Updated: 11/07/2013 08:27:53 AM MST
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companies are canceling health policies for nearly 250,000 Coloradans,
many because of Affordable Care Act rules, a tally likely to inflame consumers upset with controversial reforms.
The
Colorado Division of Insurance said policies for 2013 that do not meet
new minimum benefits under Obamacare are being canceled. Other
cancellations are the result of business decisions by the insurers as
part of normal operations.Kathleen Baker is among those furious at the changes. She said her Kaiser Permanente policy was canceled, and a replacement would cost 17 percent more a month with higher deductibles.
A screenshot of the connectforhealthco.com home page taken on October 1, 2013 at 8:55 a.m. (Connect for Health Colorado)
Opponents of Obamacare said the high number of cancellations is causing bewilderment and anger among consumers who thought they would be able to keep their plans.
Only 3,408 Coloradans have enrolled in the private insurance plans offered on a new state exchange, the conservative advocacy group Compass Colorado said.
"To have almost a hundred health plan cancellations for every exchange sign-up in Colorado under Obamacare is exponentially worse than even the most extreme skeptic could have predicted," said Kelly Maher, executive director for Compass Colorado.
Consumer advocates who welcome health reform said it will take time to decipher whether the cancellations represent disaster or simply transition.
Cancellations......
- Nov 7:
- Sebelius back on hot seat over health care, website
- Democrats meet with Obama, press for extending health care deadline
- Nov 6:
- Colo.'s canceled health insurance count tops 200K
- Nov 4:
- Health care law finally gets real for Americans
- Nov 2:
- Day one on health care website: Six people signed up
- Oct 31:
- Canceled health insurance policies in Colorado create confusion
- Sebelius shoulders blame for health care website "debacle"
- Fact check: Can Sebelius get insurance in the new exchange?
- Oct 30:
- Rollout of Affordable Care Act triggers mass cancellations
- Health care website official apologizes, says problems were a surprise
- Oct 29:
- HHS head to testify on troubled website rollout
- Obama admin. lowers health sign-up expectations
- Health policy cancellations: New blow for admin.
November 8, 2013 4:12 PM
In order to comply with the Affordable Care Act insurance companies have had to cancel millions of policies, forcing people to find new, and in many cases, more expensive coverage on the exchange.
The Colorado Division of Insurance says 250,000 people in Colorado alone have lost their policies in the last few months.
Cathy Wagner says she isn’t political and has never written a lawmaker, much less the president, but with Obamacare she felt compelled.
“I really just wanted him to know … I was so hopeful that this plan was going to move us forward, but in fact I think it’s moving us backward,” Wagner said.
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Wagner and her husband retired early. She was a nurse for 35 years and championed Obamacare, until she received a letter from her insurance company saying it was canceling her policy.
“I was really shocked … all of my hopes were sort of dashed,” Wagner said. “’Oh my gosh President Obama, this is not what we hoped for, it’s not what we were told.’ “
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