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Obamacare - Did The Technology Work for You?

posted by n1 on Sunday April 06 2014, @10:09AM   
from the sign-this-form-and-we-can-cure-the-hemorrhage-with-a-money-extraction dept.

starcraftsicko writes:

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.

• Re:Did It Work For Me? Re:Did It Work For Me? (Score: 3, Insightful) by VLM on Sunday April 06 2014, @03:58PM

  by VLM (445) on Sunday April 06 2014, @03:58PM (#27094)

  "At least in the current system, you can switch health care and insurance providers, including moving from one hospital to another."

  Hows that work if I get into a car accident and later decide I didn't like the plan my employer provides, and how do I tell people which hospital to take me to if I don't have any data?

  Basically you can't run a market or expect the advantages of a market if one side of the market is unable to make any choices by the inherent nature of the market?

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• Re:Did It Work For Me? (Score: 2) by khallow on Monday April 07 2014, @07:43AM

  by khallow (3766) on Monday April 07 2014, @07:43AM (#27322) Journal

  Hows that work if I get into a car accident and later decide I didn't like the plan my employer provides

  Car insurance costs injuries from car crashes in the US. If you don't like your employer's health insurance, you can always buy your own.
   
   

  and how do I tell people which hospital to take me to if I don't have any data?

  Which is a different matter. You would have the same problem anywhere else in the world with the same situation.

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