Posted on 10/15/2013 5:02:37 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
The irony is rich. President Obama told Maryland college students just days before the launch of his healthcare "marketplace" that it would take just a few keystrokes to compare prices and policy details.
"Don't take my word for it, go on the website," Obama told a crowd at Prince George's Community College in Largo, MD, five days before the launch. "See for yourself what the prices are. See for yourself what the choices are and then make up your own mind. That's all I'm asking."
But the bureaucrats in his administration clearly weren't listening. They created a website that is calamitously cumbersome and is not at all like the typical online shopping experience that lets people browse for products and prices before making a purchase.
The Healthcare.gov website demands an extraordinary amount of personal information from "shoppers" before they can find out their health insurance options and prices.
Why would they design a site this way? Because the administration didn't want people to get sticker shock by seeing the full cost of the insurance policy upfront. And since subsidies depend upon a number of factors, including income, family size, and health habits, the administration decided to require every potential applicant to enter that information before they could "shop" for policies.
(Excerpt) Read more at chicagotribune.com ...
Hahaha...more likely they forced you to buy the time share...which you will be able to Rarely use...and never sell
Ah...but in Canada the “officials” can get in the doctor “line” ahead of the peoens...saw it happen
“We have to pass the bill to see what is in it” has now become, “You have buy it before you can see how much it is”
“Single payer” is what Obama has already said he wants (’even if it takes 20 years to get there’ as he told the unions).
It will be offered as a “solution to the problems” of the ACA/Obamacare/OSH!T program currently being put in place.
Everytime I go to my doc I pay the copay upfront. Has always been that way. I sign in and sit down. The gal pulls up my chart which has insurance infor on it and then calls my name. When I walk up to the window she tells me what my copay is and expects a check. I then sit back down and wait to be called to see the doc.
I’ve had co-pays, but huge deductibles are something new to me. My insurance before the current occupant inhabited the white hut had no deductible at all. $20.00 for an office visit was all that I paid out of pocket.
This article was saying that health care providers are expecting the deductible be paid before major medical care is provided. ($4000-$6000)
Can a clueless clown also be a devious, lying, manipulating, worthless POS? Just asking.
Well, let's just say that "voting Democrat" has been determine to be beneficial to your health insurance. Capiche?
“the administration didn’t want people to get sticker shock by seeing the full cost of the insurance policy upfront.”
That’s as sneaky as a progressively-revealed religion. It’s like fishing — let the fish lip the bait until it swallows the hook. Even then, don’t yank the line too fast and hard or you’ll lose your mullet.
"Don't take my word for it, go on the website... See for yourself what the prices are. See for yourself what the choices are and then make up your own mind. That's all I'm asking." The Healthcare.gov website demands an extraordinary amount of personal information from "shoppers" before they can find out their health insurance options and prices. Why would they design a site this way? Because the administration didn't want people to get sticker shock by seeing the full cost of the insurance policy upfront.Just quit bitchin' and sign on for one of the coverages at random -- you have to sign up for it to find out what's in it.
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