Obamacare ‘Crashing Down All Around Us’
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* "Next year's health insurance sign-up season starts a week before the
* "Anthem was seeking an average 26.8 percent increase for individual plans serving 56,700 people offered on the state exchange and an average 11.6 percent increase for small group plans serving 42,200 people offered on the exchange. Meanwhile,
* "Two of the state's biggest insurers --
Many Obamacare Plans Come With A 'Ridiculously High Deductible'
Michigan Woman: 'She would have to spend more than
New Jersey Mail Clerk: 'a yearly deductible of
Illinois Woman: 'The cheapest health plan she examined... came with a
North Carolina Pet Sitter: 'She's paying the tax penalty and out-of-pocket for doctor visits rather than the 'unaffordable premium and ridiculously high deductible' she faced in 2015 of
Oklahoma Mom: 'Was forced to buy the more expensive policy with a deductible of
15 Million To Medicaid Where 'You Have A Card Saying You Have Health Insurance, But If No Doctors Take It, It's Almost Like Having One Of Those Fake Ids'
"HealthPocket found that in 2015 only 34% of the healthcare providers examined were listed as accepting
* "If you want to understand
CMS: "Additional enrollment since
'Next Year
"Next year will bring 'a major shift in insurer participation,' the biggest decrease since the start of the exchanges in 2014, said
"...states around the country are grappling with dwindling numbers of insurers willing to sell on the exchange." ("Tennessee Insurance Commissioner: Obamacare Exchange 'Very Near Collapse,'" The Tennessean, 8/25/16) [http://www.tennessean.com/story/money/industries/health-care/2016/08/23/insurers-get-approval-for-2017-obamacare-rates/89196762/]
"Nearly a third of the nation's counties look likely to have just a single insurer offering health plans on the Affordable Care Act's exchanges next year... The new study, by the nonpartisan
* "States including
* "Most of the likely one-insurer counties are predominantly rural, according to the Kaiser analysis... But several urban areas, such as
* "At least one county--
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"Up to 2.1 million people will likely have to change plans for 2017 due to insurers leaving states' Affordable Care Act marketplaces, up from more than 1.2 million who had to find new insurers last year." ("As Obamacare Choices Dwindle, Feds Face Consumer, Political Backlash,"
* "[M]any customers may have to switch to less comprehensive plans to keep their monthly premiums down. And millions of people who buy individual policies outside the government marketplaces get no financial help. They will have to pay the full increases or go without coverage and risk fines." ("As Obama's Term Wanes, Obamacare Needs Checkup,"
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