-door in Birmingham, Alabama while posing as insurance agents.
“[They’re] telling homeowners that they are with an insurance company or they are with Medicare and that [the homeowners] are going to have to have an . . . Affordable Care Act card” in an attempt to obtain banking information or Social Security numbers, Smitherman said.
“There are places where you can go for information [on Obamacare], but answering your door and talking to strangers about it is not one of them,” he said.
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Hmmm, I remember those on here that had a great time dismissing me when I shared what my husband told me about a man he sat next to on a plane in the spring.
I believe I shared that this man was actually part of those who were working on the computer side of Obamacare and said there was not way it would be ready for October and that this will be a mess and never work.
I believe those who agree with Obamacare shared how incorrect I was and I had no idea what I was talking about.
Well, it seems this man who was actually working on this knew exactly what he was talking about.....it was not ready, is a mess and will be interesting to see if it works.
People are mad....those who had policies are seeing them change, even though Obama said they would not. The premiums are such that people can truly not afford them.
I believe I shared that this man was actually part of those who were working on the computer side of Obamacare and said there was not way it would be ready for October and that this will be a mess and never work.
I believe those who agree with Obamacare shared how incorrect I was and I had no idea what I was talking about.
Well, it seems this man who was actually working on this knew exactly what he was talking about.....it was not ready, is a mess and will be interesting to see if it works.
People are mad....those who had policies are seeing them change, even though Obama said they would not. The premiums are such that people can truly not afford them.
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