These private insurance companies sure are socking it to people. And
also, I think it's not fair that retired workers are dumped from private
insurance over to taxpayer funded Medicare/Medicaid just because they
turn 65. If private insurance co's are going to continually raise their
premiums to these ridiculous amounts, then we shouldn't reward them by
removing older people (whose medical costs are much higher) off of
private insurance and over to taxpayer supported health care. It seems
like all the people who are actually sick or older are just dumped over
to the Medicaid/Medicare system, so the private insurers can save tons
of money, but they STILL raise premiums by ridiculous amounts.
My questions are: how long would it take to get my brother-in-law signed
up for Medicare/Medicaid, and do you think the private insurance co.
will refund part of this ridiculous $650 premium for January?
You'd be advised to learn a bit about what Medicare and
Medicaid are. Start here, to see if BIL is eligible:
http://www.medicare.gov/default.asp
Then get on the phone, pronto.
contact info: http://www.medicare.gov/ContactUs.asp