Thursday, December 04, 2014

ACA Moves to Dictate Insurance Plans : Gruber ;Single Payer Here We Come

Oh wait, let's see, the government will issue new heath insurance plans that will be cheaper for people who decide they can't afford the one they have even though the current government ACA plan that was trotted out as being $2500 cheaper then the one they had before the Affordable Care Act came along.

Oh and how is it that the HHS can decide they have the power to subvert the law by adding provisions, options that are not in the actual law? No problem, they're democrats so the law means nothing even though they are the ones that crammed it down everyone's throats, and only democrats as no one else voted for it.

Remember Mr Obama back in 2007 while speaking to the unions he said he will institute a 'single payer' health insurance plan for all Americans, it's just that it will take some time and a lot of lies to make it happen.

Jonathan Gruber was just one of the planers to make it happen.

What if the Government Picked Your Insurance Plan?
Source: Charles Hughes, "Under Proposed Rules, Government Could Choose Insurance Plans for Millions of People," Cato Institute, December 1, 2014.

December 3, 2014

Individuals enrolled in exchange health insurance plans are automatically re-enrolled in those same plans from year to year if they do not visit the exchanges to enroll elsewhere. But now, Charles Hughes, research associate at the Cato Institute, reports that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is considering a new rule that could allow the government to pick people's insurance plans instead.

The HHS regulation would allow enrollees to decide what should happen upon expiration of their insurance: would they like to re-enroll in their current plan (as is the case under the law currently), or would they like the government to move them into a cheaper plan if their prices go up?

According to Hughes, automatic insurance renewal can surprise enrollees with price increases -- something that the proposed option (allowing the government to transition people into less expensive plans) could avoid. However, he notes that it comes with significant risks: different plans may be cheaper, but they may not provide access to the same doctors or coverage for the same prescriptions. Those network features are important to patients, who could lose their favored health care providers by granting the government the power to choose their own health plans for them, solely based on price.
 

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