2aguy
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Yeah...it is a good thing that jimmy kimmel is one of the rich 1 percent in this country.....he could actually afford obamacare....unlike most people...
Articles: Jimmy Kimmel Left Out Some Important Bits About Obamacare
First scenario. Suppose the Kimmels had a bronze plan with a $12,000 deductible? Pocket change for Jimmy Kimmel, but one quarter of the average family income, currently $52,000. To be paid up front. And that’s each year, for a child likely to need regular cardiology appointments, ultrasound and stress tests, catheterization and possibly medication. Unaffordable to the average family.
Second scenario. Regardless of which type of Obamacare plan the Kimmels had, suppose their particular plan had a narrow network of providers – physicians and hospitals. Not an issue for Billy Kimmel as he was turning blue and needed urgent surgery. What if instead he had a heart murmur but was otherwise stable, not turning blue, oxygenating well? He would have been discharged a few days after birth with instructions to see a pediatric cardiologist.
Suppose Cedars-Sinai, UCLA and Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles were all out of network for his insurance? Instead the only in-network hospital being one with a mortality rate for pediatric open heart surgery 3 to 5 times the national average?
This is not fearmongering but reality as mortality rates indeed vary widely between hospitals. Now what? Accept lower quality care by necessity because the top-tier hospitals won’t take his insurance? How different is that from the issue of preexisting conditions?
Obamacare may provide insurance but what good is it if it is still unaffordable in terms of premiums, co-payments and deductibles? Or if the doctor or hospital you want to use won’t accept your insurance? And the one that does may be of below-average quality?
What happened to “If you like your doctor you can keep your doctor”? Conveniently overlooked by Jimmy Kimmel who, based on his economic status, won’t ever have to contend with such issues.
Articles: Jimmy Kimmel Left Out Some Important Bits About Obamacare
First scenario. Suppose the Kimmels had a bronze plan with a $12,000 deductible? Pocket change for Jimmy Kimmel, but one quarter of the average family income, currently $52,000. To be paid up front. And that’s each year, for a child likely to need regular cardiology appointments, ultrasound and stress tests, catheterization and possibly medication. Unaffordable to the average family.
Second scenario. Regardless of which type of Obamacare plan the Kimmels had, suppose their particular plan had a narrow network of providers – physicians and hospitals. Not an issue for Billy Kimmel as he was turning blue and needed urgent surgery. What if instead he had a heart murmur but was otherwise stable, not turning blue, oxygenating well? He would have been discharged a few days after birth with instructions to see a pediatric cardiologist.
Suppose Cedars-Sinai, UCLA and Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles were all out of network for his insurance? Instead the only in-network hospital being one with a mortality rate for pediatric open heart surgery 3 to 5 times the national average?
This is not fearmongering but reality as mortality rates indeed vary widely between hospitals. Now what? Accept lower quality care by necessity because the top-tier hospitals won’t take his insurance? How different is that from the issue of preexisting conditions?
Obamacare may provide insurance but what good is it if it is still unaffordable in terms of premiums, co-payments and deductibles? Or if the doctor or hospital you want to use won’t accept your insurance? And the one that does may be of below-average quality?
What happened to “If you like your doctor you can keep your doctor”? Conveniently overlooked by Jimmy Kimmel who, based on his economic status, won’t ever have to contend with such issues.
