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Originally posted by: pjstroh
Any policy that was cancelled was done by the voluntary decision of the Insurance Company - not a mandated requirement from the government.
So the only question remaining is the costs of the new plans replacing them. We'll have the statistical data by March. SO far Sean Hannity and Neil Cavuto haven't found any real life anecdotes of this happening...so they've resorted to fabricating some.
Originally posted by: pjstroh
Any policy that was cancelled was done by the voluntary decision of the Insurance Company - not a mandated requirement from the government.
So the only question remaining is the costs of the new plans replacing them. We'll have the statistical data by March. SO far Sean Hannity and Neil Cavuto haven't found any real life anecdotes of this happening...so they've resorted to fabricating some.
The Washington Post disagrees with pjstroh.
In an article entitled "This is Why Obamacare is Canceling Some People’s Insurance Plans" they pose the question and answer:
"What does this have to do with Obamacare?
Pretty much everything: Since the health-care law required insurance companies to change their plans, this is a direct result of the Affordable Care Act."
They also include a link to an Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield letter cancelling a policy which begins:
"Changes from health care reform (also called the Affordable Care Act or ACA) continue to take effect in 2014. To meet the requirements of the new laws, your current plan can no longer be continued beyond your 2014 renewal date . . . . ."
Actually DonDiego heard Ms. Sibelius confirm the cancellation effects of the ACA in yesterday's testimony before Congress. Specifically a Congressman stated that the insurance plans which had been grandfathered-in, as promised by President Obama, were subject to losing their grandfather-status if the price ever changed by as little as $1.00. Ms. Sibelius corrected him stating that the threshold was, in fact, $5.00.
If an insurance company can never adjust the price by more than $5, let alone alter coverages . . . this effectively means none of the grandfathered plans have any chance of surviving the implementation of Obamacare.
So, . . . the insurance companies say it, . . . the Washington Post says it, . . . and Secretary Sibelius confirms it.
The bottom line: If ObamaCare had not become law, these plans would have persisted with annual changes just as they always have. Obamacare is the direct cause of their cancellation. Citizens who were promised they could keep their healthcare plans "PERIOD, . . . NO MATTER WHAT" cannot.
President Obama lied.
