#healthcare.gov

[brothersperspectiveartvid]

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[magicmumu2]

I don't know what I want to eat tonight. It's Friday night and I I have a couple things to watch over the weekend. I also have some things that I'd like to work on too if I can get around to it. I got a $100 bonus at work this week because I work with insurance and it either is open enrollment or almost open enrollment for anybody trying to get a tax credit under the Affordable Care Act (what some still call Obamacare). So it's been busy and there was that extra payout for being there that week I think.

Side rant: All of you who are looking for health insurance (USA), you better get on that. Seriously, go to healthcare.gov, see what your state's marketplace exchange is doing, and see if you are eligible for a tax credit to help pay for health insurance. If you don't have employer coverage and you don't qualify for Medicaid for being over income, this could be the option for you. I do this every day so if you need more information or want some help, I can see what I can do remotely. Open enrollment dates vary depending on your state. For example, Idaho does its own thing for the marketplace insurance so they're open enrollment is now October 15th through December 16th, but if the state does not have their own exchange and it's Federal, then you would go through healthcare.gov which has their open enrollment starting November 1st. Find out what's going on in your state and if there's still time before it starts, I recommend doing a little research so you know what you may need to apply. If you are in Idaho I can totally help you out. End side rant.

Monday was the one year of when I had to give up Harlem, so that was kind of sad, but sometime this weekend is the one-year anniversary of her being with her new dad. He was her foster that I trusted her to, and he ended up adopting her. I'm thankful to him that he allows me to check in on her, and I get to see that she's happy with him and that has the best outcome to came from the shitty situation that led to me having to rehome her.

Anyway, I plan to use my bonus to get some dinner tonight and look into a Halloween costume, but any Halloween costume in my size isn't on Amazon for fast delivery. Plus sized costumes go to 4x and I fear it won't fit me still. I might risk it but $60 is a bit much for a costume I can't fit, and selling it might not work.

I don't know what this post was. Ignore me per usual.

[autumneddy]

Why does the healthcare.gov commercial go so hard?

[totalbenefits]

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[cass-ass]

If you are in the US and need insurance, Healthcare.gov (the Affordable Care Act website) has their application cutoff date on the 15th of december.

They will supplement part of your premium if you make under $52k a year.

I have been doing insurance through them for 3 years now and it's been fantastic. Ive been able to get Gold health insurance plans for $250-300 a month when they would usually cost $600. The other options are incredibly lower, I just know Im accident prone. Plus i may be able to get my top surgery with coverage through my plan this year, so Im hyped about that and getting the best plan possible to prep.

[cpunkbubby]

"Did you have health insurance from the Federal Health Insurance Marketplace (healthcare.gov) or a state-based exchange (Form 1095-A)?" I DONT. KNOW HOW AM I SUPPOSED 2 KNOW

[valentineblacker]

If you find the process confusing (and you probably will), I was surprised to find that their customer service was prompt, pleasant, and downright enthusiastic. Don't hesitate to call.

Banging on the walls chanting "OPEN ENROLLMENT FOR ACA THRU JAN 15" like some deranged town crier. Election results aside, you have options to access healthcare as a RIGHT through the ACA. NO one can dismantle the Affordable Care Act in less than 4 years, so SIGN UP! GET YOUR CARE! USE THE SYSTEM!

You have options RIGHT NOW that will be stable thru the next year, the one after that, and I'd be shocked to see them shrink even the year after that. That means RIGHT NOW you can get signed up for next year to gain 100% covered preventative care (your annual check ups, pap smears, dental cleaning, vision check). You have the option to get checked and screened as you need, do NOT be dissuaded from exploring ACA choices. They are SOLID, LEGISLATED, and WORK BEST WHEN PEOPLE USE THEM.

I can't change most things around me, BUT I CAN tell everyone I know that THEY CAN GET LIFE SAVING CARE. THEY CAN GET PRESCRIPTIONS. THEY CAN GET PREGNANCY CARE. THEY CAN GET CANCER CARE. AND THEY WILL GET THAT CARE!!!!!!

SIGN UP BY DECEMBER 15, 2024 FOR COVERAGE TO BEGIN ON JANUARY 1, 2025. ENROLLMENT AFTER 12/15/24 WILL HAVE COVERAGE BEGINNING FEBRUARY 1, 2025.

