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My health insurance premium just got jacked up 18 percent. Thanks Obamacare!

Attached to my latest pay stub was a little love note from the gals in accounting. The annual increase for our medical plan is now due. My next paycheck will reflect the increased contribution of $459.23.

The current rate is $389.54. An eighteen percent increase. Since we're paid biweekly that works out to a new premium of just under 12 grand per year.

Thanks Obamacare! Way to keep those costs down!

You know what really irks me? If I lived in a state with sane politicians I could choose a less expensive plan. One that only covered catastrophic illness for instance, and left me to pay for routine stuff out of my own pocket. But New Jersey doesn't have sane politicans; we have guys like Dick Codey.

Dick Codey has probably done more to increase the cost of my health insurance than anyone else in Trenton. How? By pushing for laws mandating all sorts of "free" coverages in every health plan offered in our state. His greatest triumph involved requiring insurers to provide unlimited coverage for mental health and substance abuse. Seems that his wife suffered from bouts of postpartum depression, and like a good liberal he wasn't content with seeking a solution to her problem, he had to enact a law!

Then there was his infamous assertion that mental patients have a Constitutional Right to air conditioning. Because, you know, stuff like that is free. And of course he was a proponent of including "medical" marijuana in prescription drug coverage.

So thanks to Dick Codey my health insurance will pay for dope, and if I get hooked, it'll pay to wean me off the weed (in air-conditioned comfort) too!

I guess when you think of it like that, 12 grand a year is a bargain.

Posted at 13:40 by Chris Wysocki   [/obamacare]   Comments | Perm Link |
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