Up to 300,000 Could Lose Obamacare on Federal Exchange

Discussion in 'Politics' started by dbphoenix, Aug 13, 2014.

  1. dbphoenix

    dbphoenix

    BY AMY GOLDSTEIN,
    The Washington Post
    August 12, 2014

    Federal health officials are warning hundreds of thousands of people who have bought health plans through the federal insurance exchange that their coverage will be cut off unless they quickly provide proof that their citizenship or immigration status makes them eligible to be insured through the new marketplace.

    The warnings, in letters being mailed this week to 310,000 people in the three dozen states that rely on the exchange, give the recipients until Sept. 5 to send copies of green cards, citizenship documents or other information showing that they qualify for the coverage. If they miss the deadline, their coverage will end on Sept. 30.

    This move is the first step the administration has taken to hold consumers accountable when information on their applications conflicts with records on file at federal agencies or is missing altogether.

    The action, announced Tuesday, will affect only people with lingering eligibility issues involving their citizenship or immigration status. They are included in about 2 million cases of several kinds of application discrepancies involving people who have obtained coverage through the exchange.

    Federal health officials said Tuesday that they will take separate action soon to resolve an even larger group of cases with discrepancies: those in which the income people listed on their insurance applications is out of sync with their federal tax records. In cases of unresolved income inconsistencies, the government could reduce — or eliminate — people’s federal insurance subsidies but could not end their coverage. more . . .
     
  2. Mayber Obama should just, like, ignore the actual law and let them all have the coverage for free. Raise taxes on republicans to pay for it. Or is El Presidente too busy playing golf to even notice?
     
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  3. Lucrum

    Lucrum

    Obamacare, the gift disease that keeps on giving.
     
  4. Lucrum

    Lucrum

    [​IMG]
     
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  5. DHOHHI

    DHOHHI

    Or those who are getting it FREE or for pennies. And there's a highly positive correlation with who they vote for. Care to guess the party? It begins with "D" ...