[quote=6packscaredy]doesnt our society measure success only bye money?[/quote]
Unfortunately, in our society, money (or level of/possibility of reimbursement) DOES talk when receiving healthcare, especially emergency healthcare.
Don’t kid yourselves if you think some of these “seemingly cheap” plans on the state’s exchanges are going to get you the care that you may have been used to in the past (provided by an employer?). I’ve carefully perused the info available on three states’ exchanges and can safely say that several of their plan offerings are but half-a-step up from Medi-Cal/Medicaid. For instance, the planholder on the cheapest plans will be seeing the same (limited) set of providers in a particular locale as a Medicaid recipient but those providers’ reimbursements might end up being slightly higher than Medicaid.
I’m not sure if this will be enough to get you to the head of a (possibly lo-o-o-ong) line :=0
Choose wisely, folks … or leave well-enough alone.
