What health care reform means for your business

[Banjo]

Well they say they are testing a "smart meter".....unno: It's not just me though it's the whole area so something is messed up. I will look up the bill in a bit and give you the Kwh break down

We have that here. The Smart Metre that is.

 

[DGirl101]

Well well, more americans favor than oppose!

Jillio has stated before and again and again that polls are not reliable.

They are inaccurate. It targets a specific group, NOT everyone will take a poll.

 

[TXgolfer]

Jillio has stated before and again and again that polls are not reliable.

They are inaccurate. It targets a specific group, NOT everyone will take a poll.

As I said in another thread.....It has to do with how this question is asked. Is passing this HC bill good for the country? I would have answered yes to that question......Although for totally different reasons than others

 

[Reba]

Well they say they are testing a "smart meter"..... It's not just me though it's the whole area so something is messed up. I will look up the bill in a bit and give you the Kwh break down


Edit
I just found the problem......Our electric company made some changes in January. For some reason the computer changed my rate from residential to commercial. Weird. Sending them an email now......Kwh stayed close to the same.....but the average charge went from 12.9 to 36.7.

I hope they revise down your bill.

Ours was $161. We get it averaged every year so that the monthly bill never "surprises" us.

 

[TXgolfer]

I hope they revise down your bill.

Ours was $161. We get it averaged every year so that the monthly bill never "surprises" us.

They have that here too. They charge $5 a month to do it which is a ripoff so I never have done it. I may now. My neighbors acct says commercial too. You have to go online to check the account details.......

I have probably prepaid my electric bill for the year once they make the correction....Lol

 

[posts from hell]

My electric bills were triple the normal rate the last 4 months......Colder than normal temps played a part. Can't figure out the rest.....they are" looking into it"

Jan '07 $386 '08 $412 '09 $397 '10 $1,185

Kinda steep

Nice... Just nice...

That $1185 can pay for the place I live in, all of our utilities.. And have some cash left over to spare.

Awesome

They'll fix it, im sure.

 

[TXgolfer]

Nice... Just nice...

That $1185 can pay for the place I live in, all of our utilities.. And have some cash left over to spare.

Awesome

They'll fix it, im sure.

I am sure they will. I just don't know why they didn't catch it themselves.

At least it wasn't this bad (same company)

TXU Apologizes For $103,695 Home Electric Bill - cbs11tv.com

Area wide problem

Have You had problems with your TXU electricity bill being extremely higher in the last two months? - Yahoo! Answers

 

[Reba]

They have that here too. They charge $5 a month to do it which is a ripoff so I never have done it. I may now. My neighbors acct says commercial too. You have to go online to check the account details.......

I have probably prepaid my electric bill for the year once they make the correction....Lol

Wow! They don't charge us for that service.

 

[posts from hell]

Wow! They don't charge us for that service.

same here ... wth

 

[Jiro]

Jillio has stated before and again and again that polls are not reliable.

They are inaccurate. It targets a specific group, NOT everyone will take a poll.

Gallup is a very reputable firm. Its polling methodology is pretty good. Its competitor is Rasmussen. The only difference is that Gallup is more of liberal side while Rasmussen is more of conservative side but both are good.

The People's Perspective as Healthcare Reform Passes the House

We’ll know more about the short-term reaction to the historic House passage of healthcare reform on Tuesday. That’s when we will have the results of a new Monday night Gallup poll gauging attitudes a day after passage.
Meanwhile: Do we have a good fix on where the public stood on healthcare reform just as it was passed by the House Sunday night?

I’ve been studying a series of polls conducted on this issue over the last two weeks. One conclusion: A good deal of variance in the public’s response across surveys.

Our most recent Gallup poll found a three percentage point tilt against Congress passing the legislation. Two other recent polls (Pew and Fox News/Opinion Dynamics) showed the healthcare legislation opposed by 10-point margins or higher. The Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll asked two separate questions about the legislation. One showed a one-point favor over oppose margin. The other showed an eight-point opposition margin. A new poll by the Kaiser Family Foundation finds a four-point favor over oppose margin.

