Tuesday, September 17, 2013

People With Insurance To Pay $63 Per Year For Those With Preexisting Conditions

By Cornelius Nunev


If people want the government to pay for stuff, that cash has to come from someplace. That means taxes, and the tax required to cover people with preexisting problems to get insurance under the Affordable Care Act will cost any person with insurance $63 per year.

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It is certainly true that people with preexisting conditions, or preexisting medical problems, most likely should be able get insurance coverage. If they're willing to pay premiums, why shouldn't they be allowed to have it?

It is not affordable to add someone with preexisting conditions to insurance though. In fact, it is really expensive because it is known a lot of medical treatment and coverage will be needed. The money has to come from someplace now that the Affordable Care Act demands insurance agencies give coverage to those with preexisting problems, thanks to the Obama administration.

People who already have insurance and companies getting it are now going to end up paying the extra expenses, according to CBS. Between 2014 and 2017, $25 billion needs to be raised somehow, though the requirement does not start until 2014.

Paying for preexisting problems yearly

Everyone currently insured will have to pay a fee, according to ACA's text, in order to pay for the preexisting conditions. Every business that gives insurance to employees will have to pay the fee, and about 190 million people who get insurance through employers will end up having to pay the fee.

The fee is going to be passed to companies on a yearly basis of $63 per insured person. That means the bill is higher for large corporations and not so bad for small companies. The fee will likely be passed down to employees at an additional $5.25 a month to get it all paid. It may not cause you to run for payday loans to pay the rent, but it could seriously impact people on tight budgets.

In 2017, the fee will phase out completely, and it will drop every year starting at $63 per person in 2014 to $50 the next year. The fee keeps going down.

Taking just a little to give just a little

It seems like a really nice idea to help get health insurance for other people, but many people are going to have to put even more in if every person is going to be able to get coverage. The ACA demands that another $700 billion be raised in the next ten years on top of the $25 billion for those with preexisting conditions.

As a result of the health care law, premiums have been starting to slowly go up. For instance, According to the Washington Post, HR consultancy Mercer found in a recent survey this year that 12 percent of companies with at least 500 workers have raised premiums on health insurance, compared to 10 percent last year. Any person with insurance can probably expect to pay more in coming years, for every person else.



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