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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-11 12:35 PM Original message |
Blue Shield of California seeks health insurance rate hikes of as much as 59%! |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-11 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
1. recommend |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-11 12:45 PM Response to Original message |
2. I wish that these articles used "an average" instead of "as much as". |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-11 12:51 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. That information is included in the article. |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-11 01:16 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. There are two ways to interpret this |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-11 01:33 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. So if "only" 25% of policyholders, 190,000 people, will get increases 32.5% is good???? |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-11 03:18 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. No. But you knew that. |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-11 03:25 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Are you defending or trying to justify insurance industry rate increases? |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-11 03:34 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. 20% Rate increases on men were fully expected because of HCR. |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-11 03:48 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Where does the article indicate that 20% insurance rate hikes only apply to men? |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-11 05:51 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Did you not already know this? |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-11 10:17 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. So the health insurance industry law mandates 20% higher health insurance premiums for men. |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-07-11 12:06 PM Response to Reply #15 |
21. Math isn't that hard. |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-11 10:35 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. Not everywhere |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-11 12:59 PM Response to Original message |
4. Do they have the stats to back it up? Ones that will stand up to independent scrutiny? |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-11 03:21 PM Response to Original message |
8. They don't want 59%, maybe 30, so they will ask for 59 and sigh when they get 30 |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-11 03:49 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. That's the scam all right. You nailed it! |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-11 10:29 PM Response to Reply #8 |
17. And others will laud the Administration for winning another *chess* game n/t |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-11 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
10. Tell me again what is good about the new health-care system? |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-11 10:36 PM Response to Reply #10 |
19. There is no new system |
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AlabamaLibrul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-11 10:20 PM Response to Original message |
16. But the Republican health care plan (signed by the President) was supposed to avoid all this! |
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The Gunslinger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-06-11 10:38 PM Response to Original message |
20. There you go.......... |
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