I have stated this before. The impending death of O-care has less to do with a website than the act itself. Healthcare.gov is merely a symptom. The law is unenforceable, and the constant rule changes will have lawyers drooling by next year. Just wait till some of the millions losing coverage start suing those insurance companies. That rolling stone will turn into a fast moving bolder by mid 2014.
My source say O-care is already dead. It’s just a matter of dems figuring how to avoid blame... and hanging that POS the bill is named after out to dry IS a viable option.
In California, I have read that there are already lawsuits over the insurance companies neglecting to inform policyholders that plans *that have not been changed since 2010* are grandfathered. I don’t know if price increases or tightening of Preferred Provider participants qualifies as a *change*. I know that my husband’s premium was due to be increased last year solely due to zer0care. He was able to switch to a Bridge Policy in time to avoid a a 40% increase for 2013 and who knows what sort of increase thereafter.
This *change* rule is the basis for the bots claiming the entire problem of cancellation is on the insurance companies.
My husband is on a professional massage forum where a bot posted last week in favor of zer0care. He had no one agreeing with him.He segued to “give it a chance”. He included reflexive jabs at Republicans, Tea Party and insurance companies. Yesterday, he took his discussions/rants private with the few people who had successfully raised real issues with him.
Even the bots are seeking cover.