Limited Choice Under Obamacare

Obamacare is supposed to make health care and health insurance more affordable, give consumers more choices and provide free health care services.


Apparently the politicians in DC believe the public is both ignorant and gullible. In truth, there are at least 10 ways in which Obamacare LIMITS consumer choice.


"Free" preventive services are not really free. Everyone pays for these services in the form of HIGHER PREMIUMS. 


Care to guess who decides which preventive services are essential?

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, a committee of experts chosen by HHS (Health and Human Services). In other words, non-elected officials are deciding the level and type of care you need.                     


We have discussed how the MLR (Medical Loss Ratio) is impacting health insurance by RAISING premiums and LIMITING choice. Seems it can also lead to the loss of HSA and HRA type plans.

since HSAs often cover most or all of participants’ routine medical expenses, the claims that a high-deductible health plan experiences are larger and may fluctuate significantly from year to year. According to one study, “For high-deductible and HSA plans to be viable, both from a consumer and carrier perspective under [Obamacare], an adjustment to the MLR formula for the impact of HSAs may be necessary.”[5] Otherwise, HSA plans may disappear, robbing consumers of an attractive and popular option.

We don't have to remind you that HSA and HRA plans actually make premiums AFFORDABLE for thousands of people that would otherwise go without insurance.


In addition to the IPAB (Independent Payment Advisory Board), a new government bureaucracy that decides what health services will be covered by insurance and which ones will not, a new CER (Comparative Effectiveness Research) entity will decide what type of care you can receive.


The list of 10 limits under Obamacare is available for review at this link.


Change you better believe in.