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| Baldo | Aug 4 2015, 10:29 AM Post #2161 |
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So my prediction is as costs goes up the Obama & Democrats will say the reason is "pent-up" demand for decades of no healthcare. They will use it as another excuse. Don't believe they will admit anything. It will be the republican's fault. |
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| Baldo | Aug 5 2015, 08:05 PM Post #2162 |
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Tax filing problems could jeopardize health law aid for 1.8M Health law subsidies at risk next year for 1.8M households; fed government launches outreach WASHINGTON (AP) -- About 1.8 million households that got financial help for health insurance under President Barack Obama's law now have issues with their tax returns that could jeopardize their subsidies next year. Administration officials say those taxpayers will have to act quickly. "There's still time, but people need to take action soon," said Lori Lodes, communications director for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, which runs HealthCare.gov. The health care law provides tax credits to help people afford private insurance. Nationally, that aid averages $272 a month, covering roughly three-fourths of the premium. By funneling the aid through the income tax system, Democrats were able to call the overhaul the largest middle-class tax cut for health care in history. But they also spliced together two really complicated areas for consumers: health insurance and taxes. Confusion has been the result for many. Consumers who got health care tax credits are required to file tax returns that properly account for them, even if they are unaccustomed to filing because their incomes are low. Unless they follow through, "they will not be able to receive tax credits to help lower the cost of their health insurance for 2016," Lodes explained. Treasury officials said 1.8 million households are at risk of losing subsidies for next year, and that number breaks down as follows: —About 710,000 households that have not filed a 2014 tax return, although they were legally required to account for health insurance tax credits that they received. —Some 360,000 households that got tax credits and requested an extension to file their returns. They have until Oct. 15. —About 760,000 households that got tax credits and filed their tax returns omitted a new form that is the key to accounting for the subsidies. Called Form 8962, it was new for this year's tax filing season....snipped http://finance.yahoo.com/news/tax-filing-problems-could-jeopardize-183734604.html |
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| kbp | Aug 5 2015, 09:46 PM Post #2163 |
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Needs another EO... By funneling the aid through the income tax system, Democrats were able to call the overhaul the largest middle-class tax cut for health care in history. The largest tax hike is used to avoid budget battles on the tax credit system and they claim it was a tax cut? What taxes were cut? A tax credit can be, as it is here, a redistribution. Well, I guess Democrats always called income not withheld "spending," so I guess spending is a tax cut in their eyes! |
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| kbp | Aug 8 2015, 10:04 PM Post #2164 |
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http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2015/08/06/us/ap-us-health-overhaul-north-carolina.html Blue Cross Raises Rate Hike Sought on Affordable Care Plans The Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina's largest health insurer says higher-than-anticipated costs after two years of selling federally subsidized coverage has forced it to seek premium increases even greater than it thought would be necessary two months ago. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina said Thursday that it now seeks an average 34.6 percent higher premium for insurance sold under President Barack Obama's health insurance overhaul law. The company said in June that it wanted to raise rates by an average of almost 26 percent starting in January, compared with this year's allowed 13.5 percent increase. [...] |
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| Baldo | Aug 9 2015, 10:52 AM Post #2165 |
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Health care reform creates bigger players The idea of a federal overhaul of the health insurance industry, which embraces one-sixth of the U.S. economy, always has been a little intimidating -- perhaps frightening, considering Americans fiscal and physical health are at stake. But the Affordable Care Act, a.k.a. Obamacare, always seemed to be more a matter to worry about in the future. That was probably the only sliver of comfort it offered. No longer. It’s here now, and we’re actually seeing pieces of this massive health care mosaic move, as experts have been predicting. They said industry consolidation would squeeze out little insurance companies, and that appears to be the case. Events in recent weeks have shown their words were prophetic: Aetna is merging with Humana. Anthem is buying Cigna. Big players are becoming bigger players. Smaller insurers are disappearing. This comes at a time when consumers are just starting to feel the full impact of Obamacare. They’ll feel it even more, as this consolidation marches onward, said Eric Wilson, a Romeoville, Ill.-based insurance broker who sells family insurance packages in 10-12 states, including Iowa. “I would say competition is a good thing, so when you have fewer companies, you have less competition, which is a bad thing for consumers,” Wilson said. Iowa, of course, is dominated by two major players: United Healthcare and Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield. “United and Blue Cross will get bigger, which I guess is good for them, but when consumers have only two companies to choose from, that’s not a good thing,” Wilson said. The idea behind “health care reform” was to bring costs down; the opposite is happening, Wilson said. “Most companies are asking for 30 to 50 percent rate increases due to the claims ratio this year,” he said. “That’s going to be detrimental to the consumer.” Smaller companies simply can’t compete, Wilson said. He pointed to CoOportunity Health, one of 23 health insurance cooperatives set up with millions of dollars in federal grants and loans under provisions of the ACA. CoOportunity, which service more than 100,000 customers in Iowa and Nebraska, fell apart in January -- the first co-op to fall. Others likely will follow, Wilson said. “There are 19 other co-op plans designed under the health plan that are losing money,” he said....snipped http://wcfcourier.com/business/local/health-care-reform-creates-bigger-players/article_9f5ad310-266a-5f0f-93ac-ebdf6090a530.html |
