Even More Obamacare Follies

[PKT_VOL]

I've worked there for 2 and half years. Started as a part time job while finishing off college.

They worked incredibly well with my school schedule (and still work incredibly well with me when I need off.)

As part time I received the following benefits:

Holiday pay and my discount card after 90 days of employment.

Access to the quarterly bonus known as myshare after 6 months

After 1 year as a part time employee I had access to:

Healthcare
401k
Stock options
Accident insurance

And as part time I got vacation time after 2 years.

Even as part time, they were allowed to work me up to 34 hours a week. A large majority of the people who have been over me (dept managers, supervisors, assistant managers etc) worked their way through the ranks by working their butt off. Same thing with me. I'm in loss prevention now working my way into management by working my butt off and staying visible to management.

I honestly think that Walmart gets a lot of undue crap. It's not the best place for a lot of people. But if you're willing to work your butt off, it does get noticed and opportunities to move up are plentiful. They also do truly like to promote within.

This was my experience as well (worked there in high school and breaks during college). The people that b*tched were the same people that sucked at life, sucked at their job, no work ethic, etc. Of course it was everyone else's fault but their own.

 

[hog88]

This was my experience as well (worked there in high school and breaks during college). The people that b*tched were the same people that sucked at life, sucked at their job, no work ethic, etc. Of course it was everyone else's fault but their own.

In other words, Democratic voters.

 

[Velo Vol]

Surprise! Walmart health plan is cheaper, offers more coverage than Obamacare | washingtonexaminer.com

Unless you are talking about Medicaid, there is no such thing as an Obamacare medical insurance policy. What's offered at the marketplace exchange site is what private health insurance companies offer for individuals to buy.

Is it any surprise that an employer-provided plan might be a better deal than what an individual can buy on the market? No, it is not.

If everyone could buy insurance on the terms that Walmart is offering, then maybe we wouldn't need the ACA. But sadly that's not the case.

 

[CNCVol88]

Unless you are talking about Medicaid, there is no such thing as an Obamacare medical insurance policy. What's offered at the marketplace exchange site is what private health insurance companies offer for individuals to buy.

Is it any surprise that an employer-provided plan might be a better deal than what an individual can buy on the market? No, it is not.

If everyone could buy insurance on the terms that Walmart is offering, then maybe we wouldn't need the ACA. But sadly that's not the case.

*woosh!*

 

[utvolpj]

Unless you are talking about Medicaid, there is no such thing as an Obamacare medical insurance policy. What's offered at the marketplace exchange site is what private health insurance companies offer for individuals to buy.

the marketplace is offering plans mandated by the ACA. Playing semantics is useless

Is it any surprise that an employer-provided plan might be a better deal than what an individual can buy on the market? No, it is not.

so you're saying everyone happy with their employer-provided plan should have been exempt from the ADA? The point of the ACA was to reduce costs thru the pseudo-marketplace. How can Walmart accomplish something that the US govt can't?

If everyone could buy insurance on the terms that Walmart is offering, then maybe we wouldn't need the ACA. But sadly that's not the case.

then the ACA should have been designed to copy Walmart instead of allowing the insurance companies to write the regs.

 

[hog88]

Unless you are talking about Medicaid, there is no such thing as an Obamacare medical insurance policy. What's offered at the marketplace exchange site is what private health insurance companies offer for individuals to buy.

Is it any surprise that an employer-provided plan might be a better deal than what an individual can buy on the market? No, it is not.

If everyone could buy insurance on the terms that Walmart is offering, then maybe we wouldn't need the ACA. But sadly that's not the case.

If I'm not mistaken WalMart is self insured with an administrator. But back on point.

ALL insurance policies either through the exchanges or employers have minimum coverage's dictated by ACA legislation. So in essence, yes there are Obamacare insurance policies.

 

[DC_Vol]

Unless you are talking about Medicaid, there is no such thing as an Obamacare medical insurance policy. What's offered at the marketplace exchange site is what private health insurance companies offer for individuals to buy.

Is it any surprise that an employer-provided plan might be a better deal than what an individual can buy on the market? No, it is not.

If everyone could buy insurance on the terms that Walmart is offering, then maybe we wouldn't need the ACA. But sadly that's not the case.

lol: Put down the KoolAid.

For those following along at home...what is about to happen is exactly what you just read above.

Democrats got their POS ACA bill through, but THEY WILL NEVER own the consequences. The insurance companies are the ones offering the expensive policies. If Obama were offering them, they'd be much less expensive. It's a push toward single payer.

