Posted on 04/21/2014 9:11:25 AM PDT by Hoodat
From the first Morning Jolt of the week:
Whoops: Half of Georgia’s Insurance Enrollees Haven’t Paid Yet.
This seems rather important:
Georgia insurers received more than 220,000 applications for health coverage in the Affordable Care Act’s exchange as of the official federal deadline of March 31, state officials said Wednesday.
Insurance Commissioner Ralph Hudgens, though, said premiums have been received for only 107,581 of those policies, which cover 149,465 people.
“Many Georgians completed the application process by the deadline, but have yet to pay for the coverage,” Hudgens said in a statement Wednesday.
Half? Half? Sure, the nonpayment rates will be a lot lower in other places. But this indicates how much skepticism is warranted for the administration’s much-touted enrollment figures.
When Progressives insist that we’re wrong and Obamacare is more popular than it seems, they’ll point to the enrollment numbers. They dismiss the national surveys, but there’s some indication that Obamacare’s meager support in the polls is actually worse than we think, because it’s being artificially boosted by respondents that are eager to declare the whole thing a success, no matter how their state exchange is actually performing. . .
(Excerpt) Read more at nationalreview.com ...
I could have gone the rest of the year without seeing that face. Thanks for ruining my appetite. I think I’ll skip lunch today. And supper as well.
I remember how Democrats howled back during the government budget battle how Republicans were trying to cut off funding for ObamaCare. If it's really revenue-neutral, then what do they need funding for?
Many people “buy” insurance the month their auto registration is due and then let the policy lapse the next month.”
Same thing happens in Texas. Our rates continue to escalate. My Congressman, who is also my insurance agent, says it’s because there are so many more cars on Texas highways which is BS.
He did say I could lower my premium if I had a newer car equipped with a black box, but then my premiums would increase because of having a newer vehicle. We have had several discussions concerning the black box law that Texas passed. Asked him why there were no regs put in place as to who could access that info and for what purpose and he said to talk to DC - it was their law. Reminded him that I thought it was the responsibility of the Texas Legislature to protect their constituents from Federal law. Seems to me like he has a huge conflict of interest between selling insurance for a living and serving in the Texas Legislature on the insurance committee.
In this day of availability of technology IMO insurance carriers could let the state Insurance Commission know if someone’s policy was cancelled because of non-payment of premium and then the car taken off the road.
some of us just ignored completely.... so fine me
That doesn’t work in Georgia...as soon as you don’t have coverage the state is notified. If you get pulled over for a ticket life will get very tough.
Huh? Since when does one have to have a blood draw, urine test, and medical records in order to have insurance????
GA FReeper ping. Local proof of the resounding SUCCESS of Obamacare!
The < /s> shouldn’t be necessary, but I shall add it just the same.
Individual health insurance plans? Am I wrong or is that just for life/disability?
Isn’t there at least a request for medical records to set a rating and premium?
Oh gotcha, duhhhhh . . my bad. These are the equivalent of group pools.
wow- big surprise. It’s the parasites who signed up in droves for a freebie
I am getting SO SICK of that face, that oversized chin, and that flat, fake smile.
not necessarily..... They may want your sex and age. Most of the Ocare stuff is based on deductibles and coverage caps. The premiums are being ‘set’ based on the docs and hospitals that are willing to take the low reimbursement rate that Ocare offers.
Employer based health insurance has always been about the law of large numbers. You pay in part or in whole the premium that the group pays.
Individual plans may ask you to take a medical before the premium is set but not all do. Again it depends on what you are paying out of pocket
yeah you got it and I answered before I saw your catch...
I only have two words to say:
Ha !
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HA !!
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