Time ticking to sign up for health care
By Tracy Seipel, San Jose Mercury News
Lynn Engelman still has no idea whether her doctors in Contra Costa County will be on her new health care plan — and neither, she says, do her doctors.
Capitola resident Kathryn Johnson has already paid the first month’s bill for her new policy through the state’s new health insurance exchange, but she just received a letter telling her she hasn’t signed up for a plan.
And in San Leandro, Linda Entrikin is one of 900,000 Californians suffering from whiplash after the Obama administration’s surprise announcement Thursday that people whose insurance plans have been canceled can replace them with cheap, bare-bones plans after all.
For tens of thousands of Californians still without health insurance, Monday’s deadline to enroll under the president’s new health law feels like an exercise of hurry up and wait. And across the country, government health exchanges are bracing for an avalanche of applications from people who must sign up by end of day Monday if they want coverage to begin Jan. 1.
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Everyone I have talked to who have signed up for this have had zero complaints. One person had to patiently let a web page load on the final step. Other than that…. it was really really easy.
Maybe people are impatient and just want to complain.
Try using the Nevada site. Been trying to get a price quote for three weeks. The customer service link is down along with the phone line.
I am one who lost insurance because my insurer Health Net pulled out of El Dorado County. Just discovered the deadline was today to “reenlist” Went online, around 6 pm, applied at the California site, found a plan with fairly close to the same premium, deductible etc… as the plan I had. Sealed the deal about 45 minutes later and am saving $300 a month as well. People can complain all they want, but in reality here we are lucky. Only two companies to choose from, both with Blue in the name. Realistically every provider up here is going to have to accept both or move somewhere else. Great system, great savings!