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Although I didn't want an advantage plan because of all the bad things I heard about them, I ended up getting the Kaiser plan because I was already being treated by them for a condition and wanted to continue with their care.
I must say, the care has been EXCELLENT in every way. I don't think they are a "for profit" company. That may have something (or perhaps everything) to do with it.
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HMSA is raising their rates because their rates didn't cover their costs.
I belong to a Delta Employee retiree group. It is thru Blue Cross Blue Shield of Georgia and I have a Supplemental Plan and my monthly fee is going down $9.00.
The advantage plans are all increasing in cost slightly.
The problem in Hawaii is HMSA !
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The problem in Hawaii is HMSA !
Did you read the article? Rates are going up SUBSTANTIALLY across the country even though HMSA does not provide policies outside of Hawaii. Glad you’re saving $9.00 while others have increases of hundreds of dollars, or 700%. Should you choose to read the article there are examples from Pahoa as well as places HMSA does not cover.
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HMSA President and CEO Mark Mugiishi Mugiishi’s total compensation increased more than 18 percent to $3 million in 2022.
HMSA’s board of directors also voted in 2021 to begin compensating board members, with its highest paid members receiving about $100,000 last year.
Board members and officers of the Insurance Trust for Delta Retirees (ITDR) receive reportable compensation typically ranging from $19,000 to $24,000 per year, according to recent IRS Form 990 filings.
There is no CEO and it's a non profit.
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(10-10-2026, 07:07 PM)Obie Wrote: Blue Cross Blue Shield... The problem in Hawaii is HMSA !
HMSA
is Blue Cross Blue Shield
Same same..
The problem in Hawaii is the cost of insurance the medical professional pays and the amount of exposure they suffer under, more than anything else.
But like I said in an earlier post, for profit medical care is the underlying problem. Hawaii is just especially egregious and, as with all costs, the bill is paid for by the end user.
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10-10-2026, 10:59 PM
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OBIE READS FROM PREPARED SCRIPT
HMSA President and CEO Mark Mugiishi Mugiishi’s total compensation increased more than 18 percent to $3 million in 2022.
HMSA’s board of directors also voted in 2021 to begin compensating board members, with its highest paid members receiving about $100,000 last year.
Board members and officers of the Insurance Trust for Delta Retirees (ITDR) receive reportable compensation typically ranging from $19,000 to $24,000 per year, according to recent IRS Form 990 filings.
There is no CEO and it's a non profit.
Clarifying question:
What percentage of the general population in the age range where Medicare becomes applicable are first, employees covered by some form of retirement health insurance benefits and of those, how many are former Delta employees, versus that of the general population who have NO such post-employment benefits and whose life depends on that social safety net and public health assistance program authorized under Title XIX of the Social Security Act?
When it hits YOU, then maybe you'll care?
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The ITDR is for retired employees who were blindsided by Delta cancelling retiree insurance.
I retired at 60 because Delta froze my retirement so it didn't make any sense to stay.
I was on Cobra insurance for 1 1/2 years then no insurance at all for 3 1/2 until I qualified for Medicare.
My wife had cancer until it killed her and I paid $6000.00 for a life saving drug that Medicare wouldn't cover.
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And yet you just don't see how lucky YOU were/are to have been afforded that opportunity.
Imagine ANYONE without.
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Lucky we both basically worked 2 jobs most of our adult years.
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10-11-2026, 01:43 AM
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Lucky we both basically worked 2 jobs most of our adult years.
Did you read the article?
The folks in Pahoa worked. They receive social security. The other people interviewed in the article worked too. Is it the luck of the draw that some couples work and receive health care and others don’t? Did you read the article? From the article:
“In my decade of working in the industry, I have never seen the announcement so disconnected with what the market is experiencing as a whole,” said Jenn Kerfoot, the president of Duos, which helps people navigate Medicare. “We’re seeing the compounding forces of changes in this program.”
