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Cancer Patients are losing their health insurance because of Obamacare
Topic Started: Dec 12 2013, 01:04 AM (4,062 Views)
Marcus
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If you notice the Democrats are not talking about this.
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Several years ago my friend's son had cancer. It did go into remission. Now, they find out it's returned and he's getting treated, thankfully, because president Obama signed a law saying he can't be denied from a previous condition.

I'm very thankful to Obama, for this.
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Jan 25 2014, 12:08 PM
Several years ago my friend's son had cancer. It did go into remission. Now, they find out it's returned and he's getting treated, thankfully, because president Obama signed a law saying he can't be denied from a previous condition.

I'm very thankful to Obama, for this.
That's not a certainty.
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Jan 26 2014, 04:57 AM
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Jan 25 2014, 12:08 PM
Several years ago my friend's son had cancer. It did go into remission. Now, they find out it's returned and he's getting treated, thankfully, because president Obama signed a law saying he can't be denied from a previous condition.

I'm very thankful to Obama, for this.
That's not a certainty.
My friend starts treatment, February 12th.
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As usual I had to go find the real unslanted story

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She explains that her insurance company has paid $1.2 million for her treatment and has never doubted her doctors, but now it is pulling out of the individual California market

For those who don't know what that means it means the company pulled out of the market because they felt like they couldn't compete
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"One of the factors I believe contributed to this decision, even if the two companies are disinclined to acknowledge it, is the special tax break that California law gives to Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield, which has allowed and continues to allow those two companies to avoid paying $100 million in state taxes a year," added Commissioner Jones. "Aetna and United Healthcare don't get the special tax break provided to Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield, and so they faced a major competitive disadvantage in California."
http://www.insurance.ca.gov/0400-news/0100-press-releases/2013/release053-13.cfm


Nothing to do with Obamacare
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Jan 28 2014, 01:43 PM
As usual I had to go find the real unslanted story

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She explains that her insurance company has paid $1.2 million for her treatment and has never doubted her doctors, but now it is pulling out of the individual California market

For those who don't know what that means it means the company pulled out of the market because they felt like they couldn't compete
Quote:
 
"One of the factors I believe contributed to this decision, even if the two companies are disinclined to acknowledge it, is the special tax break that California law gives to Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield, which has allowed and continues to allow those two companies to avoid paying $100 million in state taxes a year," added Commissioner Jones. "Aetna and United Healthcare don't get the special tax break provided to Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield, and so they faced a major competitive disadvantage in California."
http://www.insurance.ca.gov/0400-news/0100-press-releases/2013/release053-13.cfm


Nothing to do with Obamacare
LOL.
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kennyinbmore
Jan 28 2014, 01:43 PM
As usual I had to go find the real unslanted story

Quote:
 
She explains that her insurance company has paid $1.2 million for her treatment and has never doubted her doctors, but now it is pulling out of the individual California market

For those who don't know what that means it means the company pulled out of the market because they felt like they couldn't compete
Quote:
 
"One of the factors I believe contributed to this decision, even if the two companies are disinclined to acknowledge it, is the special tax break that California law gives to Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield, which has allowed and continues to allow those two companies to avoid paying $100 million in state taxes a year," added Commissioner Jones. "Aetna and United Healthcare don't get the special tax break provided to Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield, and so they faced a major competitive disadvantage in California."
http://www.insurance.ca.gov/0400-news/0100-press-releases/2013/release053-13.cfm


Nothing to do with Obamacare
Who's cancer story in this thread are you referring to?
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kennyinbmore
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Last link of the first post in the thread. a cancer patient from Califormia
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kennyinbmore
Jan 29 2014, 07:43 AM
Last link of the first post in the thread. a cancer patient from Califormia
Ah ok. With so many links I wasn't sure.

In any event, as your article mentioned the subsidy maybe "one of the factors". Bottom line is under obamacare they can't charge more for pretexting conditions and they do little business in Cali in the individual market. It therefore wasn't cost effective.

2 things. The subsidy was there before obamacare and those insurers were able to still do business. Obamacare changed the dynamics.
Second, and it's a misconception I held, HIPAA which prevents insurers from not covering pretexting conditions existed before obamacare. It was signed in during the Clinton era. It was poorly enforced but it existed.
So basically we were lied to about pretexting conditions by Obama and the dems.

The bottom line, the more we know the less we see how little we gained with this clusterfuck, obamacrap. Just mandates on the masses and a bailout for various players in the health insurance sector.


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Jan 23 2014, 02:52 PM
If you notice the Democrats are not talking about this.
It's because they are hypocrites.
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