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| Baldo | Aug 9 2015, 10:56 AM Post #2166 |
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Accessing care especially difficult for Latinos on Medi-Cal By Associated Press | August 8, 2015 Miriam Uribe enrolled in California's low-income health insurance program last November, and she still hasn't found a primary care doctor 10 months later who could see her. "Once you have (insurance), you actually still don't have it because it's still a struggle to find someone," the 20-year-old college student from Bellflower said. Uribe isn't alone. Even though Latinos make up nearly half of California's 12.5 million Medi-Cal enrollees, a report by the independent California HealthCare Foundation found that 36% of the Spanish-speaking Medi-Cal population has been told that a physician won't take them, compared to 7% of the overall Medi-Cal population. Even those who speak both English and Spanish reported similar difficulty accessing doctors. "The numbers are very, very shocking," said Sarah de Guia, executive director of the California Pan-Ethnic Health Network, a multicultural health advocacy group....snipped ...Medi-Cal, which is California's Medicaid program for the poor, has grown rapidly in recent years as the state embraced an optional expansion under the Affordable Care Act. That surge has already led to widespread complaints about delays in patients being able to see doctors, specialists and dentists. Doctors and hospitals say the state pays much less for medical services than private insurance or Medicare, which means fewer primary care doctors and specialists are willing to treat Medi-Cal patients. Lawmakers have convened a special legislative session to discuss increasing provider payments but there is no agreement yet on how to pay for them....snipped http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20150808/NEWS/308089939 Who would of thought that might happen? 
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| kbp | Aug 9 2015, 07:39 PM Post #2167 |
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...disparity! |
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| LTC8K6 | Aug 9 2015, 08:29 PM Post #2168 |
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They are just going to force the issue, and make doctors take the patients. Then there just won't be enough doctors, and we will have status quo. Just continue to use the ER. After you are treated, whip out your medi-cal card... Edited by LTC8K6, Aug 9 2015, 08:30 PM.
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| Baldo | Aug 9 2015, 08:50 PM Post #2169 |
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Out here in California you have to find a doctor who will take you. Fortunately I don't have a problem, but I do understand Doctors who don't want to take Medical patients. They do want to get paid & then IMHO because of the Medical patients position on the financial, educational, and cultural ladder they can be difficult to help and follow directions. What happens is those who have full insurance and are agreeable get better treatment. That's just life. No govt can change the way you were raised. Edited by Baldo, Aug 9 2015, 08:51 PM.
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| LTC8K6 | Aug 9 2015, 09:13 PM Post #2170 |
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They will have to make a new law tying some funding or licensing or whatever, to the acceptance of medi-cal patients. |
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| Mason | Aug 9 2015, 09:33 PM Post #2171 |
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. N.C. Blue Cross / Blue Shield wants a 35% increase in Premiums! You just know someone from the WH coordinated with the Insurance Companies to be quiet and hold back until after the Supreme Court Decision. The report that one Insurance Company said their business in the exchange cost 100% of Premiums - and they then added that was unsustainable. Again, not until after John Woberts made his Fantasy play. . |
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| Baldo | Aug 13 2015, 08:41 PM Post #2172 |
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Audit: Healthcare.gov Did Not Verify Social Security Numbers, Citizenship Status Website used incomplete and inaccurate applicant data Healthcare.gov’s internal controls did not effectively determine eligibility for coverage because Social Security numbers and citizenship status were not always verified properly, according to a Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) audit. The Inspector General (IG) investigated HHS to determine whether the Federal marketplace’s internal controls determined correctly whether individuals were eligible for qualified health plans. The IG found that the internal controls did not always correctly verify Social Security numbers, citizenship status, annual household income, and family size information to determine eligibility. One applicant understated her income by $7,000. According to the IG, the marketplace should have compared this income data to available electronic data sources and realized that the applicant’s income was more than 10 percent below the income listed on these data sources. Then, the marketplace should have asked the applicant for additional evidence of income. Instead, this applicant was not only verified, but was approved to receive the advance premium tax credit. Another example of weak internal controls was found in efforts to verify citizenship status. The marketplace did not always verify this information through the Social Security Administration and the Department of Homeland Security, as was required....snipped http://freebeacon.com/issues/audit-healthcare-gov-did-not-verify-social-security-numbers-citizenship-status/ |
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| kbp | Aug 13 2015, 10:14 PM Post #2173 |
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Considering all they have spent on this system, along with all they have in data on us, you'd think simply entering the SS# would pop up everything needed and AUTOMATICALLY determine if they are eligible or if there is a need to verify any application data which conflicts with records accessed.
Edited by kbp, Aug 13 2015, 10:14 PM.
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| kbp | Aug 18 2015, 07:38 AM Post #2174 |
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Edited by kbp, Aug 18 2015, 07:38 AM.
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| longstop | Aug 27 2015, 08:14 AM Post #2175 |
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August 27, 2015 ObamaCare's True Cost By Marion DS Dreyfus
http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2015/08/obamacares_true_cost.html Edited by longstop, Aug 27 2015, 08:15 AM.
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