- Joined
- Aug 26, 2007
- Messages
- 50,241
- Reaction score
- 19,243
- Location
- San Antonio Texas
- Gender
- Female
- Political Leaning
- Conservative
Health insurers eye steep increasesWith the fourth open-enrollment period set to begin this fall for the marketplaces set up by the Affordable Care Act, it’s becoming clear that the market for health insurance has not evolved as expected, or hoped.The market is smaller than projected. The people who have bought health plans overall are sicker than predicted. And health insurers have incurred larger losses than anticipated.
As a result, some large national insurance companies, including UnitedHealthcare, Humana and Aetna, plan to abandon markets across the country next year. And health insurers in Wisconsin are proposing the largest rate increases yet for health plans sold on the online marketplaces throughout the state.
The proposed increases could range from 5.44% to 37.88% statewide, according to filings with the federal government. In Milwaukee County, the smallest proposed increase is 9.06%.
Health insurers eye steep increases
I take umbrage with this article in that this sentence is a lie:
[FONT=arial, sans-serif]The market is smaller than projected. The people who have bought health plans overall are sicker than predicted. And health insurers have incurred larger losses than anticipated.[/FONT]
[FONT=arial, sans-serif]Lots of us opposing this disaster saw the above as inevitable. [/FONT]
I take umbrage that you had the audacity and temerity to call three separate and distinct sentences, "this sentence." So there.
I've always thought that the PPACA was designed like Alka-Seltzer, it was built to fall apart. By doing so, it would be but a stepping stone to Single Payer / Medicaid for all.
We've already gotten the "Plop-Plop" and now we're starting to see the "Fizz-Fizz" with no relief expected or possible.
Now just think, if you'd been a civilized country and just done single payer from the beginning, you wouldn't have these problems :shrug:
Yup, we'd be even worse off than we are already.
Haha it's hilarious you think that.
Now just think, if you'd been a civilized country and just done single payer from the beginning, you wouldn't have these problems :shrug:
Health insurers eye steep increases
I take umbrage with this article in that this sentence is a lie:
[FONT=arial, sans-serif]The market is smaller than projected. The people who have bought health plans overall are sicker than predicted. And health insurers have incurred larger losses than anticipated.[/FONT]
[FONT=arial, sans-serif]Lots of us opposing this disaster saw the above as inevitable. [/FONT]
Health insurers eye steep increases
I take umbrage with this article in that this sentence is a lie:
[FONT=arial, sans-serif]The market is smaller than projected. The people who have bought health plans overall are sicker than predicted. And health insurers have incurred larger losses than anticipated.[/FONT]
[FONT=arial, sans-serif]Lots of us opposing this disaster saw the above as inevitable. [/FONT]
There is nothing civilized about relying on the Government for your health.
[FONT=arial, sans-serif]The market is smaller than projected. The people who have bought health plans overall are sicker than predicted. And health insurers have incurred larger losses than anticipated.[/FONT]
[FONT=arial, sans-serif]Lots of us opposing this disaster saw the above as inevitable. [/FONT]
You saw it as inevitable that insurers would set premiums 20% below projections and end up with -5% margins on exchange business? If only some genius could figure out a way to come in way below cost projections and still make a profit. Hmm!
We use cookies and similar technologies for the following purposes:
Do you accept cookies and these technologies?
We use cookies and similar technologies for the following purposes:
Do you accept cookies and these technologies?