Andy and Amy Mangione of Louisville, Ky. and their two boys are just the kind of people who should be helped by ObamaCare. But they recently got a nasty surprise in the mail."When I saw the letter when I came home from work," Andy said, describing the large red wording on the envelope from his insurance carrier, "(it said) 'your action required,benefit changes, act now.' Of course I opened it immediately."It had stunning news. Insurance for the Mangiones and their two boys,which they bought on the individual market, was going to almost triple in 2014 --- from $333 a month to $965.The insurance carrier made it clear the increase was in order to be compliant with the new health care law."This isn't a Cadillac plan, this isn't even a silver plan," Mangione said, referring to higher levels of coverage under ObamaCare."This is a high deductible plan where I'm assuming a lot of risk for my health insurance for my family. And nothing has changed, our boys are healthy-- they're young --my wife is healthy. I'm healthy, nothing in our medical history has changed to warrant a tripling of our premiums.
The insurance company made it clear that this is an industry-wide phenomenon. The government is making the company provide - and the Mangiones take - all kinds of bells and whistles that weren't in the policy when the family bought it.
My situation is similar. I have a catastrophic-care policy, and that's it. Will I be getting a notice like this soon?
Melt the phones of the US Senate.
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