By Alex Nussbaum
Oct 29, 2013 12:40 PM ET
...The cancellations (click here) come as a result of the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which says that health insurance policies that fail to offer added benefits, such as prescription drug coverage and free preventive care, can’t be sold after this year even if they’re cheaper. With the online site expected to face difficulties through November, Americans may have only weeks to find replacement coverage, and many may end up paying higher premiums....
The inadequate offerings have to go. Just that simple. The insufficient policies will drive health care costs up around the country. It should never be tolerated and I blame Secretary Sebelius for allowing the waivers. She should not have issued them. It only postpones the inevitable, puts Americans at risk and delays the best premium options for all those enrolling in the State Exchanges today. The law should have applied to all Americans equally. She is wrong about issues waivers.
Oct 29, 2013 12:40 PM ET
...The cancellations (click here) come as a result of the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which says that health insurance policies that fail to offer added benefits, such as prescription drug coverage and free preventive care, can’t be sold after this year even if they’re cheaper. With the online site expected to face difficulties through November, Americans may have only weeks to find replacement coverage, and many may end up paying higher premiums....
The inadequate offerings have to go. Just that simple. The insufficient policies will drive health care costs up around the country. It should never be tolerated and I blame Secretary Sebelius for allowing the waivers. She should not have issued them. It only postpones the inevitable, puts Americans at risk and delays the best premium options for all those enrolling in the State Exchanges today. The law should have applied to all Americans equally. She is wrong about issues waivers.
