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NC: Blue Cross to reinstate canceled insurance policies as price increases spur outcry
By John Murawski
jmurawski@newsobserver.comNovember 15, 2013 Updated 21 minutes ago
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Blue Cross had notified 151,640 policy holders in recent months that their health plans will be phased out and replaced by new policies in January. Many of those customers were told their rates would double, or even triple, for health insurance that met the legal requirements of the new health care law. Now those customers will have at least one year’s reprieve.
“Hallelujah!” said Nancy Mize, a Raleigh optometrist who had expected her insurance costs to double through higher premiums and out-of-pocket costs.
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Blue Cross officials and Goodwin said they were not confident that healthcare.gov, the crash-prone federal Internet portal, would be fixed this year in time for those who qualified for federal subsidies to buy discounted policies.
Coventry Health Care of the Carolinas, which notified 13,100 policy holders that their coverage would end this year, has not decided if it will extend those policies for an extra year. Goodwin, on Friday, urged all insurers in the state to extend their coverage an extra year.
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Blue Cross spokeswoman Michelle Douglas said about 10 percent of individual policy holders saw their rates decrease as a result of the new law, and they can keep their old policy or switch.“ If someone got a great deal under the ACA, they can absolutely stick with it,” she said. “If people had chosen an ACA plan and wanted to come back to their old plan, yes, they can do that.”
http://www.newsobserver.com/2013/11/15/3373760/wayne-goodwin-urges-nc-health.html#storylink=cpy
jmurawski@newsobserver.comNovember 15, 2013 Updated 21 minutes ago
....
Blue Cross had notified 151,640 policy holders in recent months that their health plans will be phased out and replaced by new policies in January. Many of those customers were told their rates would double, or even triple, for health insurance that met the legal requirements of the new health care law. Now those customers will have at least one year’s reprieve.
“Hallelujah!” said Nancy Mize, a Raleigh optometrist who had expected her insurance costs to double through higher premiums and out-of-pocket costs.
....
Blue Cross officials and Goodwin said they were not confident that healthcare.gov, the crash-prone federal Internet portal, would be fixed this year in time for those who qualified for federal subsidies to buy discounted policies.
Coventry Health Care of the Carolinas, which notified 13,100 policy holders that their coverage would end this year, has not decided if it will extend those policies for an extra year. Goodwin, on Friday, urged all insurers in the state to extend their coverage an extra year.
....
Blue Cross spokeswoman Michelle Douglas said about 10 percent of individual policy holders saw their rates decrease as a result of the new law, and they can keep their old policy or switch.“ If someone got a great deal under the ACA, they can absolutely stick with it,” she said. “If people had chosen an ACA plan and wanted to come back to their old plan, yes, they can do that.”
http://www.newsobserver.com/2013/11/15/3373760/wayne-goodwin-urges-nc-health.html#storylink=cpy
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