Guest Post by Mara Zebest
The good news is a man in Colorado was able to successfully sign up for O-Care insurance. The bad news is the government applied the insurance coverage to his dog.
Clearly the Colorado man is skeptical if the problem will be fixed. Imagine how fun it will be when your life depends on this same government system to authorize medical decisions.
KDVR reports the following:
FORT COLLINS, Colo. — The Colorado healthcare exchange has processed applications for thousands of people … and one dog.
Shane Smith, of Fort Collins, says his dog Baxter received a letter informing him that a health insurance account had been opened in his name through Connect for Health Colorado.
“I thought, ‘Wow, this is so awesome,’” Smith said with a laugh. “They have gone out of their way to insure my 14-year-old Yorkie.”
Smith had called Connect for Health Colorado to sign himself up for insurance because his old plan was cancelled due to Obamacare.
He’s not sure exactly how the confirmation letter went to his dog, but he says he thinks it’s because of a series of security questions a representative asked him over the phone. […]
After hearing about all the headaches with Obamacare nationally, Shane says this mistake doesn’t seem so bad.
“It was pretty funny. Typical Obamacare, that they would insure your dog by mistake,” Smith said. […]
“They fixed it … I think they fixed it,” he said.
After having his original policy cancelled, followed by this, Smith says he won’t believe it until he sees it.
“There’s been a lot of headaches that’s come from all of this. All the phone calls. All the nonsense. They ended up giving me good coverage I think, but who knows if they’re going to take it away,” Smith said. “As long as Baxter’s covered that’s all the counts.”
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