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CareFirst proposes 25 percent rate increase under health care reform
Baltimore Sun ^
| 4/24/2013
| Andrea K. Walker
Posted on 04/25/2013 5:43:11 PM PDT by markomalley
Blaming the cost to implement health care reform, the state's largest health insurer has proposed eye-popping rate increases to state regulators for individuals and small businesses.
CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield wants to raise rates an average of 25 percent on those who buy coverage individually. Chet Burrell, the insurer's CEO, said the increase was needed to cover the cost of more sick people who will be joining the insurance rolls under health care reform.
People with pre-existing conditions were denied coverage prior to health care reform, keeping insurance costs down.
In recent years, rates for individual insurance coverage have risen an average of 7 percent to 11 percent, according to various studies.
"We have always supported the intent and goal of the Affordable Care Act, but this is the practical result of it by opening the pool to everybody," Burrell said.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Extended News; Government; US: Maryland
KEYWORDS: obamacare
To: markomalley
You voted for some of the worst libs in congress.
Do you really think we are sympathetic?
You got what you voted for.
To: markomalley
“eye-popping rate increases to state regulators for individuals and small businesses.”
Small businesses are just hanging on in the current economy. These increases will make it harder for them to survive.
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posted on
04/25/2013 5:49:10 PM PDT
by
detective
To: markomalley
Blaming the cost to implement health care reform, the state's largest health insurer has proposed eye-popping rate increases . . . CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield wants to raise rates an average of 25 percent on those who buy coverage individually. I think the liberal term for this outcome is "UNEXPECTED".
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posted on
04/25/2013 5:49:50 PM PDT
by
Pollster1
("Shall not be infringed" is unambiguous.)
To: markomalley
But...but...but...I thought this law would make health care more affordable? (SNICKER)
Of course, the true believers won’t admit that their idol lied to them. They will just blame the increases on those evil insurance companies.
To: markomalley
It’s falling apart. All of it.
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posted on
04/25/2013 5:55:15 PM PDT
by
don-o
(He will not share His glory, and He will not be mocked! Blessed be the Name of the Lord forever!)
To: markomalley
Awesome. Those commies in Maryland are going to get exactly what they voted for.
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posted on
04/25/2013 6:00:52 PM PDT
by
La Lydia
To: don-o
That’s a feature, not a bug. All designed that way.
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posted on
04/25/2013 6:04:20 PM PDT
by
Kozak
(The Republic is dead. I do not owe what we have any loyalty, wealth or sympathy.)
To: markomalley
This is just the beginning...
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posted on
04/25/2013 6:42:42 PM PDT
by
Signalman
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posted on
04/25/2013 6:54:23 PM PDT
by
DJ MacWoW
(My faith and politics cannot be separated)
To: markomalley; Abundy; Albion Wilde; AlwaysFree; AnnaSASsyFR; bayliving; BFM; cindy-true-supporter; ..
Dear Obamacare supporters:
Maryland "Freak State" PING!
To: old curmudgeon
Don’t blame me; I sure as heck did not vote for Van Hollen or Mikulski.
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
GRRR!!!
We have CareFirst and it's been pretty good for us up until now. Who knows how bad it will get under Obamacare?
"Riamh nár dhruid ó sbairn lann!"
Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem Pacis!
Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)
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posted on
04/25/2013 7:05:15 PM PDT
by
ConorMacNessa
(HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines RVN 1969 - St. Michael the Archangel defend us in Battle!)
To: old curmudgeon
I've lived in the People's Republic of Maryland since 1956. I've voted against Steny Hoyer and Barbara Mikulski in every election since 1986. I've voted against every Dem gubernatorial candidate since 1968. I will continue to vote against any Dem running for election in my district until I die.
I am not the "you" referred to in your post. Also, I am no longer registered as a Republican - I'm a registered Conservative.
We got what we voted for? I didn't vote for any of the crypto-commies who putatively represent me, on the local, state or Federal level. We all got Obama, and I haven't encountered anyone on this forum who voted for him. Do you think we "deserve" him?
"Riamh nár dhruid ó sbairn lann!"
Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem Pacis!
Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)
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posted on
04/25/2013 7:15:22 PM PDT
by
ConorMacNessa
(HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines RVN 1969 - St. Michael the Archangel defend us in Battle!)
To: fatnotlazy
their plan was akin to taking a $8 cup of starbucks coffee and adding 99 cups of hot water to it so that the 99 who couldn't afford it could have a free cup in the morning like the people that could afford it
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posted on
04/25/2013 7:23:17 PM PDT
by
M-cubed
To: markomalley
"We have always supported the intent and goal of the Affordable Care Act, but this is the practical result of it by opening the pool to everybody," Burrell said. The intent and goal is to raise taxes (ask John Roberts), and to increase government power.
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posted on
04/25/2013 7:48:22 PM PDT
by
Moonman62
(The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
To: La Lydia
Not this guy. I fought tooth nail against. No Freeper in MD voted for those Communist SOBs.
Its the Gerrymander.
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posted on
04/26/2013 2:56:15 AM PDT
by
RedMDer
(May we always be happy and may our enemies always know it. - Sarah Palin, 10-18-2010)
To: ConorMacNessa
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posted on
04/26/2013 2:57:56 AM PDT
by
RedMDer
(May we always be happy and may our enemies always know it. - Sarah Palin, 10-18-2010)
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