[curfewplugs]

I should tune my guitar to CGCEGC and fuck around on some Blood on the Tracks, Mark Kozelek riffs, Adrianne Lenker's "Anything" and Elliott Smith's "Independence Day"

[smallhatlogan]

every time i have to deal with medicaid shit I also have to fight the “I don’t think I actually care what happens to me if it means I can avoid being stressed out and confused for a few hours. what if i just don’t have insurance again for awhile” impulse 

[killbaned]

oh my god paying my first dental premium was ALSO FUCKING EASY HOLY SHIT

[reasonsforhope]

"Passed in February [2024], a massive subsidy program to help Indian households install rooftop solar panels in their homes and apartments aims to provide 30 gigawatt hours of solar power to the nation’s inventory.

The scheme, called PM-Surya Ghar, will provide free electricity to 10 million homes according to estimates, and the designing of a national portal—a sort of Healthcare.gov for solar panels—will streamline the process of installation and payment.

The program was cooked up because India had fallen woefully behind on its planned installations for rooftop solar. In many parts of the subcontinent, the sun is absolutely brutal and relentless, but by 2022, Indian rooftop solar power generation topped out at 11 gigawatts, which was 29 gigawatts under a national target set a decade ago.

Part of the challenge, Euronews reports, is that approval from various agencies and departments—as many as 21 different signatures in some cases—was needed to place a solar array on your house. Aside from this bureaucratic nightmare, the cost of installation was often higher than $5,000; more than half the average yearly income for a working Indian urbanite.

Under PM-Surya Ghar, subsidies for a 2-kilowatt solar array will cover as much as 60% of the installation costs, falling to 40% for arrays 3 kilowatts or higher. Loans set at around 7% interest rates will help families in need get started. 750 billion Indian rupees, or $9 billion has been set aside for the project.

Even in New Delhi, which can be covered in clouds and smog for days, solar users report saving hundreds during summer time on their electricity costs, with one apartment shaving $700 every month off energy bills.

PM-Surya Ghar is also seen as having the potential to cause a boom in the Indian solar market. Companies no longer have to go running around for planning and permitting requirements, and the government subsidies ensure their customer base can grow beyond the limits of household income."

-Good News Network, April 10, 2024

[morlock-holmes]

@collapsedsquid relevant to what you've been blogging about:

Currently my doctor's office is claiming that they are not in network. Healthcare.gov and multiple different phone representatives at the insurance company disagree.

I would like to know why they disagree.

Each representative has a canned answer in front of them:

"I can only speak for the information in front of me, that's all I have access to, and of course I can't speak for any other organization"

I literally asked the last person, the billing manager at the doctor's office, "If you were me, and you wanted to keep your doctor, what would you do"

And her answer was, paraphrased, "I would give up and just take whoever the insurance assigned to me".

PS - Did the information she gave me appear to contradict other information I've gotten from phone reps at her office? I think you can guess the answer.

Did she seem vaguely confused and annoyed by my attempts to clarify? You know it!

[tomorrowusa]

Nope, Trump didn't "salvage" Obamacare as J.D. Vance claimed.

Some fact-checking from the vice presidential debate. From NPR.

During his presidency, Trump undermined the Affordable Care Act in many ways — for instance, by slashing funding for advertising and free "navigators" who help people sign up for a health insurance plan on HealthCare.gov. And rather than deciding to "save" the ACA, he tried hard to get Congress to repeal it, and failed. The Biden administration has reversed course from Trump's management of the Affordable Care Act. Increased subsidies have made premiums more affordable in the marketplaces, and enrollment has surged. The uninsurance rate has dropped to its lowest point ever during the Biden administration. The Affordable Care Act was passed in 2010 and is entrenched in the health care system. Republicans successfully ran against Obamacare for about a decade, but it has faded as a campaign issue this year.

So just the opposite of what J.D. claimed. The Trump administration didn't save Obamacare, it tried to sabotage and kill it.

People who have a weirdly nostalgic view of the Trump administration forget how he tried to kill Obamacare with help from the Republican majority 115th Congress. From its inception, Republicans in Congress have tried to kill Obamacare 70 times.

Obamacare may not be perfect, but it is superior to what existed previously. The bulk of people who hate it are connected to Big Pharma, for profit medical corporations, and the Republicans who get big campaign contributions from them.

The name Obamacare tells us a lot. It was coined as term of disparagement for the Affordable Care Act by Republicans. But it became so popular that Republicans ended up shooting themselves in the foot by eternally connecting the ACA to the Democratic president who was the driving force behind it.

Trump has had nine years to come up with a viable alternative to Obamacare. But the "stable genius" still can't put together a coherent sentence about what he'd replace it with.

For affordable healthcare, vote Democratic to improve it or vote MAGA Republican to destroy it.

