On 4/10/2016 5:23 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2016-04-10 11:52 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>
>>
>> That was the idea, but it did not work out that way. A few people
>> benefited, many did not. Many low income people are forced to either pay
>> a premium they cannot afford or pay a penalty for having no insurance.
>> Varies by state, but if you have no income you are usually covered by
>> Medicaid.
>>
>> The plan was based on incorrect suppositions. They assumed that the
>> healthy 20 and 30 year olds would sign up, pay premiums, subsidize
>> others. They found it was cheaper to pay a $400 penalty than to buy
>> $6000 insurance.
>>
>> In another thread I mentioned situations like my son. He needs a knee
>> operation that under the old plan would have been a $500 copay but is
>> now $6000. He is paying the same premium, less coverage. Many people
>> have run into that.
>
> That same operation here..... no copay.... no charge.
>

But at what cost? Aside from Huffington Post no one has said what they
are actually paying for coverage.