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Baby not covered under ObamaCare family plan
nypost.com ^ | december 1, 2013 |  Isabel Vincent and Melissa Klein

Posted on 12/01/2013 3:06:30 PM PST by lowbridge

Long Islander Cornelius Kelly found it would be no problem to secure a family plan for his wife and three older kids through New York’s health-care exchange, but his 18-month-old daughter was out in the cold. The baby would need her own insurance policy.

“I couldn’t believe what I was being told,” said the dad from East Quogue, in Suffolk.

Kelly said he was no fan of the Affordable Care Act, but when he received notice a few weeks ago that his current insurance plan was being canceled, he tried the New York State of Health Web site.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aca; exchanges; nyobamacare; obamacare; obamacareanecdote; obamacarebaby; obamacarepremiuns
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1 posted on 12/01/2013 3:06:30 PM PST by lowbridge
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To: lowbridge

So 0bamacare *is* the junk healthcare insurance plan the Dems have been yelling about?!


2 posted on 12/01/2013 3:08:19 PM PST by Southack (Media Bias means that Castro won't be punished for Cuban war crimes against Black Angolans in Africa)
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To: lowbridge

avoiding infant mortality and complications costs?


3 posted on 12/01/2013 3:10:03 PM PST by SteveH (First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they fight you. Then you win.)
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To: Southack

I’m skeptical. The story needs more details. Why would the child need to be at least two?


4 posted on 12/01/2013 3:11:37 PM PST by lepton ("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
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To: lowbridge

I wonder why the baby is not covered? Did I miss the reason?


5 posted on 12/01/2013 3:12:45 PM PST by dforest
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To: lepton
I’m skeptical. The story needs more details. Why would the child need to be at least two?

The only thing I could think of is that under Obamacare, standard treatment would be a dose of ibuprofen, which may be largely restricted to those under two.
6 posted on 12/01/2013 3:13:20 PM PST by Dr. Sivana (There's no salvation in politics.)
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To: lowbridge
Prioirities:

Birth control? Check

Abortion? Check

Babies? No

7 posted on 12/01/2013 3:13:32 PM PST by Vince Ferrer
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To: lepton

My guess would be because in a healthy infant/child, the healthcare costs for the first two years are greater due to well baby visits and immunizations.


8 posted on 12/01/2013 3:15:04 PM PST by ebersole
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To: lowbridge

That Obamacare family plan is substandard.


9 posted on 12/01/2013 3:16:53 PM PST by Neidermeyer (I used to be disgusted , now I try to be amused.)
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To: lowbridge

The only way to end this nightmare is for people to not buy into Obamacare.

Don’t feed this rotten system.


10 posted on 12/01/2013 3:18:30 PM PST by dforest
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To: lowbridge

The baby will have to pay a penalty and will get an IRS audit.

Seriously, this infant-exclusion thing is not the case for policies in my state’s exchange. Also, the ACA requires coverage of newborn care, infant screenings, etc. so this is really strange.


11 posted on 12/01/2013 3:18:40 PM PST by steve86 (Some things aren't really true but you wouldn't be half surprised if they were.)
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To: Southack

Yep.

1. Demonize an existing working system.
2. Ram through bad legislation to “fix” the system
3. Crash the working system
4. Bemoan the failure of the “improved” system
5. Repeat steps 2, 3 and 4 until nothing functional remains of the original working system.
6. Impose a communist (government ownership and government control) or a fascist (private “ownership” but under government control) “solution”.
7. Skim all profits out of the system, sip French Champagne and nibble on Russian Caviar while watching the peasants squirm for entertainment.


12 posted on 12/01/2013 3:19:38 PM PST by null and void (I'm betting on an Obama Trifecta: A Nobel Peace Prize, an Impeachment, AND a War Crimes Trial...)
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To: lowbridge

Somehow it all makes sense.

13 posted on 12/01/2013 3:21:02 PM PST by Slyfox (Satan's goal is to rub out the image of God he sees in the face of every human.)
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To: lowbridge

The infant will need to sign up for the cradle-to-grave 0bamacare plan?


14 posted on 12/01/2013 3:21:04 PM PST by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: lepton

“Why would the child need to be at least two?’”

Yes, I saw this story earlier today; it makes NO SENSE. And no explanation is given.

Who knows? I’m not saying it’s not true, but it makes no sense.


15 posted on 12/01/2013 3:22:36 PM PST by jocon307
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To: SteveH

Maybe it’s promoting abortion. If she hadn’t had the baby, they wouldn’t have the problem. If children can’t be covered until the age of two, don’t have any, visit your local abortion doctor. I don’t put anything past damn Hussein and his killer mind.


16 posted on 12/01/2013 3:25:34 PM PST by Marcella ((Prepping can save your life today. I am a Christian, not a Muslim.))
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To: dforest

A woman on some show the other day pointed out that they say they need everyone to sign up between the ages of 18 and 34. Yet people between 18 and 26 can be on their parents’ plan. That eliminates half of who they need.


17 posted on 12/01/2013 3:26:35 PM PST by VerySadAmerican (".....Barrack, and the horse Mohammed rode in on.")
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To: lowbridge

Terrible reporting. Why wouldn’t they investigate the reason?


18 posted on 12/01/2013 3:26:50 PM PST by ToastedHead
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To: SteveH

Six deaths in the fist year per 1000 live births. My guess is there is also high morbidity (sickness.)


19 posted on 12/01/2013 3:27:13 PM PST by Gen.Blather
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To: lowbridge

The baby can not be covered under a family plan? WTF??


20 posted on 12/01/2013 3:28:51 PM PST by House Atreides
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