 

[Weezy]

Their report's other highlights included:
•54 percent of enrollees were women, compared to 46 percent male

•About 60 percent of enrollees selected medium-priced "silver" insurance plans, with 20 percent choosing less expensive "bronze" plans, and just 1 percent choosing even less expensive catastrophic coverage.

•A total of 79 percent of enrollees received government subsidies to offset the cost of their selected plans.


"It's pretty impressive," said Washington and Lee University health law professor Timothy Jost about that subsidy-eligibility rate, which was right were officials had originally projected it would be.

Obamacare enrollment lagging so far among much-needed young adults

So with 79% receiving government subsidies, how sheltered are people from the full cost of these plans?

 

[tennesseefan31]

Obamacare enrollment lagging so far among much-needed young adults

So with 79% receiving government subsidies, how sheltered are people from the full cost of these plans?

The bigger question is if 79% of people are receiving subsidies, how much are the other 21% paying to support those subsidies.?

 

[govols/cc]

The bigger question is if 79% of people are receiving subsidies, how much are the other 21% paying to support those subsidies.?

It's Obama's "transparent" wealth distribution. If you can't afford a smart phone he'll give you one. If you don't wanna work he'll give you a check. He'll give you food. He'll give you healthcare. It'll just cost everybody else because they love working & don't mind footing the bill for the lazy & worthless.

 

[Velo Vol]

ALL insurance policies either through the exchanges or employers have minimum coverage's dictated by ACA legislation. So in essence, yes there are Obamacare insurance policies.

This is the biggest legitimate criticism of the ACA.

To what extent should the government regulate what insurance covers?

Should women pay more for health insurance because they are women?

The act levels the playing field among policies. For some people that's good, for others it's not.

 

[volinbham]

Que?

Health Care Website Frustrates Spanish Speakers - ABC News

 

[govols/cc]

Que?

Health Care Website Frustrates Spanish Speakers - ABC News

This is America, not Mexico.

 

[volinbham]

This is the biggest legitimate criticism of the ACA.

To what extent should the government regulate what insurance covers?

Should women pay more for health insurance because they are women?

The act levels the playing field among policies. For some people that's good, for others it's not.

It still allows different pay for different age groups, geographies, etc.

Also, there is the notion of "leveling" for a given service vs requiring certain things be covered.

E.g. women should pay more for maternity care since men don't use maternity care. Having men subsidize this isn't leveling; it is subsidizing.

Women shouldn't be forced to pay for coverage of vasectomies...

 

[volinbham]

This is America, not Mexico.

You sure about that?

from the article

Across the U.S., about 12 percent of the 317 million people in the country speak only Spanish

 

[govols/cc]

You sure about that?

from the article

Yea I I know & it's sad

 

[volinbham]

That number surprised me - 12% of the people in the country only speak Spanish? Wow.

 

[govols/cc]

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[volinbham]

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These are not my bag, baby

 

[Orange_Crush]

Lots of people were locked outside the health insurance markets and the growth in health care costs was unsustainable.

I saw little regulation offered that actually dealt with this. Instead, I saw mandates made to insurers on how they could make profits, while nothing happened to limit their overhead. It makes zero sense to tell a company:

This is how you have to do business... This is how you have to handle your $$$... We aren't allowing you to minimize your risks (preexisting conditions, etc...) But we're not going to control the amount that healthcare providers are gouging you for in paying claims.

The health insurance industry was vilified while also being propped up as the thing that everyone needs desperately to protect the american citizen from financial ruin due to runaway healthcare costs.

 

[theutvolunteers]

That number surprised me - 12% of the people in the country only speak Spanish? Wow.

Living in Texas it's not surprising at all.

 

[Velo Vol]

We tell automakers to install safety features even though they increase costs and not everyone will need them.

 

[DC_Vol]

We tell automakers to install safety features even though they increase costs and not everyone will need them.

The government also reduces the safety of the average vehicle through CAFE standards. Does that mean this should apply to Obamacare? Stupid and irrelevant analogy, IMO.

 

[utvolpj]

We tell automakers to install safety features even though they increase costs and not everyone will need them.

by law, how many seatbelts or airbags am I required to own?

 

[Velo Vol]

This is America, not Mexico.

Went to the Knox County Health Department for a flu shot yesterday (got an Obama chip implanted while there).

I noticed most of the slides they show on the TV in the waiting area were both Spanish/English. I wondered how many of the staff knew Spanish. Didn't hear any being spoken. The only obviously foreign person there was an apparent Saudi sitting next to me.