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    WH CIRCLES THE WAGONS AS AMERICANS RECEIVE INSURANCE CANCELLATION LETTERS

    WH CIRCLES THE WAGONS AS AMERICANS RECEIVE INSURANCE CANCELLATION LETTERS



    by KERRY PICKET 29 Oct 2013, 10:24 AM PDT 22 POST A COMMENT
    Like many other health insurance carriers across the country, CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield recently sent letters to thousands of its customers informing them that their insurance coverage was in peril as a result of the implementation of the Obamacare exchanges.

    According to The Washington Examiner, the carrier will be forced to cancel health insurance plans that presently cover 76,000 people in Virginia, Maryland, and Washington, D.C., composing forty percent of CareFirst's 177,000 customers.
    President Barack Obama repeatedly told Americans during the health legislation care debate, that if they liked their health care plans, they could keep those same plans, but Americans across the country are finding out otherwise. Pre-existing plans were supposed to be grandfathered in, but the regulations in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) were so restrictive, numerous plans ended up being dropped. In a statement to The Examiner, CareFirst wrote:
    Of the 177,000 individuals under age 65 who are covered by CareFirst, about 76,000 of them are in a non-grandfathered plan--a plan that will not comply with the guidelines imposed by the Affordable Care Act at their time of renewal this year or next.
    These individuals in Maryland, Washington, D.C., and portions of Northern Virginia will be required by the health law to purchase a new ACA-compliant health plan. This phenomenon is not unique to CareFirst and its members, but rather a result of industrywide changes in accordance with new ACA health plan standards.
    Although CareFirst clients in Virginia and Maryland can purchase ACA compliant plans through their state exchanges or the individual market, customers who live in Washington, D.C. who receive cancellation letters from CareFirst will be forced to buy a plan on the exchange.
    Rep. John Larson (D-CT) called the health insurance cancellations last Wednesday "an awful backhanded way for a company to treat an individual, but that's the law." Larson told Breitbart News:
    And that’s their company and with the free enterprise system they get to do what they want. Under single payer, of course, that would not be the case. You would be covered automatically. But that’s not the law. The law is that it’s a free enterprise system and they have the right not to enter into the exchange or not to provide for you in the exchange. That is their right.


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    Almost 1.5 million Americans have received cancellation letters from their health insurance carriers. Fox News reported that a 2010 IRS document showed the Obama administration knew that millions would lose their health insurance plans as a result of the Affordable Care Act. The White House, however, responded to these reports and an NBC piece in a tweet by White House principal deputy press secretary Josh Earnest:
    NBC ‘scoop’ cites ‘normal turnover in the indiv insurance market’. That’s a) not new b) not caused by #ACA c) the problem #ACA will solve.
    Peppered with questions about the president's promise that Americans would be able to keep their health insurance plans, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney told reporterson Tuesday:
    It's true that there are existing health care plans on the individual market that don't meet those minimum standards and therefore do not qualify for the Affordable Care Act," Carney said. "But what is also true is that... Americans who have insurance on the existing individual market will now have numerous options available to them, and six out of 10 will pay less than $100 per month in premiums for better insurance.
    Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI) plans to propose legislation titled, "If You Like Your Health Plan, You Can Keep It Act" this week. The bill would grandfather in currently existing plans into the ACA and repeal various regulations the ACA places on those plans.

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    Millions of Americans to lose their current health insurance

    By United Press International October 29, 2013 6:50 am

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    The White House defended President Obama's repeated claim Americans can keep their current health insurance plans under Obamacare if they like them.The backpedal defense followed an NBC News report more than 7 million Americans with health insurance plans that don't meet minimum standards under the new law would have to upgrade to the new, more expensive plans that meet the standards next year, which the network said meant those people would lose their current healthcare coverage.
    The report alleged the Obama administration knew about this, despite Obama's continued assertions nothing in the Affordable Care Act required people to change what they had.



    The network said the law's regulations in 2010 estimated 40 percent to 67 percent of customers would have to give up their existing policies because of the new minimum standards as well as normal insurance turnover.
    Policies existing before 2010 are protected from this rule by a grandfather clause, but the clause applies only if the healthcare plan hasn't changed significantly since 2010, such as in the plan's deductible, co-pay or benefits.
    "It's true that there are existing healthcare plans on the individual market that don't meet those minimum standards and therefore do not qualify for the Affordable Care Act," White House spokesman Jay Carney told reporters.
    "There are some that can be grandfathered if people want to keep insurance that's substandard," he said.
    "But what is also true is that Americans who have insurance on the existing individual market will now have numerous options available to them, and six out of 10 will pay less than $100 per month in premiums for better insurance," Carney said. "It's not even an apples-and-apples comparison."
    Obama supported the health law Monday, citing a new report showing nearly half of uninsured single, young adults in the United States, or about 1.3 million people, could sign up for health insurance for $50 or less a month after tax credits.
    Some 1.9 million could pay $100 or less a month, while 1 million more could qualify for Medicaid, the Department of Health and Human Services report said.
    "Less than your cellphone bill, less than your cable bill," Obama told Fusion, a new cable channel from ABC News and Univision.
    The questions about the plans' cost and coverage came as the first of two House hearings on Capitol Hill was to begin on the troubled start of the HealthCare.gov federal exchange plan enrollment website.
    Medicare and Medicaid Administrator Marilyn Tavenner, who has overseen the health law's rollout, is to testify before the House Way and Means Committee starting at 10 a.m. Tuesday.
    She is to be followed by Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, who is to testify before the House Energy and Commerce Committee at 9 a.m. Wednesday.
    As recently as late September, Tavenner predicted the Affordable Care Act website would have a smooth Oct. 1 start.
    But the federal website -- for residents of the 36 states that chose not to create their own state healthcare exchanges -- has been marred by serious technological problems from its debut, making it difficult for individuals and small businesses to sign up for health insurance.
    The Obama administration has promised the site will be fixed by the end of November.
    "We will focus on oversight of why the testing did not occur, why the administration told this committee repeatedly that they were on track when they were not, the uncertainty this is causing for Americans trying to sign up, wondering if their doctor will still take their coverage, seeing cancellations of their current healthcare plan," a Ways and Means Committee spokeswoman told The Washington Post.
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