"A change in government procedures has led to a big jump in people losing coverage under the Obama health care law because of immigration and citizenship issues.
More than 400,000 had their insurance canceled, nearly four times as many as last year.
Last year, 'we had the authority to provide consumers more flexibility — we were not taking action on the strict timeline,' said Ben Wakana, a spokesman for the Department of Health and Human Services. 'In 2015, we moved to the timeline of about three months, so consumers need to act quickly to submit supporting documentation.' [note i
The number of coverage terminations could actually be higher. The 423,000 figure only represents states served by the federal health insurance market. That does not include immigrant-rich California and New York, which run their own insurance exchanges."
Ref: Associated Press
note i: The "change in policy" was to apply the Law as written instead of allowing undocumented immigrants to just sign up.
More than 400,000 had their insurance canceled, nearly four times as many as last year.
Last year, 'we had the authority to provide consumers more flexibility — we were not taking action on the strict timeline,' said Ben Wakana, a spokesman for the Department of Health and Human Services. 'In 2015, we moved to the timeline of about three months, so consumers need to act quickly to submit supporting documentation.' [note i
The number of coverage terminations could actually be higher. The 423,000 figure only represents states served by the federal health insurance market. That does not include immigrant-rich California and New York, which run their own insurance exchanges."
Ref: Associated Press
note i: The "change in policy" was to apply the Law as written instead of allowing undocumented immigrants to just sign up.
