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Insurance Industry: 'Higher Premiums'
CNS News ^ | 11-14-2013 | Susan Jones

Posted on 11/14/2013 12:16:21 PM PST by sheikdetailfeather

(CNSNews.com) - After President Obama unilaterally changed his health care law on Thursday, the insurance industry issued a warning."Changing the rules after health plans have already met the requirements of the law could destabilize the market and result in higher premiums for consumers," said Karen Ignagni, president and CEO of America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP). Here's Ignagni's full statement:

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: higher; industry; insurance; premiums
Those evil greedy insurance companies!
1 posted on 11/14/2013 12:16:21 PM PST by sheikdetailfeather
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To: sheikdetailfeather
Obama unilaterally changed ... law ...

The ignored 600 lb gorilla in the opening sentence.
2 posted on 11/14/2013 12:19:29 PM PST by SpaceBar
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Translation: Next year's policies are already priced and in place. We can't change them now, at the last minute.

But if you let customers off the hook of the individual mandate, we will not have the projected revenue to cover the projected risk pool.

So, America's insurance industry, welcome to the Obamacare you supported. You will now be blamed for the cancelled policies. (Why didn't you uncancel them - Barry said you could?) And you will suffer heavy losses because you aren't going to sell all those new, gold plated policies you were promised you could. Have a nice day.

3 posted on 11/14/2013 12:24:49 PM PST by colorado tanker
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sheikdetailfeather:" Those evil greedy insurance companies! "

They are not half a greedy as the Senators who hadn't submitted a budget in 4 years ,
have shown no accountability for expenses
and who legally steal money from the citizenry through unbridled taxation !
How many hospitals will have to close down due to anticipated staff shortages and lack of physicians due to ObummerCrap ?
The problem with healthcare expenses is accelerated by the ignorance of this administration ~ rookies, amateurs, and liars !!
" The Smartest Man in the Room" .. hurrumph !!

4 posted on 11/14/2013 12:28:04 PM PST by Tilted Irish Kilt (Enlightened statesmen will not always be at the helm. -- James Madison)
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Flashback: Obama: Premiums Will Decrease 3000% So You Should Get A Raise When H’care Is Passed
YouTube (Townhall.com video) ^ | March 15, 2010

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3019102/posts
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUd-slJc-GY


5 posted on 11/14/2013 12:48:11 PM PST by TurboZamboni (Marx smelled bad & lived with his parents most his life.)
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To: sheikdetailfeather
Those insurance company executives that greedily jumped into pushing Obamacare must be feeling mighty stupid today.
6 posted on 11/14/2013 12:58:39 PM PST by JPG (Yes We Can morphs into Make It Hurt.)
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Buy popcorn company stock!


7 posted on 11/14/2013 1:05:27 PM PST by bigbob (The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly. Abraham Lincoln)
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To: colorado tanker
But if you let customers off the hook of the individual mandate, we will not have the projected revenue to cover the projected risk pool.

I don't think the individual mandate was rescinded at the press conference today. The administrative fix is just to ignore the law for a year.

8 posted on 11/14/2013 1:16:37 PM PST by EVO X
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Yep, but if you tell those uninsured “young healthies” they won’t be fined, excuse me Justice Roberts, er taxed if they don’t buy, they probably won’t and the insurance companies will be out to dry next year.


9 posted on 11/14/2013 1:19:38 PM PST by colorado tanker
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To: sheikdetailfeather

They should have added that they don’t understand if it is even legal for the president to do that, and they are stuck in a position where they have to diced which law to follow- the one Congress passed and the president signed, or the new presidential declaration, which did not follow any legislative procedure.


10 posted on 11/14/2013 1:22:02 PM PST by Mr. K (Lies, Damned Lies, Statistics, and then Democrat Talking Points.)
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To: colorado tanker

That problems still exists. Yutes that never had insurance can’t go back to an old plan. They will need to get it from work or an exchange. If they don’t they will be taxed.


11 posted on 11/14/2013 1:28:22 PM PST by EVO X
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To: Mr. K
They should have added that they don’t understand if it is even legal for the president to do that, and they are stuck in a position where they have to diced which law to follow- the one the Democrat controlled House and the Democrat controlled Senate Congress passed and the Democrat president signed, or the new unilateral, arbitrary, capricious presidential declaration, which did not follow any legislative procedure, nor equal treatment under the law concepts.
12 posted on 11/14/2013 1:34:02 PM PST by Stand Watch Listen (DEFUND the GOPe it wants our money, our votes, but NOT our principles/values/beliefs)
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To: sheikdetailfeather

I wonder if this means that the 106,000 who got an insurance quote through the exchange will now find the premium they were quoted going up as well.


13 posted on 11/14/2013 2:48:41 PM PST by Uncle Chip
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To: Stand Watch Listen

That is perfectly stated!


14 posted on 11/14/2013 4:56:53 PM PST by sheikdetailfeather (Yuri Bezmenov (KGB Defector) - "Kick The Communists Out of Your Govt. & Don't Accept Their Goodies.")
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To: sheikdetailfeather

It looks like the Crown-Prince-nobama-Sh**-Sandwich has an added layer of “meat”. Enjoy!


15 posted on 11/14/2013 5:05:02 PM PST by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: Uncle Chip

In 2015.


16 posted on 11/14/2013 5:09:48 PM PST by steve86 (Some things aren't really true but you Something wrong here wouldn't be half surprised if they were.)
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