How Come "Everybody Gets To Have Health Care" Means Lots Of People Are Getting Theirs Cancelled?
A commenter here sent this link to a piece at the Daily Caller by Katie McHugh, "Health insurance cancellation notices soar above Obamacare enrollment rates"
Hundreds of thousands of Americans who purchase their own health insurance have received cancellation notices since August because the plans do not meet Obamacare's requirements.The number of cancellation notices greatly exceed the number of Obamacare enrollees.
Insurance carrier Florida Blue sent out 300,000 cancellation notices, or 80 percent of the entire state's individual coverage policies, Kaiser Health News reports. California's Kaiser Permanente canceled 160,000 plans -- half of its insurance plans in the state -- while Blue Shield of California sent 119,000 notices in mid-September alone.
Two major insurance carriers in Pennsylvania, Insurance Highmark in Pittsburgh and Independence Blue Cross in Philadelphia plan to cancel 20 percent and 45 percent of their total plans, respectively.
My Kaiser plan is too expensive now, which is probably why it didn't get cancelled. It's horrifying. I'm going to downgrade it as soon as I have the time, balancing my need for Adderall at a low rate with the price. I'm 49 and have never wanted a child and now I'll have "prenatal care" available to me. Oh, yay.
McHugh reminds of of Obama's (empty) promise:
During his campaign to pitch the law to voters back in 2009, President Barack Obama vowed that Obamacare would merely lower costs for Americans with health insurance while providing coverage to the uninsured."[N]o matter how we reform health care, we will keep this promise to the American people: If you like your doctor, you will be able to keep your doctor, period," Obama said to an audience at the annual conference of the American Medical Association. "If you like your health care plan, you'll be able to keep your health care plan, period. No one will take it away, no matter what."
"Again, [the Affordable Care Act] is for people who aren't happy with their current plan. If you like what you're getting, keep it. Nobody is forcing you to shift," he later added.
What adult believes promises like these -- from a bill the Democrats passed to find out what was in it?
Via @veroderugy, a brief video comparing the legacy of Kennedy, Reagan, and Obama:
Because according to the left, equality means if everyone can't get a benefit, than it is best if no gets the benefit.
Goo at October 25, 2013 7:56 AM
*then* not than
Mis-use of then/than is the one error I find easiest to spot and I make it.
Goo at October 25, 2013 8:00 AM
How can you tell when Obama is lying? His lips are moving.
Matt at October 25, 2013 8:44 AM
It truly sucks to have to downgrade insurance because the old insurance is getting too expensive.
One reason I haven't seen used to explain why healthcare.gov is this: "from a bill the Democrats passed to find out what was in it?" As a developer myself, it would seem almost impossible to me to properly code the specifications in 900+ pages of a bill, and my hat is off to any systems analyst that can boil that down correctly.
jerry at October 25, 2013 8:59 AM
I've done development and DBA work for years as well. That the systems analyst couldn't even get the create login and the family relationship coding right -- I'm not giving him/her it any credit.
Jim P. at October 25, 2013 9:52 AM
It’s disingenuous not to point out that of the people who received these cancellation notices, the overwhelming majority did not wind up losing their insurance. The policies changed to meet the technical requirements of the ACA and this caused the policies to be reissued.
If you call your car insurance company to change your deductible, one option is that they will issue a new policy. It does not mean that you are suddenly deprived of car insurance.
It is certainly true that for some people, the changes due to the ACA changed their premiums and in some cases these premiums went up. In any event, the headline from the the Daily Caller article is grossly misleading. In the narrowest possible reading, it is factually correct that more people received cancellation notices than have signed up for the exchanges, but it also is pertinent to the story that an overwhelming percentage of those who had their policies cancelled were concurrently issued new policies.
Factual Interjection at October 25, 2013 10:47 AM
"As a developer myself, it would seem almost impossible to me to properly code the specifications in 900+ pages of a bill, and my hat is off to any systems analyst that can boil that down correctly. -- jerry at October 25, 2013 8:59 AM"
"I've done development and DBA work for years as well. That the systems analyst couldn't even get the create login and the family relationship coding right -- I'm not giving him/her it any credit."
As I said,
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One reason I haven't seen used to explain why healthcare.gov is [screwed up is] this:
it would seem almost impossible to me to properly code the specifications in 900+ pages of a bill 900+ pages long
my hat is off to any systems analyst that can boil that down correctly.
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jerry at October 25, 2013 10:57 AM
If you call to change your deductible, that's your choice. If the government forces you to change your deductible, coverage limits, and the breadth of your policy, you will lose the insurance policy that you chose because it fit your budget and needs.
Whether you are then issued a new policy complying with the government's new requirements is immaterial to the story that you lost the insurance policy that you chose because it fit your budget and needs and are now forced to pay more for a policy that you did not want.
Conan the Grammarian at October 25, 2013 11:00 AM
Re the video: personally, I am waiting until they throw in a free set of steak knives or a Shan-wow, before I will sign up.
Sheep mommy at October 25, 2013 12:59 PM
Sorry.....should say Sham-Wow.
Sheep mommy at October 25, 2013 1:52 PM
When I see a handle like "Knowing", or "Factual Interjection", I think, "Shill".
Aps, if that isn't your case.
Radwaste at October 26, 2013 4:29 AM
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