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http://www.foxbusiness.com/personal-finance/2014/01/23/moodys-downgrades-health-insurance-industry-to-negative-under-aca-changes/
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-10-17/ten-things-expect-obamacare-2014Ten Things to Expect from Obamacare in 2014
1. The expansion of Medicaid, with increased cost burden for taxpayers.
Obamacare will add another 20 million new Medicaid dependents. According to the Kasier Family Foundation, that Medicaid expansion will add an average of 13% to state budgets in costs for 2014 alone.
2. "Sticker shock" as the reality of higher health insurance premiums hits home.
3. Large and small employers are cutting health insurance benefits.
4. The employer-based health insurance policies that remain will have higher out-of-pocket costs for employees.
5. Fewer types of health insurance policies can be offered under Obamacare.
6. Many people cannot keep their doctors. ( or plans, or prescriptions, or even go on vacation and be covered ,.. or.. )
7. Further destruction of Medicare.
higher premiums for their supplemental policies
fewer types of Medicare supplement policies available
more cutbacks in Medicare-covered services
longer delays to see doctors, because many doctors are closing their doors to Medicare patients due to the cuts in reimbursements
fewer cancer care specialists taking Medicare patients
higher costs for hospital-based cancer treatments, as private offices with lower costs are closed due to reimbursement cutbacks
fewer hospital-based surgeries being approved because as of October 2012, Obamacare rules incentivize hospitals (i.e., paid more by Medicare) to do fewer surgeries and procedures.
Medicare patients who sign the Advance Beneficiary Notice (ABN) agreeing to pay for services Medicare does not cover will find that they now have higher out-of-pocket costs to pay for these non-covered services.
Patients over 80 are already finding reduced approvals for certain procedures and medicines. Expect to see more of this age-based rationing as the Medicare cuts increase over the next decade.
8. Loss of ownership of your medical records.
9. More waivers and exemptions for the political elites and Democrat cronies.
10. On January 1, 2014, the Individual Mandate to purchase Obamacare-compliant health insurance goes into effect.
knabe said:Ot and little ot reminds me of nambla.
If any two people were ever meant for one another, they are.
In this case, I guess I can be for gay marriage as I wouldn't want to stand in the way of love.
littlejoe said:you got alla earmarks of a moron. but pwobry already knew that.