Alan C. Posted October 23, 2013 Posted October 23, 2013 Millions of Americans Are Losing Their Health Plans Because of Obamacare According to health policy expert Bob Laszewski, roughly 16 million Americans will lose their current plans because of Obamacare: . . . "Florida Blue, for example, is terminating about 300,000 policies, about 80 percent of its individual policies in the state. Kaiser Permanente in California has sent notices to 160,000 people – about half of its individual business in the state. Insurer Highmark in Pittsburgh is dropping about 20 percent of its individual market customers, while Independence Blue Cross, the major insurer in Philadelphia, is dropping about 45 percent," Kaiser reports. "Blue Shield of California sent roughly 119,000 cancellation notices out in mid-September, about 60 percent of its individual business. About two-thirds of those policyholders will see rate increases in their new policies, said spokesman Steve Shivinsky." Thousands Of Consumers Get Insurance Cancellation Notices Due To Health Law Changes Health insurance cancellation notices soar above Obamacare enrollment rates CareFirst says 76,000 customers will lose current coverage due to Obamacare Elderly Patients Sick Over Losing Doctors Under Obamacare 500,000 Californians Lose Health Policies Some health insurance gets pricier as Obamacare rolls out "She said, 'I was all for Obamacare until I found out I was paying for it'" Kehaly said. Obama admin. knew millions could not keep their health insurance Obama blames ‘bad apple insurers’ for canceled insurance plans Calif. Insurance Commissioner: More Than 1M Californians Having Insurance Cancelled Due To ACA Administration: 106,000 enrolled in health insurance in first month of HealthCare.gov The Obamacare Exchange Scorecard: Around 100,000 Enrollees And Five Million Cancellations Public college cites high cost of Obamacare in canceling students' health plans The official website for Bowie State, a Maryland public school less than an hour's drive from Washington D.C., explains that Obamacare's new regulations would force the cost of the insurance to rise from $50 to $900 a semester. Euphoria of Obamacare becomes nightmare of higher premiums and deductibles Oregon signs up just 44 people for Obamacare despite spending $300 million Obamacare raised the cost of your kids’ braces
Alan C. Posted November 20, 2013 Author Posted November 20, 2013 Second wave of health plan cancellations looms A new and independent analysis of ObamaCare warns of a ticking time bomb, predicting a second wave of 50 million to 100 million insurance policy cancellations next fall -- right before the mid-term elections.The next round of cancellations and premium hikes is expected to hit employees, particularly of small businesses. While the administration has tried to downplay the cancellation notices hitting policyholders on the individual market by noting they represent a relatively small fraction of the population, the swath of people who will be affected by the shakeup in employer-sponsored coverage will be much broader.An analysis by the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative think tank, shows the administration anticipates half to two-thirds of small businesses would have policies canceled or be compelled to send workers onto the ObamaCare exchanges. They predict up to 100 million small and large business policies could be canceled next year. Reports of erroneous WA health exchange debits For the second week in a row, the Washington Healthplanfinder website is down, and it's causing problems for people who are dealing with billing issues. Some of them say the website is mistakenly debiting their accounts. Thousands of HealthCare.gov sign-ups didn’t make it to insurers
Just Posted November 20, 2013 Posted November 20, 2013 thanks for ruining my day with a smile once again Mr. Alan Chapman. For the record, I lost my coverage in the great state of Oregon, luckily I got on with a company in Cal about two months ago who had the foresight to prevent me going through this headache. Hope all is well for the rest, I'd love to hear a story or two
Recommended Posts