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My personal ongoing experience with Obamacare - Part VII - The great benevolent "gifts" to plan participants

Submitted by alitton on Sat, 06/25/2011 - 17:49

In my last installment I got a Christmas present of all of the back premium invoices for 4 months due and payable immediately or else.

After the first of the year, the gifts just kept on coming. A week or so later I got a sheet of premium coupons a "Congratulations, your premium is going down!" notice. The premium was dropped to $400 a month for my age bracket.

My personal ongoing experience with Obamacare - Part VI - So where are the premium invoices???

Submitted by alitton on Sat, 06/25/2011 - 17:18

In our last installment I reviewed the reaction of the health providers to my official Obamacare proof of insurance card. They all initially stare at it like like it is monopoly money until I get them to call one of the 11 "mother may I?" numbers on the back to verify it.

My personal ongoing experience with Obamacare - Part V - Finally - A proof of insurance card

Submitted by alitton on Sat, 06/25/2011 - 16:44

It's been awhile since I've had time to post, so I thought I wold catch up on my up close and personal experience with the future of health care if the current regime has its way.

My personal ongoing experience with Obamacare - Part IV - At long last - a premium invoice

Submitted by alitton on Tue, 10/12/2010 - 15:42

As predicted, shortly after the first of October (7 weeks after application) I finally received a letter from the pre-existing condition insurance plan.

In brief it stated my application had been approved and the premium payment must be received and "processed" before coverage would be effective and then they will inform me of my effective date of coverage.

My personal ongoing experience with Obamacare - Part III - Two more weeks and still waiting

Submitted by alitton on Tue, 09/28/2010 - 12:12

In the last installment I was finally able to talk to a government bureaucrat who told me in true government doublespeak that I had been denied before I had been approved.

My personal ongoing experience with Obamacare - Part II - Still waiting after a month

Submitted by alitton on Tue, 09/14/2010 - 11:52

This is the second installment of my up close and personal experience in trying to get covered under the Federal High Risk Health Insurance Pool segment of Obamacare.

In the last installment I had tried to apply to our state's high risk pool with which we have had good experience with my Wife's insurance. Both of us have pre-existing conditions which preclude coverage by most plans.

My personal ongoing experience with Obamacare - A disturbing preview of things to come

Submitted by alitton on Fri, 09/10/2010 - 14:42

I normally don't post personal opinion or information here, but this is such an important thing for the public to know I am breaking my rule in the public interest.

This is my first entry regarding my ongoing personal experience with Obamacare. In this installment we learn:

1. that the existing Texas State High Risk Pool seems ready to concede defeat and fold,

2. the federal plan only offers a one-size fits all plan,

3. the federal plan outright lies on their web site about the speed at which you can be covered and

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