Name:   Talullahhound - Subject:   Insurers under Obamacare seek 50% hike Date:   6/3/2015 3:49:23 PM

Before the economy went into a tail spin, the vast majority of Americans thought that health care reform was one of the top issues facing this country.  The truth is that the uninsured cost everyone more money - in terms of higher premiums, higher costs for medical care.  You cannot escape that fact beause the uninusred who are ill are going to show up at the ER for treatment and they will be treated, and when they have no ability to pay, the debt will be written off.  And we know who it is written off to -yes, that is right, those of us who are insured.  Because that is how it works.   Every year, I watch my health care premiums go up anywhere from 3 - 5%.  One year, it went up 12%.  It has a tiered drug benefit and basically they try to get everyone on generics.  Every year the co-pays go up a couple of dollars and the coverage on medical tests goes down a bit. 

The problem of health care has not gone away.  I have no idea if Obamacare is great or it is miserable.  Thankfully, I don't have to care, because I was able to carry my health insurance into retirement.  But, I have read a number of interviews with people that think it answered their problem of affordable healthcare.  Forgive me if I do not get terribly excited by businesses complaints about it, because any time they have to pay for something additional for workers, they will whine and cry and pass the cost onto their customers.  The biggest complaint I have heard from Drs. is of the additional paperwork involved.  As far as having to change Drs., well, anytime you change your health care to a new company, there is the resulting "Dr. not in the network" problem.  You can either continue with your Dr and pay out of pocket or you can move to a new Dr. in the network. 

I am not defending or supporting Obamacare.  But I will give credit that someone finally did something.  Don't get me started on health care vouchers, because anyone who supports that idea must be entirely stupid and learns nothing from the past. 

Just my two cents.  And we know what that is worth.