We note differences across surveys in how the questions were asked. Some survey questions included explicit references to Democrats and to the president. Others do not. Some asked a basic favor or oppose question about the plan. Others asked more explicitly about Congress voting for or against the plan. The aforementioned Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll asked a favor or oppose question and a more complex “want the plan to pass” question. The latter got the one-point affirmative margin. The former received the eight-point opposition margin. Each question in each poll was placed in a different spot in different poll contexts. One poll used registered voters. The rest used national adults.

(to read more - click on the link above)

 

[TXgolfer]

Wow! They don't charge us for that service.

My last company didn't either. TXU also charged for drafting your bank acct....They did stop doing that. I hate them....everybody hates them.

 

[Foxrac]

My electric bills were triple the normal rate the last 4 months......Colder than normal temps played a part. Can't figure out the rest.....they are" looking into it"

Jan '07 $386 '08 $412 '09 $397 '10 $1,185

Kinda steep

Oh my boy, that is ALOT.

In here, electricity for family of 4 cost $250 per month so not much increase because of price is mandated by state.

 

[Tousi]

Oh my boy, that is ALOT.

In here, electricity for family of 4 cost $250 per month so not much increase because of price is mandated by state.

It is not a lot, it is an error.

 

[Lighthouse77]

huge homes do tend use alot of electricity. Tx, was your state affect by the cold (winter) this year?

 

[TXgolfer]

huge homes do tend use alot of electricity. Tx, was your state affect by the cold (winter) this year?

Very much......but I found the error.....5 people here have the same problem so far....They were charging us a commercial rate....Computer glitch of some sort

 

[Jiro]

Answers to your questions on health care law

Question: Is there any provision for a part-time employee getting health insurance from their employer under the new health care bill?

Answer: It's not in the employer responsibility provision to offer health insurance to their part-time employees under the new law.

However, employers who have more than 50 full-time employees are required by 2014 to offer coverage to employees or pay a $2,000 penalty per employee after their first 30 if at least one of their employees receives a tax credit.

Question: I have been watching all of the debating. I still cannot figure out, what does this mean to me? I'm an unemployed 56-year-old. Lost my health care. Cannot afford COBRA. Now, what is there for me? I have a daughter in college. My insurance company refused to pay for therapy on my knees, calling it pre-existing. My unemployment just ran out. Now what?

Answer: When the insurance exchange opens, as required by the health care bill, people who are self-employed or whose employers don't offer coverage can purchase a plan. If you lost a job, you could get insurance through this new marketplace. Also, once this exchange opens, private insurers will no longer be able to turn away people with medical problems or charge them more. Individuals would be required to purchase coverage or face a fine of up to $695 or 2.5 percent of income, whichever is greater, starting in 2016. The plan includes a hardship exemption for poorer Americans. Exemptions will be granted for financial hardship, those for whom the lowest-cost option exceeds 8 percent of an individual's income and those with incomes below the tax filing threshold (in 2009, the threshold for taxpayers under age 65 was $9,350 for singles and $18,700 for couples).

 

[jillio]

By no later than 2014, states will have to set up Small Business Health Options Programs, or "SHOP Exchanges," where small businesses will be able to pool together to buy insurance. ("Small businesses" are defined as those with no more than 100 employees, though states have the option of limiting pools to companies with 50 or fewer employees through 2016; companies that grow beyond the size limit will also be grandfathered in.)

Starting in 2014, businesses with more than 50 employees will be required to either offer healthcare coverage or pay a penalty of $750 a year per full-time worker. The coverage offered will also have to meet minimum benefits -- covering both a specific set of services and 60% of employee health costs overall -- or else employers will face additional penalties.

Part-time employees would be counted toward the 50-employee minimum on pro-rated basis based on hours worked, bringing more small businesses into the group required to provide coverage.

 

[Reba]

Hubby doesn't have any full-time or permanent part-time employees so he dodged that bullet. Whew!

 

[TXgolfer]

Hubby doesn't have any full-time or permanent part-time employees so he dodged that bullet. Whew!

Good news indeed.

 

[Reba]

If part-time employees don't want health insurance from their employers, they won't be forced to take it, will they? For instance, suppose they also have a full-time job where they already have insurance, or they are on their spouse's family plan, or they have Medicare. They could opt out, right?