>Patients in Obamacare are sicker and need significantly more medical care than those in employer-sponsored plans, according to a new Blue Cross Blue Shield Association report.
This raises fresh concerns about the possibility of steep rate hikes for 2017 and of insurers leaving the Obamacare exchanges.
>The study, the first of its kind to look at millions of enrollees across the country, found that Obamacare members have higher rates of costly illnesses such as diabetes, depression, hypertension, heart disease, HIV and Hepatitis C.
>They also use more medical services -- including emergency rooms, in-patient hospital care, doctors and prescriptions than patients in employer-sponsored plans. Their cost of care was 22% higher than those in work-based health plans in 2015, or $559 a month, on average, for Obamacare enrollees versus $457 for those in employer plans.
>The fact that these patients are sicker than expected is putting some insurers in a financial bind. Several have reported big losses and have questioned whether they can afford to remain in the Obamacare market. This group includes UnitedHealth (UNH), the nation's largest insurer, which expects to lose nearly $1 billion on Obamacare in 2015 and 2016 and may not participate in 2017
>Highmark, the nation's fourth-largest Blue Cross plan with members in Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Delaware, said its Obamacare members are older, have more chronic conditions and consume more health care services than its employer plan members. As a result, the company has lost more than $773 million in its first two years on the exchanges. It called the losses "unsustainable." Meanwhile, Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina reported $282 million in Obamacare losses in 2015. To counter this, the company raised its rates an average of 32.5% for 2016. Its CEO, Brad Wilson, has said the insurer may exit the market in 2017.
http://money.cnn.com/2016/03/30/news/economy/obamacare-patients-blue-cross-blue-shield/index.html
Wait... are you trying to say that eating nothing but fried foods and hot wings is bad for you??
>>69353884
>muh niggers
Fuck off stormfag
>>69354194
>Fuck off stormfag
Found one!
>>69354194
edgy
>>69354194
>calling someone stormfag unironically
>>69354194
you're right it's also spics too
I can't believe it's actually called Obamacare lol, that's what a socialist populist of south america would name to a health plan.
When Obama leaves it will still get called like that? Seriously Obama what the fuck.
>>69354194
>Muh stormfag
Kindly fuck off back to >>>/v/ or >>>/b/
>>69354944
It's called the Affordable Care Act.
Obamacare is just some stupid nickname.
>>69354944
Obamacare is a nickname, the actual name of the law is the patient protection and affordable care act.
>>69354944
It's officially called the Affordable Care Act, Obamacare is just the colloquialism that most people use
I'm on the Kentucky version of this but I have none of those diseases. I've got a neurological disorder that is being diagnosed right now.
I really wish that I get a diagnosis before this system implodes on itself.
>>69354944
The republicans called it Obamacare in effort to discredit the bill
>>69354029
Hol up you tellin me *smacks lips* dat eating da boorgaa is bad bix mood nigga bihhhh I'ma eat dat barbeekyoo an' shiiiiet
>>69353884
>Lobby the government hard as fuck to deliver you millions of captive healthcare consumers
>Bitch until they nix a single payer plan like every other country has because you NEED the country to waste more money on your shitty industry
>Lose billions because now you have to cover all the poor people who subsist on McDonalds and despair 24/7
Poetic justice at its finest, everyone knew this plan was shit. I'm not a Berniefag by any means but socialized healthcare is one of the few things Eurofags have that's more good than bad.
>inb4 700 responses about its flaws
STFU nerd, it doesn't need to be perfect to be a dramatic improvement over the garbage we deal with now. Even the pre-Obamacare system was shit, I'd rather they just switch over to single payer and let more people die/wait for care to save money, if you want to live forever you're welcome to become rich and just pay for everything out of pocket.
Just fuck my shit up, Desu.
>>69354194
Where do you think you are?
>>69354029
DAS RAYCIS
>>69356239
Sauce.
>>69356618
This. I bet they aren't even losing money and are just trying to get congress to subsidize them even more. Fucking kikes.
>>69353884
worse than that.
Vets get refused treatment, then what?
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/30/us/report-finds-sharp-increase-in-veterans-denied-va-benefits.html
>>69354029
Well, you can't close KFC, unless you want a casus belli for racial war.
