tnlurker (662 posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Fri May-27-11 09:36 PM
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My Mother In Law was just saved financially by the new Healthcare Law
She had been retired for over 18 years now and her old union medical policy had a $50,000 lifetime limit. I had told her not to worry about it since the new healthcare law had taken affect...Well the union notified her on May 15th that she had in fact hit the lifetime limit and they would not cover her as a supplemental to Medicare any longer. ( I called the union office and they confirmed and said that the plan was grandfathered and there was not much we could do about it. They suggested that we go to Medicare.gov and check out the supplemental and Part D plans there). This included all prescription drugs...she take a bunch, several of which are not generic yet. I checked on adding her to one of the Medicare Part D coverage plans...The cheapest one I could find had her putting out $4500 a year for her prescriptions in addition to $35 a month for the plan. This did not include Medigap insurance...that was going to be even more out of pocket...She is 83 years old.
Well today she received a letter from the union saying that they have been granted a waiver to the Affordable Health Care Law and they could only offer a 50,000 annual limit. I immediately called the union office and they said that yes there was no longer a lifetime limit (Due to the new law) but there was a yearly limit and that they were re-instating her immediately(it took her over 15 years to reach $50,000 so I am not worried that she will reach that in a year).
She has been worried sick that she could not afford to go to the Dentist, schedule a needed sinus surgery, and take all of her medications any longer. She is has had a great load taken off her mind.
Thank you Democrats and President Obama.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x1187377The whole post is confusing, however the DUmmy is claiming due to a waiver from Obamacare that she didn't lose her coverage.
This DUmmy just showed how damaging Obamacare is, without the waiver her Mother In Law would lose coverage.
calimary Donating Member (1000+ posts) Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Fri May-27-11 09:43 PM
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1. Spread the word. Anecdotal evidence like this is toxic to paul ryan and co.
Edited on Fri May-27-11 09:44 PM by calimary
And to his lamebrain, nasty, selfish, shortsighted, mean-spirited, UN-Christ-like, UN-American, UN-patriotic, and actually downright TREASONOUS. Just like he and the rest of his hard-hearted, small-minded, little republi-CON pointy-headed neanderthals are.
Keep spitting on the only man who has submitted a plan to save Medicare. You shortsighted idiots.
Ilsa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sat May-28-11 09:21 AM
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15. I agree completely. Let's hope this remains as only a first step
towards Medicare for All.
Great idea expand a plan that is about to die. Just where do they think the money is to pay for all this?
Not one DUmmy caught the part about the waiver.
I can't wrap my tiny brain around how getting a waiver from Obamacare allowing her to keep coverage is proof of how great it is.
