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Phila. area faces hefty increases in Affordable Care Act rates
Philadelphia Inquirer via Philly.com ^ | October 17, 2016 — 6:06 PM EDT | Harold Brubaker

Posted on 10/17/2016 4:09:12 PM PDT by Olog-hai

Because of market turmoil and decisions by United Healthcare and Aetna to withdraw from Affordable Care Act exchanges in Pennsylvania for 2017, the remaining insurer in the Philadelphia area, Independence Blue Cross, has been granted bigger rate increase — 28 percent — than it requested in the spring, the state Insurance Department said Monday.

Insurance Commissioner Teresa Miller said additional companies beyond United and Aetna were considering ending their ACA individual-exchange businesses in Pennsylvania. If that happened, some counties might have been left without any offerings on the exchange, which is where individuals have to buy plans to qualify for federal subsidies. …

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: aetna; bluecross; healthcare; obamacare; phiadelphia; unitedhealthcare; zerocare

1 posted on 10/17/2016 4:09:12 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai
When do the letters/notices of the increases go out to Obamacare enrollees? Before Election Day?
2 posted on 10/17/2016 4:16:20 PM PDT by House Atreides (Send BOTH Hillary & Bill to prison.)
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To: Olog-hai

OBAMACARE:

DESIGNED TO FAIL

From the very beginning

3 posted on 10/17/2016 4:19:18 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Deplorables' Lives Matter)
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To: House Atreides

Ha! doubt it..they’ll probably get them day after vote.


4 posted on 10/17/2016 4:19:18 PM PDT by rainee (Her)
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To: House Atreides

Ha! doubt it..they’ll probably get them day after vote.


5 posted on 10/17/2016 4:19:46 PM PDT by rainee (Her)
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To: House Atreides

Caller to Rush today said she’d already gotten her renewal letter, with a hefty increase.

My impression was that her insurance was not through the exchange. Whether that makes a difference, I don’t know.


6 posted on 10/17/2016 4:22:57 PM PDT by MUDDOG
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To: Olog-hai
They got what they have been voting for.

In 2008 they handed Obama the win by 10.3%


7 posted on 10/17/2016 4:51:30 PM PDT by Iron Munro (If Illegals voted Rebublican 50 Million Democrats Would Be Screaming "Build The Wall!")
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To: Olog-hai

And.....how are they going to blame this on GWB? (Rimshot)


8 posted on 10/17/2016 4:59:55 PM PDT by originalbuckeye ("In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act." - George Orwell)
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To: Olog-hai
"some counties might have been left without any offerings on the exchange"

OBOZOCARE is truly on the brink of collapse!!!
9 posted on 10/17/2016 5:35:31 PM PDT by Enchante (Hillary's new campaign slogan: "Guilty as hell, free as a bird!! Laws are for peasants!")
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To: Kid Shelleen

Ping


10 posted on 10/17/2016 8:00:52 PM PDT by Albion Wilde (We will be one People, under one God, saluting one American flag. --Donald Trump (standing ovation)
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To: MUDDOG

The companies that offer plans through the exchanges also had regular clients; when they were getting killed on the plans they increased cost on ALL policies.


11 posted on 10/18/2016 2:37:53 AM PDT by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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