Age and tobacco do affect pricing. Anthem BCBS tells me 'open enrollment' starts Oct 1 but I can keep my current plan until it expires and I will have a '30 day' special enrollment period.
All this enrollment open closed special period stuff is a bunch of B.S. On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 6:06 AM, <m...@voyager.net> wrote: > > I too have an individual plan via AARP and Aetna. Aetna has already > > advised me that I can keep my current plan (not the greatest), but they > > won't know what it will cost until January. AND that if I cancel it for a > > gov't exchange plan (which I don't know what it will cost), I won't be > > able to get it again because the plan will no longer be offered here in > > Georgia. > > They really won't tell you the cost of January's coverage until January? > The deadline to enroll in the exchange for January 1 is December 15. > You have until the end of March to enroll in the exchange, so it sounds > like you're stuck buying January coverage at a mystery price from Aetna, > or signing up for dual coverage in January and canceling one when you know > the pricing. > > BTW, is there any way to get your current coverage without handing a nice > fat commission to the Democratic party lobbying arm of AARP? Those > bastards used member money to lobby members to vote against their beliefs. > > The good news is that with Obamacare's ban on age based price > discrimination, and requirement that the young sign up to subsidize it, > you should be seeing lower prices in the exchange and in your current > plan, if there are any young people in your current plan. > > Mitch. > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
