The Affordable Care Act Benefits

Originally posted by KazetNagorra
Surely a repeal will be vetoed by the White House?

It seems more likely there will be a change to the law which would allow people to keep their old plans, at least for some time, while making sure new plans comply with the new law.

Allowing people to keep their health care plans undermines the economic basis for the ACA. In any event, the laws being considered create a fundamental conflict with the ACA. One law requires enrollment with ten specific benefits, another law requires companies to continue to offer existing policies. Insurance companies can't do both.

Originally posted by sasquatch672
Allowing people to keep their health care plans undermines the economic basis for the ACA. In any event, the laws being considered create a fundamental conflict with the ACA. One law requires enrollment with ten specific benefits, another law requires companies to continue to offer existing policies. Insurance companies can't do both.

Why not? They keep the old plans as is and only offer new plans according to the new rules.

Originally posted by KazetNagorra
Why not? They keep the old plans as is and only offer new plans according to the new rules.

Because the government shouldn't be telling people what they need to buy? Because they really can't afford the cost of the new plans? Because the promise was that they could keep their old plan?

Here's another good read:

http://www.forbes.com/sites/theapothecary/2013/11/12/the-obamacare-exchange-scorecard-around-100000-enrollees-and-five-million-cancellations/


The Obamacare Exchange Scorecard: Around 100,000 Enrollees And Five Million Cancellations

Affordable Care Act Benefits?
What might those be?

So far there don't appear to be any.

Originally posted by KilgoreTrout15
Affordable Care Act Benefits?
What might those be?

So far there don't appear to be any.

This woman certainly doesn't see any benefits:

http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/woman-cancer-dropped-insurance-due-obamacare_767085.html

Originally posted by KazetNagorra
Why not? They keep the old plans as is and only offer new plans according to the new rules.

My understanding is that insurance companies change plans quite frequently anyway. It would be difficult to force them to offer former plans they don't want to keep offering any more. What if they want to make minor adjustments? Does it become a 'new plan' and subject to new rules?
Here in SA, insurance generally increases every year, would that count as a new plan?

Originally posted by bill718
Signed up last week. It took about 5 min. My kept insurance coverage at work. Nothing changed except some increased Medicare benefits a few years from now.

Sure you did.
You and about 400 other people nationwide.
Uh-huh.
Tell us another.