Private Health Insurance, Outside Obamacare Marketplaces, Still for Sale

WeeklyStandard/Drudge ^ | 4 Apr 2014 | Jeryl Bier

[shove_it]

In the months and weeks leading up to March 31, the Obama administration pushed the message through press releases, tweets and blog posts that the last day in March was the final opportunity to get health insurance in 2014. A White House blog post on Monday is typical, beginning with the words, "If you don't have health insurance, today is the last day to get coverage that starts in 2014." Many of the White House's celebrity endorsers proclaimed on Twitter, "TODAY is the Last Day to #GetCovered!" Although exceptions were noted for extraordinary circumstances, certain "life events," and a special extension for those "in line" as of March 31, the impression given was that those who missed the deadline were out of luck.

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Some insurers off the Marketplace may choose to allow individuals to enroll in a plan at any time provided they comply with new regulations such as not discriminating based a pre-existing condition or current health status. The insurer must also make sure that the plan is available for anyone who may want to purchase it...

[shove_it]

Some animals are more equal than others. Thanks Mr. Orwell for the headsup.

[ghost of nixon]

Amazing to see multi millions spent on hawking big government.Dems passed uACA explaining how desperate folks were for this. Obvious big lie, if you end up spending tons of money advertising, then heap lies on top of that - all to sign up fewer people than you kicked off their plans last year, and hardly anyone that was un-insured before.