Dave Petno

Freeloader describes how he gets free healthcare!

dpetno — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 15:34:49 +0000

Here is a real response from a potential client, to a proposal made by one of my fellow brokers:

Thanks for the info, That’s good that they have created something like this. Unfortunately I’m not in the market for insurance- not sure what my mom told you..You see, I can walk into any hospital, rack up charges, and never pay it – like millions of other people. That is my insurance, the fact that I can walk in and get anything I need when I need it, if I need it. And eventually all bill collectors give up. By… Read the rest

Obama’s Risk Pool Failure: Scandlen

dpetno — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 18:18:11 +0000

Now that Obama’s CLASS Act has crashed and burned, you may be wondering what ever happened to his much-vaunted high-risk pools.

The administration has not been making much of it – a sure sign that it must be failing. And so it is. On October 14 it posted the enrollment data as of August 31, 2011. It turns out that 13 months after the pools went into effect, 33,958 people had enrolled, less than 10% of the 375,000 CMS predicted would be enrolled by the end of 2010.

It is not for lack of effort. In July of this year,… Read the rest

Howard Dean: Employers are going to cancel your plan under Obamcare

dpetno — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 11:54:15 +0000

Now Former Presidential candidate and Governor Howard Dean (D) is outright admitting it, under Obamacare, your employer is going to cancel your health plan. More evidence that “if you like your plan, you can keep it” was not a deliverable promise.

Obamacare mandate Free Birth Control!

dpetno — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 19:15:30 +0000

So now its FREE? Right?
No, actually, they are just forcing insurance companies to eat the cost without allowing for a copay by the insured. This is a sure-fire way to increase the cost of insurance.

From www.hotair.com
Let’s put this in its proper context. Thanks to this new mandate, insurers will eat hundreds of millions or perhaps billions of dollars in additional costs each year. Guess how they will recoup those costs? Premiums will rise across the board, meaning that everyone will pay the additional cost as well as the specific patients getting the services and products.… Read the rest

dpetno — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 20:42:35 +0000

Ohio Medicaid Workers not on the ball

dpetno — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 18:27:35 +0000

These folks are charged with enrolling people in the State of Ohio Medicaid program. They are essentially doing the work of brokers with Public Money. Is this a sign of the professionalism in store for us all under Obamacare?

Grace Marie Turner on the Agent Crisis

dpetno — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 19:33:11 +0000

A true crisis: Insurance agents and brokers operate as external human resources departments for many small- and medium-sized businesses. Nearly 500,000 agents in all 50 states study the health insurance markets and help individuals and business owners shape policies, find the best deals, and assist patients with complicated claims and paperwork filings.

Beginning in late December and January 2011, commissions started to drop like a rock. In Washington State in the mini-group (1 to 5 employees), commissions dropped to zero. Brokers can’t assist clients even for free because the liability coverage brokers are required to carry won’t allow it.… Read the rest

Al Gore intersects “Fertility Management” with Global Warming

dpetno — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 14:31:13 +0000

Sounds like healthcare will help solve Al’s favorite topic.

Obamacare to provide Medicaid for free to Couples up to 64k / year

dpetno — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 18:58:43 +0000

If you can get it for Free, why would you ever buy it?

via AP

The Medicare actuary’s office roughed out some examples to illustrate how the provision would work. A married couple retiring at 62 in 2014 and receiving the maximum Social Security benefit of $23,500 apiece could get $17,000 from other sources and still qualify for Medicaid with a total income of $64,000.

Read entire article here

FEMA a preview of Obamacare Feds?

dpetno — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 10:50:54 +0000

Is this the type of compassion Obamacare will show to the people?