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The Affordable Care Act (ACA) open enrollment period for US Soylentis has ended. The website was plagued by problems from its launch and even had issues on the the last day.
So, did any Soylentis actually use healthcare.gov to sign up and how has your experience been with the Obamacare system so far?
For those that don't know, from Wikipedia:
The ACA was enacted with the goals of increasing the quality and affordability of health insurance, lowering the uninsured rate by expanding public and private insurance coverage, and reducing the costs of healthcare for individuals and the government. It introduced a number of mechanisms - including mandates, subsidies, and insurance exchanges - meant to increase coverage and affordability. The law also requires insurance companies to cover all applicants within new minimum standards and offer the same rates regardless of pre-existing conditions or sex. Additional reforms aimed to reduce costs and improve healthcare outcomes by shifting the system towards quality over quantity through increased competition, regulation, and incentives to streamline the delivery of healthcare. The Congressional Budget Office projected that the ACA will lower both future deficits and Medicare spending.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by Thexalon on Sunday April 06 2014, @01:27PM
I had a bit of fumbling going through the sign-up process, but in the end found myself a reasonable policy at a reasonable price. So did my mom and a couple of good friends of mine that would otherwise have nothing at all.
There's a much bigger benefit though: Because I no longer have to prove that I'm not sick in order to get health insurance on the individual market, I could actually get an individual policy relatively easily, which made the decision to stop being a full-time employee and go independent much easier. And if I do well enough as an independent contractor, then I might just have to start building a small business, and isn't that what many politicians claim is the most virtuous economic role on the planet?
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