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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: 3, Insightful) by MikeVDS on Sunday April 06 2014, @03:51PM
The idea behind the subsidized plans is that having uninsured people is a burden on society. If, as a society, we give people coverage to get preventive care, it costs a lot less than when you are in an ER with a major problem that has been neglected for months or years. That is the theory anyway. I do not think you should turn down subsidized coverage as it is probably better for everyone if you accept it.
It sounds like it may be your employer who is "abusing" the system, which is probably the same thing their competitors are doing.
(Score: 2) by khallow on Monday April 07 2014, @07:53AM
That is the theory anyway.
I don't buy in to the theory. The problem is that health care is not a bit flag you set. There's no set amount of health care that gives you the true, near universally desired outcome - living indefinitely with a mind and body that are healthy and a life that is at least mostly free of suffering and bodily decay. So when the only limit to consumption of health care is how much of other peoples' money you can spend, the end result is going to be ugly whether in the US or elsewhere.
It sounds like it may be your employer who is "abusing" the system, which is probably the same thing their competitors are doing.
Not from their point of view. And from my point of view, the "system" is self-inflicted injury on society which may lead down the road to much worse health care than the US has presently - "abuse" of it may end up being the only moral good involved.