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Uh-Oh, This May Bring ObamaCare Down

Mike

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More than a dozen states plan to cancel health care policies not in compliance with ObamaCare in the coming weeks, affecting thousands of people just before the midterm elections.

"It looks like several hundred thousand people across the country will receive notices in the coming days and weeks," said Jim Capretta of the Ethics and Public Policy Center.

The policies are being canceled because states that initially granted a reprieve at the request of President Obama are no longer willing to do so.

In coming weeks, 13 states and the District of Columbia plan to cancel such policies, which generally fall out of compliance with the Affordable Care Act because they don’t offer the level of coverage the law requires.

Virginia will be hardest hit, with 250,000 policies expected to be canceled.

And because federal law requires a 60-day notice of any plan changes, voters will be notified no later than November 1, right before the Nov. 4 midterms.

Many of those forced out of their current plans and into ObamaCare may not be able to keep their doctors. They also could face higher deductibles and out-of-pocket expenses, making ObamaCare an election issue on the eve of voting.

Obama had originally unequivocally promised that underhis health care plan, everyone could keep their doctors and plans.

In 2009, he told the American Medical Association, "If you like your doctor, you will be able to keep your doctor. Period.If you like your health care plan, you will be able to keep your health care plan. Period.No one will take it away. No matter what."

The president later was forced to admit that any plan without the additional benefits required under ObamaCare faced cancellation.

But that unleashed a nasty political backlash, forcing him to back down and call for states and insurers to extend those policies forthree more years.

Some said he didn’t have much choice. "There were some five or six million people who were at stake here and the federal exchange was in no condition to even process a few hundred thousand people much less millions," said Joe Antos of the American Enterprise Institute.

Many states flatly refused to extend and now comes the new round of states that plan to cancel policies.
 

Whitewing

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Many of those forced out of their current plans and into ObamaCare may not be able to keep their doctors.

Damn, my brain is failing me. I was sure I heard someone in DC, in reference to the ACA say, "if you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor". :???: :???: :???:
 

Faster horses

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Whitewing said:
Many of those forced out of their current plans and into ObamaCare may not be able to keep their doctors.

Damn, my brain is failing me. I was sure I heard someone in DC, in reference to the ACA say, "if you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor". :???: :???: :???:

That quote is making history as another big lie. Kinda like
"the check's in the mail."
 

Steve

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They also could face higher deductibles and out-of-pocket expenses,

When Barbara Retkowski went to a Cape Coral, Florida, health clinic in August to treat a blood condition, she figured the center would bill her insurance company. Instead, it demanded payment upfront.

Earlier in the year, another clinic insisted she pay her entire remaining insurance deductible for the year -- more than $1,000 -- before the doctor would even see her.

“I was surprised and frustrated,” Retkowski, a 59-year-old retiree, said in an interview. “I had to pull money out of my savings.”

The practice of upfront payment for non-emergency care has been spreading in the U.S. as deductibles rise. Now, the advent of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is likely to accelerate that trend.

Many of the plans offered through the law’s insurance exchanges have low initial premiums to attract customers, while carrying significant deductibles and other out-of-pocket cost sharing. The second-lowest tier of Obamacare plans in California, for example, carries a $2,000 annual deductible.

Hospitals say they need to charge patients prior to treatment because Americans are increasingly on the hook for more of their own medical costs.

if a person finds they just shelled out a few grand for insurance.. and then couldn't get health care because they couldn't afford to pay the high deductible... does anyone really think they will renew that policy?

For the working poor this situation is WORSE then having no insurance..








Obama can sell used cars when he retires..
Overall, the number of people with high deductible plans rose to 15.5 million in 2013 from 1 million in 2005, according to America’s Health Insurance Plans

yep,.. just $129 down and you can drive this lemon off the lot,.. and it comes with a warranty ... you just have to pay a small deductible..
yep and you can take it to any repair shop you want..

all fine and dandy till you find out you need to take it to Cleveland to get fixed and come up with more cash then the car's worth to pay the "deductible"
 

Faster horses

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I called a local medical clinic as I had a question on a Medicare billing. During that conversation the woman in the billing dept. told me of a transient worker who had Blue Cross Blue Shield insurance. He needed a bunch of tests which amounted to around $20,000. She said that in some situations that the purchaser of BC/BS insurance has 90 days to pay the premium. Apparently this guy didn't pay because on day 92 BC/BS withdrew the money they had paid on his behalf,

She said they can't find the guy, he is somewhere in the Bakken. :shock:

She then said things like that will break the clinic. (Probably all the others as
well.)

She has written all the Mt. Congressmen/Senators on this subject because it has to do with ACA.
 

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