healthy 21 year old got new Health Insurance

[DrLeftover]

OCTOBER 3, 2013

American media outlets were finally able to track down a mythical creature — a person who actually signed up for the Obamacare exchanges online.

But that person, Chad Henderson, admitted to the Washington Post that the premium for the plan he enrolled in was $175. Ouch! Wasn’t Obamacare supposed to lower premiums?

Henderson’s going to pay a $175 premium and he won’t even receive vision or dental insurance. He has contacts, so not having vision insurance is kind of a bum deal.

Henderson, as far as we know a healthy, 21-year-old college student at Chattanooga State Community College who lives in Flintstone, Ga., and works part-time at a day-care center, did not qualify for tax credits to purchase insurance, according to the Post.

Without Obamacare, Henderson could have received health insurance for as little as $44.72 on eHealthInsurance.com, according to Michael F. Cannon of the Cato Institute.

http://washingtonexaminer.com/175-premium-for-a-young-healthy-student-thanks-obamacare/article/2536798

 

[Evil Eye]

How are you* messing this up so badly?
* As in your government.

Also... $44.72 seems suspiciously cheap.

 

[The Dragon Master]

If getting insurance is costly and difficult, and what Obama is suggesting no better than the original way health care was run, why is having a nationalised health care system (where it is paid from taxes and everyone gets free health care) so bad that it's not considered an option?

 

[Evil Eye]

Probably because that'd put a lot of insurance companies out of business, or at least make them lose a lot of money.

 

[DrLeftover]

10/05/2013

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.

http://www.mercurynews.com/nation-world/ci_24248486/obamacares-winners-and-losers-bay-area