Daily Kooks: OMFG! Obamacare Is Doubling My Insurance Premiums! Pure Schadenfreude.

By Tiger Caps

My wife and I just got our updates from Kaiser telling us what our 2014 rates will be. Her monthly has been $168 this year, mine $150. We have a high deductible. We are generally healthy people who don't go to the doctor often. I barely ever go. The insurance is in case of a major catastrophe.

Well, now, because of Obamacare, my wife's rate is gong to $302 per month and mine is jumping to $284.

I am canceling insurance for us and I am not paying any fucking penalty. What the hell kind of reform is this?

Oh, ok, if we qualify, we can get some government assistance. Great. So now I have to jump through another hoop to just chisel some of this off. And we don't qualify, anyway, so what's the point?

I never felt too good about how this was passed and what it entailed, but I figured if it saved Americans money, I could go along with it.

I don't know what to think now. This appears, in my experience, to not be a reform for the people.

What am I missing?

I realize I will probably get screamed at for posting this, but I can't imagine I am the only Californian who just received a rate increase from Kaiser based on these new laws.

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Peace all. Peace out.

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Stop it, yer killin’ me!

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I think ALL of my ribs are broken! 

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Dude, I am so feeling loving your pain!


If you think the Kostards are cutting one of their long-term diarists any slack, here are a few of the best replies (h/t Ace):

'wah! wah! I hate Obamcare! You sound like Ted Cruz.'

'there's more to the definition of a troll than an high user number.  Hysterical, low-information broadside attacks like this sound trollish to me. Could be a sleeper.'

'HAHAHAHAHAHA So basically Kaiser raped you on renewal and tried to blame it on ACA. If this isn't proof that this whole industry needs reform nothing else is.'

'The reason is, your policy did not have the minimum provisions required in Obamacare. Therefore, that particular policy will no longer exist under the new law. You can't blame Obamacare because you selected substandard insurance. And remember, those who have no insurance at all will be getting a 100% premium increase. However, the vast majority of them are grateful they can finally get insurance.  You likely qualify for subsidies, if you're too stubborn to take them, that's on you.'

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