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I picked up a prescription yesterday that increased by over 10% to $400.99 from December. Our healthcare insurance premium increased by 6% this year and 8% last year. I don't understand how this can happen. He said we'd be saving money! I'll be so glad when it's fully implemented so I can feel those savings. I can hardly wait to sign up for Medicare in a couple of months.

No savings here.

I also loved his line that "If you like your current insurance plan, you will get to keep it".

Before the passage of the affordable care act <puke>, we had the best unsurance plan I have ever seen. One of my coworkers went through brain cancer treatments with a total out of pocket expense of $30. The company had to drop that plan after the passage of Obamacare because it's a cadillac plan. Now the best plan that we can get is a 90/10 plan with a higher premium than our previous plan. The company is working hard to keep the 90/10 plan from falling into the cadillac category. If/when that happens, we will only have an 80/20 plan with no other alternatives. So mutch for "If you like it you can keep it"

Why is it so wrong for a company to try and attract top talent by offering top benefits?

Save Money?? Ya Right.... Are you kidding me! It has only got more cost prohibitive.

Let's see, he said we would save $2500 a year on premiums, mine went up $2500 this year. A $5000 swing, ya that didn't work out so hot.

If I was to keep last years insurance level, the premium would have doubled (100%). In order to keep premium at last years level, I had to accept singnificant increased deductible and higher copay.

You haven't seen anything yet.

Hang on now...

Did you really expect honesty/truth out of this guy and his comrades?

Please, tell me you're not surprised - if you are, I've got a bridge in Brooklyn I can let you have for two Quatloos...

mojo84 wrote:You haven't seen anything yet.

Ha! We had to reduce our plan coverage just to keep it at a level that we can afford to keep us in our house and with food on our table. Between taxes going up and this nonsense it has undone any pay increases Chris has been able to scour up.

puma guy wrote:I picked up a prescription yesterday that increased by over 10% to $400.99 from December. Our healthcare insurance premium increased by 6% this year and 8% last year. I don't understand how this can happen. He said we'd be saving money! I'll be so glad when it's fully implemented so I can feel those savings. I can hardly wait to sign up for Medicare in a couple of months.

I've had my Medicare card for 6 months now. As long as you're still covered by your employer's insurance, Medicare is irrelevant.

my copay went up $10 my medical went up $60/month.
my wife has her own, it also went up.
we are loosing about $100/month
then we each lost 2% with ss tax too.
it may not seem like alot but it adds up.

Of course I haven't "saved" any money under Obamacare...I have a full time job!
Someone's gotta pay for the hand out?


I am just in grumbly mood, I just finished up my 2012 taxes today!

SF18C wrote:Of course I haven't "saved" any money under Obamacare...I have a full time job!
Someone's gotta pay for the hand out?


I am just in grumbly mood, I just finished up my 2012 taxes today!

Sorry 'bout that. I forgot to mention in my OP that all professionals (and other groups) who had policies under their associations (my dad's was thru veterinary (AVMA), are now illegal and prohibited. Don't forget the unions get a special deal on theirs. Be Happy, Not Grumpy!

No my medical just went up as well on Jan 1.