Posted on 12/25/2014 3:52:05 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
California's health exchange is violating the law by canceling private coverage for up to 95,000 people because they might qualify for Medi-Cal, the state's insurance commissioner says.
At issue is health insurance for some of the poorest Californians whose incomes aren't high enough to even qualify for subsidized policies in the Covered California exchange.
The state marketplace is notifying thousands of policyholders that their federal premium subsidies for Obamacare coverage will end Dec. 31 and their private health plan won't be renewed starting in January. Instead, these people will be put into Medi-Cal, the state's Medicaid program for low-income residents.
California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones has been urging the exchange to reconsider. "The law is very clear. They can't cancel people," Jones said in an interview.
All this comes at a pivotal time for Covered California. The exchange is trying to renew more than 1 million policyholders during the second open enrollment under the Affordable Care Act and sign up several hundred thousand more before enrollment ends Feb. 15.
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
Thanks for the ping/link; post. WOW!
Their foot is in your door, their eye is on your store,
their GP’s assess your health, their GPS tracks your stealth, their FED & IRS devalue and confiscate your wealth.
TOTALITARIANCARE
See something, say something ALERT!
>LOL. Where do you think that pollution would end up once the Santa Ana's began to blow?
Daaa, you don’t use the fans if the Santa Ana’s are blowing - you let nature blow the crap out to sea, as it does today.
The problem is the other 355 days of the year.
Recently we reported on Californias move to limit the reach of its Medicaid estate recovery program to cover spending only on long term service and support services (LTSS) (see California Considering Change To Limit Medi-Cal Estate Recovery To Long-Term Care Only). Californias move follows similar changes made by three other states Oregon, Washington, and Connecticut
Same position here, in Washington State, after more-than-I-can-count attempts to find out the status of my renewal using various forms of communication.
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