Thursday, February 20, 2014

OLDER AMERICANS BIG WINNERS WITH OBAMACARE (WE HAVE LOTS OF THEM IN FL)

While on the surface this looks like a national story (and in truth it is), it is extremely pertinent to Florida for 2 reasons. One is that we have a large elderly population, and the second is that we lead the nation in long term unemployment. These people are now benefitting from the new health laws. The majority of them are in the 50 – 70 year old range and they are leading the charge to sign up for the new plans now being offered. Specifically, people 55 – 64 years old represented 31% of people who signed up. That is the largest segment by age group and it is no accident. Many of them had no insurance prior to this and were unable to afford seeing doctors despite needing to. Many had preexisting conditions and were unable to get insurance. Now they are finally able to get help and have some peace of mind that there is a medical safety net out there for them. Overall, the publicity the Obamacare has been overwhelmingly negative, from the rollout problems, to not being allowed to keep preexisting plans (oh my bad, you can keep it!), etc. but this is the first article I have seen showing some of the positive effects of the new laws. Maybe this is the start of something, and more people should know about this. I am very happy that this is providing badly needed help to these people, who may never even find another job. At least they have insurance now and that would not have been possible before. It is a huge step forward and I think before it is all said and done people will be happy with the new laws. Time will tell but either way it is here to stay.


Older Americans Are Early Winners Under Health Law

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/older-americans-early-winners-health-law-22549042?singlePage=true


Orin Rosenfeld
President
Rosenfeld Realty Advisors
9858 Glades Rd. Suite 209
Boca Raton, FL 33434

Phone: 561-756-1665

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