Bull_In_Exile
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Rember those stories about how the AFA was making it cheeper
You know the left crowing on how these plans were actually cheaper..
Yea, not so much..
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505269_162-5...-the-mark/
Quote:CBS News has uncovered a serious pricing problem with HealthCare.gov. It stems from the Obama administration's efforts to improve its health care website. A new online feature can dramatically underestimate the cost of insurance.
The administration announced it would provide a new "shop and browse" feature Sunday, but it's not giving consumers the real picture. In some cases, people could end up paying double of what they see on the website, CBS News' Jan Crawford reported Wednesday on "CBS This Morning."
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ndustry analysts, such as Jonathan Wu, point to how the website lumps people only into two broad categories: "49 or under" and "50 or older."
Wu said it's "incredibly misleading for people that are trying to get a sense of what they're paying."
Prices for everyone in the 49-or-under group are based on what a 27-year-old would pay. In the 50-or-older group, prices are based on what a 50-year-old would pay.
CBS News ran the numbers for a 48-year-old in Charlotte, N.C., ineligible for subsidies. According to HealthCare.gov, she would pay $231 a month, but the actual plan on Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina's website costs $360, more than 50 percent higher. The difference: Blue Cross and Blue Shield requests your birthday before providing more accurate estimates.
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Machiavelli
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RE: Rember those stories about how the AFA was making it cheeper
Bull take me off ignore. I tried to pm you.
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Bull_In_Exile
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RE: Rember those stories about how the AFA was making it cheeper
Done
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