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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: FJB who wrote (786530)5/27/2014 9:49:58 PM
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I read that article and had the impression those data were pretty old. That the administration has said they won't disclose the data any further raises the question of whether they're just trying to hide anticipated levels of dropouts, or whether the losses to churn are far higher than anyone expects.

I have long expected that the losses would be much worse than anyone was thinking about, just because it is a hell of a lot harder to scrounge up $500 every month than it is to get $500 for the first month's premium.

I made a visit to one of my customers today -- an OB/GYN clinic -- where I was next to the appointment scheduler for a while. Every new patient who called was asked whether their insurance card had the word "metallic" in the upper-right corner indicating it was an Obamacare plan. If so, they were telling them the full fee would be due at the time of their initial visit pending determination of what their insurance would pay. I heard that spiel a few times during that period, and not one of them went on to schedule an appointment.
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