If you like it, why can't you keep it?
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November 3, 2013 |
Idaho Senators Mike Crapo and Jim Risch are
co-sponsoring a measure known as the “If You
Like Your Health Plan, You Can Keep It Act.”
During the debate over Obamacare, the president
and others in the administration repeatedly
claimed, “if you like your health insurance, you
will be able to keep it.”
Reports now indicate that keeping an existing
plan may not be possible for millions of
Americans comfortable with their policies, due
to cancellation notices from health insurance
providers under the new health care law.
Obamacare regulations effectively nullify the
grandfathering protection for existing plans
widely touted by the administration during the
congressional debates. Senator Ron Johnson
(R-Wisconsin) is the bill’s primary sponsor.
“Millions of Americans were misled by the
administration in that if they liked their
current health care coverage, they would be able
to keep it,” said Crapo. “For many Americans,
that is not the case. Obamacare regulations
require that certain plans provide a different
coverage package even if an individual does not
need or want it. Idahoans are now learning that
the flawed health care law will force them to
change their plans and, in many cases, pay
higher premiums. While this law was sold on the
premise of providing health care coverage for
the uninsured, it is seemingly creating new
uninsured Americans who will be forced to enter
the troubled federal health care exchanges.”
“President Obama promised the American people
time and time again that if they liked their
current health insurance plan they could keep
it,” said Risch. “That promise was false.
Millions of Americans have since received
cancelation notices and millions more will. The
American people should have the freedom to keep
the insurance plan they have chosen and which
was promised they could keep.”
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
permits policies in effect as of March 23, 2010,
to be grandfathered into the current system,
even if the plan does not meet the law’s minimum
coverage requirements.
However, the Department of Health and Human
Services has narrowly drawn the interpretation
such that if any part of a policy was
significantly changed since that March date, the
policy would not be protected. |
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