Comments on: If CA is poster child for Obamacare rollout, watch out

By: Queeg

Queeg — Thu, 07 Nov 2013 07:25:51 +0000

California government is pretty good at giving free goodies!

RT. Relax. Covered California will nail it….you betcha!

By: RT

RT — Wed, 06 Nov 2013 14:28:17 +0000

LetitCollapse, you make some great points. I am not sure why we would think California can run a program like “Covered California”. Of all the various social and regulatory departments(not to mention the prison system) the state runs, how many run well? Why do we expect “Covered California” to be any different?

By: Ulysses Uhaul

Ulysses Uhaul — Wed, 06 Nov 2013 08:01:20 +0000

Many low margin employers will dump employees into these grisly exchanges and use as many part timers as possible…..

-the nightmare will go on and on!

By: LetItCollapse

LetItCollapse — Tue, 05 Nov 2013 21:40:02 +0000

Of course it will crash. Just give it a little time. I foresaw what would happen back in 2010 when ACA was approved. It’s so simple it’s stupid. The healthy people would opt out of purchasing a policy and pay the lesser penalty instead. This would leave only a majority of chronically sick people who need routine care in the risk pool. Where are young (20-30) healthy people going to come up with an extra $3000 a year to pay for health care insurance? Most who don’t have rich mommies and daddies can’t even afford to pay the rent. And they are expected the subsidize the baby boomers? How do you think that’s going to work out? Oh, and if you get sick and you don’t have insurance you can opt in at any time and not get denied! lol. That would be like being able to buy fire insurance after your home burns down or comprehensive auto insurance after you rolled your car on the freeway! lol. Nice business model, huh? ACA was not about providing new and improved medical care. It’s about the government imposing more control over your lives. It punishes society’s producers and rewards the parasites. How do you think that’s going to work out in regards to stimulating GDP? If you haven’t already figured this out I can’t help you.

By: MikeH

MikeH — Tue, 05 Nov 2013 18:49:14 +0000

RT you are so correct ! I had not thought about #2, #3, or #5. I called our counties’ welfare department and they turned me over to one of their Covered California staff. Let me tell you customer service is not a skill that this person possessed. Boy they were rude. They told me that I may qualify for Medi Cal due to the new rules. When I said I did not want to go on a government program they said that all the policies were government programs and I needed to apply for Medi Cal.
I just wounder if Covered California will crash before the fed subsidies end or soon after. What a mess.

By: RT

RT — Tue, 05 Nov 2013 15:38:35 +0000

Here are but a few of the problems with California’s Version of Obamacare “Covered California”:
1. Many of the largest Health Insurance Companies in California are leery of California’s ever changing Health Insurance regulations and the interpretation/misinterpretation of those regulations by enforcement bureaus at the state level.

2. Just as has happened with “Medi-Cal,” Covered California will soon begin to lose health care providers such as doctors and hospitals due to low payment rates.

3. In most counties, Covered California customers are being encouraged to contact their local Department of Health and Human Services (The Welfare Dept.) for help. Not only are County Department of Health and Human Services known for their poor customer service, many have gone to “call center” formats which means a customer may get conflicting answers depending on what staff they contact.

4. As, Covered California customers begin to see the monthly cost and the extremely high deductibles, there will be sticker shock.

5. Once the federal subsidies tied to Obamacare end the entire Covered California system will crash causing yet another budget crisis for California.

By: LetItCollapse

LetItCollapse — Tue, 05 Nov 2013 15:24:43 +0000

There should be a criminal penalty for politicians who sell programs financed by taxdollars based on lies. Essentially, it is a form of fraud. And the “If you like your health care plan you can keep it” line wasn’t the only lie. There were several more too. A law approved based on a pack of lies told to the public should be immediately rescinded or put into limbo requiring another congressional vote. If a businessman promised you a certain good or service, collected your payment and then failed to deliver what he promised there would be serious consequences. However, if there were no consequences consumers would be getting routinely swindled and conned by business establishments everywhere. No one could trust the business community and the economy would suffer greatly. But in politics we are routinely lied to and there are no immediate consequences for those who commit acts of fraud or perpetuate lies on the taxpayers. This is precisely the reason why poll approval ratings are in the teens. And when trust in the political system is repeatedly damaged by lying politicians holding the highest offices it causes immense and irreparable damage to the fabric of our nation. But this concept seems to escape the notice of the liberal mainstream media which makes excuses for or tries to cover up the lies. And by doing so it is complicit in perpetuating irreparable harm on our nation.