Re:Ask HN: What are your 2014 Predictions?
by 31reasons on Saturday January 04, 2014 @12:29AM
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>>Who is saving money? The small minority who have existing conditions are, but not the majority of healthy people.
I am saving money. I quit my job 2 years ago to be a freelancer and was declined health insurance due to a "high" cholesterol condition and was kindly offered a $1200/month plan. I declined to pay such a high premium. Now me and thousands of entrepreneurs are free to choose and get whatever insurance they want at group rates.
>>These plans are incentivized to keep people tied to their current employers. The costs of self-insurance is now just shy of a mortgage payment. Self-employeds are looking for a job, so they can be covered by obamacare.
You must be out of your freaking mind to say that
Who is saving money? The small minority who have existing conditions are, but not the majority of healthy people.
Sounds like you don't run your own business or buy your own insurance. Small and healthy business owners like me just had a massive increase in the cost of doing business. Health insurance costs are much more and the benefits are much less.
A doubling of health care costs in my case, and a much higher deductible.
These plans are incentivized to keep people tied to their current employers. The costs of self-insurance is now just shy of a mortgage payment. Self-employeds are looking for a job, so they can be covered by obamacare.