Ppaca

[Charles]

Allow me to start by saying that once the political posturing is over in the congress, it will be funded.

That said, does anyone have a clue as what is actually happening?

I was at my accountants on the 9/23 concerning a letter they sent me postmarked 9/18, concerning a notification I was not required to give to my employees.

According to them, I would be wise to give them the notification regardless, as no one knew what was happening. They also told me that the criteria had already changed on the letter they sent me...five days old, and two days were on a weekend.

Also according to them, they were in limbo, they didn't know what to tell anyone, because things were changing by the day.

Then I went to see my insurance agent, and while telling him this story, and he admitted that he was even more befuddled than they were.

My query is, has anyone actually signed on to PPACA, or made provisions to switch from private insurance to the pool? Or even have enough information to make an intelligent decision?

Chas

[bobabode]

I'll be giving it a cold hard look in the next few months. The requirement to make the leap doesn't kick in until Jan. 1st, as far as I know.

[BlueStreak]

"They fly through the air with the greatest of ease, those daring young men on the flying trapeze!"

Dave

[bobabode]

Here's a couple of links specific to your area, Chas. I don't know if they'll help.

http://insurance.mo.gov/Contribute%2...letin10-05.pdf

http://insurance.mo.gov/Contribute%2...ts/Nov8PPT.pdf

[Charles]

Originally Posted by bobabode

Here's a couple of links specific to your area, Chas. I don't know if they'll help.

http://insurance.mo.gov/Contribute%2...letin10-05.pdf

http://insurance.mo.gov/Contribute%2...ts/Nov8PPT.pdf

That's back in 2010.

Besides, I can't, or possibly won't, decipher that shit. I'd fuck it up.

That's why I hire really smart guys to do it for me. And they're standing around with dumb looks on their faces.

Chas

[barbara]

If you are in California you can call 800 300 1506 for information.
Or visit the website by googling 'covered California'.

[Charles]

Originally Posted by BlueStreak

"They fly through the air with the greatest of ease, those daring young men on the flying trapeze!"

Dave

I'm more of a tightrope walker.

Wish those goddamn politicians would quit making me do it.

Chas

[Charles]

Originally Posted by barbara

If you are in California you can call 800 300 1506 for information.
Or visit the website by googling 'covered California'.

Do you believe 'em?

Chas

[BlueStreak]

All I know is what my employer tells me. And, so far, it doesn't appear to be anything to get all twisted up about. But, then, I'm viewing the circus from a different perspective.

[CarlV]

Originally Posted by Charles

Do you believe 'em?

Chas

Hell yes, our Governor does not answer to either party or any special interest. That is why he got elected.



OTOH in Missouri,

In just under two months, Obamacare’s health insurance marketplaces will open for enrollment, and low-income Americans will be able to apply for subsidies to purchase the newly-created health care plans. As that deadline approaches, many states have been busy launching public awareness campaigns so their residents will know how to gain access to Obamacare coverage in the fall. But that’s not necessarily the case in deeply red states that remain stubbornly resistant to President Obama’s health reform law, where Americans may not have any idea what their options are in October.

States had the option of either setting up their own insurance marketplaces under Obamacare, or leaving that work for the federal government to do. Many GOP-controlled states resisted cooperating with the health reform law under any circumstances and refused to set up marketplaces on their own. In Missouri, lawmakers actually went a step further and enacted measures to prevent state officials from providing “assistance or resources of any kind” to the federal government’s effort to establish a marketplace. The New York Times reports that’s essentially encouraged confusion among Missouri residents, who have no idea how to enroll in Obamacare plans.

Trying to figure out how to sign up for the plans that will be offered in Missouri’s insurance marketplace is “like searching for a unicorn,” the Times reports. Missouri hasn’t created any kind of marketing campaign for the new health insurance plans. There’s no local office affiliated with the upcoming state marketplace. There’s no detailed information about what the plans will cost yet.

Missouri is home to about 850,000 uninsured people, many of whom could get health care in Obamacare’s marketplace — but only if they know how to enroll. Payroll and benefits firms in the state say they are getting deluged with questions about what will change under the health reform law, and they’re struggling to keep up with all the questions.

Insurers are equally confused. Kenneth L. Schmidt, an insurance broker who wants to sell his products on Obamacare’s marketplace, doesn’t have any details about how that will actually work. “We have not seen any evidence of the federal exchange — how it will be run, how it will be structured in Missouri,” Scmidt told the New York Times. “Will it be run from Jefferson City? Will it be run from Washington? Who will watch over it? No clue.”

http://thinkprogress.org/health/2013...ment-missouri/





Carl