Here another Obamacare victim.
LORI GOTTLIEB wrote:
THE Anthem Blue Cross representative who answered my call told me that there was a silver lining in the cancellation of my individual P.P.O. policy and the $5,400 annual increase that I would have to pay for the Affordable Care Act-compliant option: now if I have Stage 4 cancer or need a sex-change operation, Id be covered regardless of pre-existing conditions. Never mind that the new provider network would eliminate coverage for my and my sons long-term doctors and hospitals.
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The nation has been better off, wrote one friend. Over 33 million people who did not have insurance are now going to get it. Thats all fine and good for the nation, but what about my $5,400 rate hike (after-tax dollars, I wanted to add, but dared not in this group of previously closeted Mother Teresas)? Another friend wrote, Yes, Im paying an extra 200 a month, but Im okay with doing that so that others who need it can have health care.
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Frustrated, I observed to one friend who was covered through her work that when an issue didnt affect people directly, they became theoretically generous. Ask them to donate several thousand dollars so that the less fortunate can have medical insurance which is exactly what President Obama is asking me to do and Ill bet theyd change their tune about ending inequality and creating fairness and doing whats good for the country.
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There was one story about people suing Anthem for not being grandfathered in after changing their policies post-2010. In fact, it was in 2011 that I altered mine, dumping maternity benefits so that I didnt have to pay for everyone elses pregnancies. Little did I know Id end up losing my insurance and paying for everyone elses pregnancies.
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But the self-employed middle class is being sacrificed at the altar of politically correct rhetoric, with nobody helping to ensure our health, fiscal or otherwise, because its trendy to cheer for the underdog. Embracing the noble cause is all very well as long as yours isnt the fortunate family that loses its access to comprehensive, affordable health care while the rest of the nation gets it.
THE Anthem Blue Cross representative who answered ... (
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