[bunnyb34r]

Also the insurance lady said to call again NEXT month so we can lower the price even more 👀

Hate that there's even any hoops to jump through and that most people either don't know to call/are too busy or tired to call and pay full price. Like I know the goal is "make this as stupid as possible and hope no one goes through with it, but reward the dumbfucks that DO go through with it" and that they know 8/10 people wont call and if they do maybe half that call every month

Which is stupid!! Let me pay whatever the end goal price is! I like this insurance! I like it a lot! I'd like it to be cheaper but that's on me for telling you my limit was $XYZ.00 assuming you would give me a range like oh well this one is less than that this one is higher... but they were like okay how about this for $YZX like okay... sure just give me insurance

At the very least the lady is really nice even if I can hear every conversation in the background on her end and it's a stupid tedious process. But those aren't her fault. ANYWAYS being an adult sucks lmao 😔🤙

I hate phone caaaaalls

[dandelionsresilience]

Dandelion News - August 22-28

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1. Safari park welcomes flamingo chicks

“An animal park has said it is experiencing a "baby boom", including new flamingo chicks that have hatched. Longleat Safari Park in Wiltshire has also recently welcomed rare Amur tiger cubs and an endangered cotton top tamarin monkey baby. [… Flamingos] live 15-20 years in the wild, however in captivity and safe from predators, they can reach ages of 70 years.”

2. Golf clubs fight biodiversity loss

“The project aims to help green-keepers create havens for wildlife, particularly bees and butterflies, as well as introduce mowing methods to protect rare chalk grassland and encourage wildflowers. […] “Clubs doing this are seeing significant increases in pollinators, such as butterflies, without impeding the game."”

3. ‘We’ve got baby owls again’: how farming policy is helping English wildlife

“[In Abby Allen’s] lush Devon fields native cattle graze alongside 400-year-old hedgerows, with birds and butterflies enjoying the species-rich pasture. [… The Environmental Land Management Scheme] pays farmers for things such as planting hedges, sowing wildflowers for birds to feed on and leaving corners of their land wild for nature.”

4. $440 Million to Support Pregnant and New Moms, Infants, and Children through Voluntary Home Visiting Programs

“Through this program […] trained health workers […] provide support on breastfeeding, safe sleep for babies, learning and communications practices that promote early language development, developmental screening, getting children ready to succeed in school, and connecting with key services and resources in the community – like affordable childcare or job and educational opportunities. […] In addition, the [CDC] announced a new investment of $118.5 million, over five years, to 46 states [and] six territories […] to continue building the public health infrastructure to better identify and prevent pregnancy-related deaths.”

5. Endangered leopard frogs released into the wild

“More than a hundred leopard frogs have been released into the wild at Columbia National Wildlife Refuge in Washington state. Leopard frogs are endemic to North America but have been classed as endangered since 1999.”

6. Heat-based batteries are a surprisingly versatile tool

“[T]hermal energy storage [… is] expected to be more cost-effective than conventional lithium-ion batteries for storing cheap clean electricity over longer durations[….] Thermal storage systems take up less space per unit of energy stored than lithium-ion batteries do, [… and] can also deliver their stored energy without the efficiency losses that occur in converting electricity from [AC to DC and back].”

7. Dolly Parton is sending free books to children across 21 states — and around the world

“[In 21 states,] all children under the age of 5 can enroll to have books mailed to their homes monthly. […] Since the program started, books have been sent to more than 240 million to [sic] kids in the U.S., Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland and Australia.”

8. Biden-Harris Administration Awards $100 Million to Navigators Who Will Help Millions of Americans - Especially in Underserved Communities - Sign Up for Health Coverage

“The grants are part of a commitment of up to $500 million over five years - the longest grant period and financial commitment to date, and a critical boost for recruiting trusted local organizations to better connect with those who often face barriers to obtaining health care coverage. […] Navigators offer free assistance to people exploring health coverage options through HealthCare.gov, from reviewing available plans to assisting with eligibility and enrollment forms, and post-enrollment services such as using their coverage to get care.”

9. ‘Ultra-Accommodating’ Hotel Concept Goes Beyond ADA Accessible

“The property […] will feature wider hallways, larger guest rooms, easy access to elevators and other modifications that exceed the standards required under the [ADA]. Staff will be trained in disability etiquette, how to assist with mobility devices and provide various accommodations ranging from hearing aid loops to sensory-sensitive lighting. […] The location in San Antonio is expected to be the first — not the only one — developed under this concept.”

10. Melbourne zoo welcomes rare southern white rhino calf to the world

“Kipenzi and the new calf have been closely monitored this week, with mother and baby being kept in a secluded area accessible only to keepers while they get to know each other and bond. […] The calf has already been showing a forthright personality, snorting and stomping around his enclosure[….]”

August 15-21 news here | (all credit for images and written material can be found at the source linked; I don’t claim credit for anything but curating.)