For the Same Plan, Health Insurance Is Going Up 38%!!! Anyone else?

anthembluecross.com ^ | 10/27/14 | self

[randita]

The "esteemed" Sen. Mark Warner ( proud supporter of Obamacare) is hearing from me first thing tomorrow morning.

I just received a letter informing me that my current health care plan, Anthem Blue Cross of VA, will no longer be offered as of Jan. 1, 2015. For a comparable plan, the monthly premium in increasing 38%, from $460 to $736.

This is outrageous! I am going to have to get a plan with a much larger deductible and more OOP costs and even that will be well over $500.

I'm no spring chicken, but I'm too young for Medicare and I am in good health.

So far, I can keep my doctor, but who knows for how long.

[Jim Noble]

You must be wrong.

Obama said your premium would go down $2500. Write him a letter.

[yorkiemom]

Awww, the innocence of youth!

We’ve all been there.

Enjoy it while you can ;)

[Faith65]

That’s all?

I just got my letter from Aetna- same plan going from $455 a month to $1100.

I can’t afford that.

[cooper10]

can’t sleep????

[yorkiemom]

“I just got my letter from Aetna- same plan going from $455 a month to $1100.”

That’s awful!

[Is2C]

My husband and I own a small business. Our plan was $613/mo for 4 of us and is being cancelled because it doesn't have maternity care (I am pushing 50) or pediatric coverage (our youngest is 16). Anthem says I can get an equivalent policy for $1327.41/mo. I sent my senators, representatives, Obama, Biden and Boehner letters stating such and asking them to bring HR 3522 to the Senate floor for a vote. It would allow policies like mine to continue through 2018. Here's Senator Kaine's reply:

"...recent findings indicate employer-sponsored coverage under the ACA would not differ significantly from coverage without the reform. In fact, the ACA is projected to achieve significant cost savings for employers, especially for small businesses."

There are no words...

[Is2C]

Forgot to mention that I posted this on Facebook and got a lot of responses from many people in the same boat. One friend mentioned that the increase was equivalent to a $10K decrease in take-home pay yearly. What is that going to do to the economy across the board? Here's my email from Kaine:

[randita]

I got the EXACT same letter stating my increase, which is equivalent to a 60% increase. Yours is twice as much. Holy cow! The Democrats who voted for these need to be horse whipped. Yet they continue their lies.

Make sure you call Sen. Warner and Sen. Kaine as well as sending them a letter. Tell them this is outrageous, you can’t afford it, and what they recommend you do besides just drop coverage altogether (which I know you won’t do with a family).

They must know this is occurring and yet they have no solutions whatsoever.

I’m going to call Boehner and McConnell as well - it gives them ammo.