The F**ked Up Exchanges Are Already Screwing With the Small Group Healthcare Market

My small business uses a broker to shop around for health insurance.  Our policy was cancelled due to ObamaCare as I mentioned (Aetna, so helpfully, has offered us an ObamaCare compliant policy for only 6% more*.)  I asked our broker to shop around to see if we could do better than that Aetna option.  Sure, they said.  Well, I just got this.

We usually have access to the January rates by November 1^st and have been able to present you with your options by now.  Delays with Exchange websites have caused the non-exchange system to suffer as well and some of the carriers have not provided their rates.  

The carriers are putting most of their energy into getting the exchange sites working and we believe this is the reason for the delay. We are checking the carrier sites frequently so that when the rates are available we will access them immediately. As soon as we have more information we will let you know. 

So, no shopping around for the time being.  This is no huge biggie, just another medicine dropper drop of turd on this Everest-sized steaming pile.

*  6% is only the latest increase.  I've been getting increases for two years now, since Obamacare was passed.  My costs are up over 100% from pre-ObamaCare levels.