Path: csiph.com!goblin3!goblin.stu.neva.ru!panix!not-for-mail From: Cydrome Leader Newsgroups: chi.eats Subject: Re: Health Plans for the Safe Responsible Citizen? Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2021 03:46:32 +0000 (UTC) Organization: PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC Lines: 48 Message-ID: References: <23da12b1-f305-4311-806b-3be19134d784o@googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: panix2.panix.com X-Trace: reader1.panix.com 1614311192 26735 166.84.1.2 (26 Feb 2021 03:46:32 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@panix.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 26 Feb 2021 03:46:32 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: tin/2.4.4-20191224 ("Millburn") (NetBSD/9.0 (amd64)) Xref: csiph.com chi.eats:29765 Ken Dye wrote: > In article , > Cydrome Leader wrote: >>Ken Dye wrote: >>> In article , >>> Cydrome Leader wrote: >>>>JG Rove wrote: >>>>> On Sunday, November 8, 2020 at 9:35:01 PM UTC-6, Cydrome Leader wrote: >>>>>> JG Rove wrote: >>>>>> > My BCBS plan raised their rate and deductible for my coverage. >>>>>> > Anybody offering plans for the non reckless ? >>>>>> Biden has millions of good paying jobs around the corner for you in green >>>>>> energy. You'll be able to not worry about your insurance premium going up. >>>>>> >>>>>> BCBSIL did go up this year, even in corporate-land. It's not like the rate >>>>>> will ever go down, not sure why people get all shocked about this. >>>>> >>>>> BCBSIL had to rebate 5 percent of 2019 premiums because they didn't >>>>spend 80 percent of money >>>>> for billings. Only spent 75 percent. I hope 2020 will be the same. >>>>For 2021 I'll get a "silver" level plan >>>>> and hope the rebates continue. >>>> >>>>How does this rebate work? Coupon for discounts the next year or >>>>something? I'm part of a group plan, so everything is negotiated by >>>>another party. The only options are pick a plan and pay for parts of it. >>> >>> They sent me a check. >>> >>> --Ken >> >>Were you buying insurance directly? I pay pennies on the dollar for >>insurance from work. If they somehow "kept" a check for $13, I can say >>with confidence, I don't care. > > I was paying myself while contracting. $750+/month for an HMO that cost > more than my "high deductible" PPO a few years earlier. > > The rebate was for a single month in January, and it was $200, a significant > percentage. If the "keep bullshit corporations from taking money for > a service and pocketing cash for their 'shareholders' (mostly corporate > officers, board and minions, etc.) legislation had been passed a few > years earlier I'd be $8000 or so richer. > > --Ken Well, it's not a problem anymore. Biden has a plan, and millions of good paying job for you. Ready to be a coder?