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20 million more Americans could lose insurance
WND ^ | 2/23/14 | Greg Corombos

Posted on 02/23/2014 4:26:19 PM PST by Libloather

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Much like individual policyholders last year, small group plan holders are discovering their plans don’t qualify for being grandfathered, despite the famed assurance that if they liked their plans they could keep them.

“If you had your plan prior to March 2010 when Obamacare became law, it was supposed to be grandfathered in. You were supposed to keep it, but the Department of Labor came out with these grandfather regulations. It’s almost like telling a guy you can keep walking on the beach as long as you don’t get any sand on your feet. It’s almost impossible not to violate,” said National Center for Public Policy Research health-care analyst Dr. David Hogberg.

“If one of your co-pays goes up $10 over one year, your plan is no longer grandfathered. If the co-insurance you pay for a procedure was at 15 percent and they moved it up to 16 percent, it is no longer grandfathered,” he said.

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KEYWORDS: americans; insurance; million; obamacare
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To: Gritty

“..and demand single payer.”

I’ll take it to the final step. It isn’t about the government controlling health insurance - it’s about them controlling Health CARE.


21 posted on 02/25/2014 4:30:25 AM PST by 21twelve (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185147/posts 2013 is 1933 REBORN)
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