Affordable Care Act Brings in Private Exchanges

[Jw2]

apparently, some companies plan to expand access to health care insurance on a private platform.
 
People's Choice: In This Fall's Open Enrollment More Health Care Via Private Exchanges
 
http://www.forbes.com/sites/brucejapsen/2014/07/30/peoples-choice-in-this-falls-open-enrollment-more-health-care-via-private-exchanges/?ss=pharma
 
 
By 2018 more people will use so-called private exchanges than similar ones created by the Affordable Care Act, according to a recent analysis by Accenture.
 
Walgreen, Sears and Aon Hewitt, among the earlier pioneers in this new approach, give employees a credit to buy insurance in an online marketplace.
 
Already an estimated 3 million Americans are getting insurance from their employers this way, which is triple the number of active employees that were buying from private exchanges a year ago, according to Accenture, which projects 40 million Americans will be buying on private exchanges in 2018.
 
Employees get a credit or subsidy, and are sent to buy a plan on a private market place akin to Amazon.com or Orbitz in their respective industries.
 
 
 

[ttopcat]

If people pay for their own insurance I'm find with it.

[Byteryder]

That is what is going on with me.  AT+T Reiree insurance, for those Medicare eligible, is being pushed out to Aon-Hewitt.

[Dan]

I would prefer to "self-insure" rather than get it subsidized through my employer.  I could put that money they're spending on insurance to a lot better use.
 
Unfortunately, Obamacare forbids me from paying for my own health care.

[jst-the-fax]

Whats the affordable care act?

[wvit1001]

The ACA is expanding and the number of people signed up for insurance is growing.  It's great to see more and more Americans getting healthcare insurance so I don't end up paying for their doctors and hospitilizations anymore.
 
Don't you guys agree?

[Dan]

Whats the affordable care act?
 
He means the Obamacare Act (OA).  There is nothing "affordable" about insurance rates going up 76%.

[jst-the-fax]

Thanks Dan...you always manage to pull wvit's shit out of the wind 

[Dan]

I don't end up paying for their doctors and hospitilizations anymore.

Sure you do.  Nothing has changed except the cost of those doctors and hospitalizations has increased dramatically.  You are now compelled to subsidize them against your will.

[wvit1001]

The ACA is expanding and the number of people signed up for insurance is growing.  It's great to see more and more Americans getting healthcare insurance so I don't end up paying for their doctors and hospitilizations anymore.
 
Don't you guys agree?