I lost my individual healthcare plan, and I couldn’t afford the new ones. Remember when they said you could keep your plan? Yeah, that’s the one I lost.

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czgov a day ago | parent | next [-]

Would you have been able to keep your plan under the system before ACA? There’s a lot of context missing in your comment.

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khriss a day ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I'm curious as to how your experience actually using the plan for more than preventive coverage? IIRC, plans before the ACA had a ton of customer unfriendly provisions which made the insurance far less usable in practice. E.g. denying coverage for preexisting conditions.

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QuercusMax a day ago | parent | prev [-]

There was never a guarantee that you were going to keep your plan anyway, was there? Insurance companies are changing plans from year to year.

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jtbayly a day ago | parent | next [-]

The plan was cancelled because of ACA requirements. I had had it for several years prior. Yes, plans change, but this was different.

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QuercusMax a day ago | parent [-]

Which requirements made them cancel it? Was it a high deductible scam plan?

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jtbayly 9 hours ago | parent [-]

It was a high deductible insurance plan, not a monthly subscription to all your healthcare needs. Why would you call that a “scam”?

And for the record, it was not as high a deductible as most “silver” plans on the exchange currently.

	▲	bonsai_spool 23 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		> It was a high deductible insurance plan Why do you believe that the ACA would have wanted such plans cancelled? There's a very straightforward public health reason that's reminiscent of why states require drivers to have car insurance. > And for the record, it was not as high a deductible as most “silver” plans on the exchange currently. The plan would have been in effective over 18 years ago. Does your internet plan look the same now as it did 18 years ago? Your cell phone plan?

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lovich a day ago | parent | prev [-]

It’s reminiscent of the screeching about how single payer healthcare would have death panels deciding who lived or died like that’s not a word for word description of insurance company actuaries or financial employees making the same decisions.