Hundreds of peoples’ battles with Healthcare.gov; in this case, getting switched to\u00a0 higher-cost, higher-deductible plans, with no further questions asked:<\/p>\n
If you have an insurance plan that isn\u2019t compatible with the Affordable Care Act, your insurance company might be automatically rolling you into the plan \u201cmost similar\u201d to your own.<\/p>\n
For one Washington state resident interviewed by The Daily Caller, his new \u201cBronze\u201d plan is 80 percent more expensive for him and his wife. His wife is paying $220 more and he\u2019s paying $150 more with higher deductibles.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
The insurers are sending letters to subscribers when their existing plans juuuuust didn’t provide all the goodies they didn’t want to pay for in the first place, telling them that it was the insurance company’s best guess, and to check in if they want to downgrade.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a confusing thing for people. Most of the plans didn\u2019t contain all the provisions that were under the law. We had no choice,\u201d [Rachelle Cunningham strategic communications manager for insurance company RegenceBlueShield ] said. \u201cWe\u2019re trying to make it clear for them.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Fearless prediction:\u00a0 not\u00a0a few Obamacare defenders among the pundosphere will chalk this up to stupid customers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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