Obama Care Stories

We all fall under Obamacare as a system in some way. To talk about a specific copay you would need to talk about a program or a policy bought under a program -

I guess I should not complain then,when I retired our coverage was 9.00 a month 30.00 copay. 3 years later I'm still 30 copay but now 400.00 a month

You guys should thank your lucky stars.
As retired police we receive no health care benefits. I just received the medical renewal package from the village I worked for. The premium per month for family coverage is $2,428.66 / month. I get away a bit cheaper for $1,659.30 / month because I only have one dependant (my wife). $1,000 deductible, covered 80% in network, 70% out of network until a maximum of $4,500 out of pocket. Can't wait for that other good old government insurance program to kick in, Medicare. My daughter and her husband and child had it sooooo good for three years.....In Canada!

I'm more or less self employed. In 2008 while America was in a depression, errr, "Recession" i was in a depression bc I was without work for 9 months. Somewhere in that 9 months I was 2 weeks late 2 months in a row on my $550 payment to Blue X. On the second month they returned my check and said I was no longer covered due to non payment. What a kick in the balls bc that was always my first check written even before groceries. For two years I could not get another private policy bc I was "high risk" due to nonpayment and "high" blood pressure. When I say I couldn't get coverage, I mean I couldn't even offer 5k a month to the shady-est carrier. It wasn't until I got married to my wonderful boat driver could I get coverage which was through her employers group policy. So now we pay $900 a month for just her and I. And boy it's mediocre coverage at best. I have not checked into Obamacare yet. I will say I am glad that supposedly now a person is always eligible for coverage because that 2 years I was worried.

If a fraction of the effort that was expended in the law suits, shut downs, and opposition to Obamacare was directed toward coming up to a better solution we would all benefit. Certainly there could be better plans, but it is better than what we had before. If everyone could work together toward a solution we would all benefit, but not the insurers and drug companies so that's not really going to happen here.

After seeing the benefits of the single payer system in Canada it is hard to accept our dismal system. I owe a great debt of gratitude to Canada for making it possible to have a grandson. Due to costs and the lack of coverage for fertility treatments here in the states it would not have been possible. Felix was born on July 6, 2013 at Victoria General, in Victoria Canada, the hospital my daughter worked at as a nurse (in the same unit where he was delivered). He was the product of In-vitro fertilisation. He was born premature and spent about 10 days in the NNICU and additional time in the hospital until his lungs fully developed. He went home a healthy baby. There was no bill to follow. All of his follow ups and continuing health care, like my daughter's and her husband's, were provided free of cost courtesy of the Canadian Government. Only Felix is a Canadian citizen (their anchor baby as everyone likes to call them here).

I just can't get enough of Felix. I will be visiting him in February again. Seems I can't go more than 8 weeks without a Seattle Felix trip. I'm afraid he is the only grandson I will ever have due to the costs here in the USofA..