Ol' Mac's 2014 Health Premiums

[Mac1958]

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Okay, just hopped on to Connect for Health Colorado (Connect for Health Colorado | Colorado's Health Insurance Marketplace), and here's how our premiums look. Can you guys help me with my math?

2014 Silver Plan (Closest apples-to-apples plan to our current plan)
4 people, no smokers
$1,049.71
Humana

Our current Plan
4 people, no smokers
$573.70
Humana

So let's work on the math here:

Our new plan will be $476.01 more than our current plan beginning in January, which will be an increase of approximately 82.97% from our current plan.

So, let's break out the calculators:

If I multiply the $476.01 increase by 12 months, will I come out with the $2,500 I'm supposed to be saving?

Am I doing that right?

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[deltex1]

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Okay, just hopped on to Connect for Health Colorado (Connect for Health Colorado | Colorado's Health Insurance Marketplace), and here's how our premiums look. Can you guys help me with my math?

2014 Silver Plan (Closest apples-to-apples plan to our current plan)
4 people, no smokers
$1,049.71
Humana

Our current Plan
4 people, no smokers
$573.70
Humana

So let's work on the math here:

Our new plan will be $476.01 more than our current plan beginning in January, which will be an increase of approximately 82.97% from our current plan.

So, let's break out the calculators:

If I multiply the $476.01 increase by 12 months, will I come out with the $2,500 I'm supposed to be saving?

Am I doing that right?

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So....you stay with our current plan???...or are you losing it?

 

[Mac1958]

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I'm pretty sure we can stay on our current plan.

So does Obama mail me a check for that $2,500 then, or do I have to pay $5,712.12 to get it?

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[Politico]

No one is gonna get paid son. The only checks being written will be out of your account.

 

[Mac1958]

No one is gonna get paid son. The only checks being written will be out of your account.

Should I be expecting any Thank You cards from those whose premiums are being subsidized by my tax dollars?

Probably not, huh?

Okay, just kidding, we all know they're "entitled".

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