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11/14/13, "State insurance commissioner rejects Obama’s proposal to extend canceled policies," blogs.seattletimes.com
"State Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler has rejected President
Obama’s proposal to allow insurance companies to extend health insurance
policies for people who have received notices that their policies will
be cancelled at the end of the year.
Within two hours of President Obama’s news conference announcing the
proposed administrative fix for Americans upset by their policy
cancellations, Kreidler issued a statement rejecting the proposal.
“I understand that many people are upset by the notices they have
recently received from their health plans and they may not need the new
benefits [in the Affordable Care Act] today,” he said. “But I have
serious concerns about how President Obama’s proposal would be
implemented and more significantly, its potential impact on the overall
stability of our health insurance market.”
“I do not believe his proposal is a good deal for the state of
Washington,” Kreidler’s statement continued. “We will not be allowing
insurance companies to extend their policies.”
Kreidler said his office estimated that 290,000 people in Washington
will need to buy new coverage for 2014 and that at least half of them
will qualify for a premium subsidy if they purchase a plan through the
state’s online insurance exchange, Washington Healthplanfinder.
“I encourage anyone who is shopping for new health plans — whether
you’ve been uninsured or have received a cancellation notice from your
insurer — to look at all of your options,” he said.
There are 46 individual health plans for sale on Healthplanfinder and
51 health plans for sale outside the exchange. The deadline to enroll
is Dec. 15 for coverage beginning Jan. 1, 2014." via Drudge
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