Majority of 25,000 enrolled through new WA health exchange will have fully-subsidized insurance

mynorthwest.com ^ | October 16, 2013 | Staff

[funfan]

I bet they are either on welfare, social security,some sort of public assistance or earn lower wages that is the only way you get it for free and some of those that do work for lower wages may just get tax credits.

[USNBandit]

The WA plans are by the major providers, so that shouldn't limit access. What will limit access is the costs. What we are going to see now is the poor will get fully paid care. The middle class without employer coverage will have coverage they can barely afford and can't afford to use.

Here are the rates for a family of five on the WA plan. Bronze and silver are basically high deductible plans.

Bronze $880 a month, deductible $5250 ind/$10500 family, max out of pocket $5250/$10500. You are paying everything until you get to your cap, but you are allowed an Health Savings Account.

Silver 1080 a month. Deductibles $2500/$5000, max out of pocket $4100/8200, you pay 20% after you meet the deductible. Still eligible for an HSA.

Gold 1335 a month (more than my mortgage, taxes and insurance on my last home) Deductibles $1500/3000, out of pocket $4500/$9000. Primary care $10 copay. No HSA.

[Veggie Todd]

Does fully subsidized mean just the monthly premium or the deductible also?

[bkopto]

“Walmart Plunderers”

AKA the "Free $hit Army" - an Obama constituency to the core, out in force every 4 years; otherwise, nowhere to be found otherwise, unless you look under highway overpasses and in back alleys.

[CityCenter]

They are not accepting it until you can prove you’ve met your deductible, too.

[JimRed]

Great! Even LESS incentive to get off the dole!

[Iron Munro]

Majority of 25,000 enrolled through new WA health exchange will have fully-subsidized insurance

DUH !!!

Maybe the Obama administration really did believe that young, healthy people who don't want health insurance would rush to buy an overpriced ObamaCare policy because they know their money is needed to pay for free insurance for moochers and illegals.

[Iron Munro]

What qualifies them for the “free” insurance?

EBT Card, Communist Party Card, Democrat Party Membership Card, black skin, be a muslim, or illegal alien.

S/

[SkyDancer]

Which is somewhere in the neighborhood of $6500 or more.

[ExTexasRedhead]

A friend of mine told me that her parents live in a town in Oregon with one doctor who will take this crap. One doctor!!!

[headstamp 2]

It’s nothing but an extortion racket to make people buy essentially useless health insurance to pay for another pseudo-Medicaid system for the takers.

[CityCenter]

They picked just the right time to cut back HSAs, too.