Obamacare confusion abounds on Staten Island ["Confused" Obamacare supporter loses her insurance]

silive ^ | November 18, 2014 | Tracey Porpora

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Photo caption: Alexandra Porto, VP of Membership & Outreach, at the SIEDC. Employees there received letters that their medical insurance policy was canceled.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Alexandra Porto believes in the premise of President Obama's Affordable Care Act -- to provide medical benefits for all Americans.

But when she, along with 13 of her colleagues at the Bloomfield-based Staten Island Economic Development Corporation (SIEDC), received letters stating that their Empire BlueCross/BlueShield health plan will be canceled, she started to have second thoughts about what is commonly referred to as Obamacare.

"The letter said Blue Cross/Blue Shield will be ending our current policy, and it will be replaced with a new policy. It said new premium rates will take effect April 1," said Ms. Porto, vice president of membership and outreach at the SIEDC.

"The problem is we don't know what the new policy is or what the new premium rates will be, and we are being told by Empire BlueCross/BlueShield that we won't have that information until Jan. 1," she added.

And the folks at the SIEDC aren't alone.

Ms. Porto said at least 13 SIEDC members -- all small business owners with less than 50 employees on Staten Island -- were informed that the health plans for their employees have been canceled.

[GeronL]

Your new premiums will be much higher

[TigersEye]

SUCKER!!!

[<1/1,000,000th%]

At least she’s getting what she voted for.

[Opinionated Blowhard]

Alexandra Porto believes in the premise of President Obama's Affordable Care Act -- to provide medical benefits for all Americans. But when she . . . received letters stating that their Empire BlueCross/BlueShield health plan will be canceled, she started to have second thoughts about what is commonly referred to as Obamacare.

This is why the country is doomed. You get some ditz like Alexandra who likes the idea of "medical benefits for all Americans" who have absolutely no freakin' idea what the cost is, or are stupid and greedy enough to believe they can have free health care paid for by "the rich." Then once the monstrosity is put in place and her policy gets cancelled, she has second thoughts. But its too late now.

[Therapsid]

My cousins co did same thing...he was paying $450...for 2 kids and wife,,,,,under affordable health care he is sposed to pay $1800....he makes about 3500.