Posted on 11/14/2013 10:51:01 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
[Big SNIP]
Here's how Robert Laszewksi, an insurance consultant, put it in a note to clients earlier this morning:
This means that the insurance companies have 32 days to reprogram their computer systems for policies, rates, and eligibility, send notices to the policyholders via US Mail, send a very complex letter that describes just what the differences are between specific policies and Obamacare compliant plans, ask the consumer for their decision and give them a reasonable time to make that decision and then enter those decisions back into their systems without creating massive billing, claim payment, and provider eligibility list mistakes.
All by January 1.
There's also worry, among health policy wonks, that allowing people to stay on these plans will be bad for the new insurance marketplaces. Anyone who enrolls in one of these pre-Obamacare plans will be kept in a separate "risk pool," meaning that their premiums are set based on their smaller group. Everyone who buys an Obamacare-compliant plan is put in a different risk pool.
The concern here is that healthier people are more likely to stay in these pre-Obamacare plans; they're probably more okay with a skimpier benefit package. And that could drive up premiums in the new Obamacare markets. A short-term fix, in other words, could become a longer-term problem for the president's health-care law.
"This puts the insurance companies," Laszewski writes, "who have successfully complied with the law, in a hell of a mess."
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
I will never feel the least bit sorry for the insurance companies. Without their cooperation then Obama care would not even exist.
In fact the insurance companies have a whole lot to do with the details of Obamacare. All they ever had to do was say NO.
Of course
Three quick points:
1.) Tyrant Obama cannot legally change the Obamacare Bill that he signed into Law.
Only the US Congress can legally change the Law, which then can be signed by Obama.
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2.) The MANDATORY dictate in Obamacare is the only factor that is essential to that Federal Law.
Take out the MANDATORY dictate in Obamacare, and only the Federally subsidized, or chronically unhealthy will buy it.
For example:
What would be the incentive for increased consumer demand for policy purchase of a NON-MANDATORY Obama Socialized Health Insurance Tax (OSHIT) instead of purchasing a policy from a private insurance company?
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3.) Will the House RINOs think of either of the above two points? I seriously doubt it.
Today 0bama says "I will let ins companies keep those plans for another year."
Which lying liar is telling the biggest lie and what lie will they tell tomorrow?
The lie he tells is necessary,
As Single Payer is the goal.
The Communist Way is so easy,
Because the end justifies the means!
"Look, I know we screwed up this partial takeover of health care so we've decided it's best to take over the whole thing. Wait 'til you see the new website!"
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