Sunday, Nov. 1 was the first day of open enrollment for the 2016 insurance year on the Maryland Health Connection, the state-run online insurance exchange set up under the guidelines of the Affordable Care Act, popularly known as Obamacare.
According to state data, nearly 123,000 Maryland residents purchased insurance via the system for the current year. Another 166,000 used the system to enroll in Medicaid. Of that total, 3,461 were in Worcester.
The basic concept of the ACA’s insurance exchanges is that private insurance companies offer plans, which must qualify for a certain level of cost-effectiveness under federal guidelines, through the exchange to citizens who are not offered a qualifying plan from their employer.
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I know one who did this already and his premiums are $400.00 a month....
ReplyDeleteObamacare is a complete disaster only because of ignorant voters.
ReplyDelete2:36 your statement is vague and misleading and that makes you part of the problem
ReplyDeleteHow much is the deductible? How much of MY money are they getting back? How much are the copays?
There is nothing affordable about this sham
The bottom of the barrel bronze HMO plan is 320/month with a 6550 deductible before the plan even pays.
ReplyDeleteSo you get to spend 10,000 before you even get a benefit.
That is 1/3 of my wage. BSBC is guaranteed to get 4000 of my money a year and it costs them NOTHING in return. how F'ed up is that?
Just a thought. When my 2 sons were young I always stressed to them that money was important but medical coverage would be the most important. God bless them they listened and have jobs that cover them and the family.
ReplyDeleteWhy don't people sign up directly with the insurance carriers? My husband has a policy with bcbs for 208/month with a 5500 deductible. It's so much cheaper than Obamacare. ALTHOUGH, we just got a letter that his premium is going up $50/ month. Still don't want to pay it, but it is cheaper!
ReplyDeleteJust damn the employers who do not offer insurance to their employees. They expect you to work for nothing, offer no insurance and get pissed when you want a day or two off. What a great country this is, and I do mean that literally.
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