Friday, September 27, 2013

Obamacare Glitch could leave 500,000 Children without Health Care Coverage

A "family glitch" in the 2010 health care law threatens to cost some families thousands of dollars in health insurance costs and leave up to 500,000 children without coverage, insurance and health care analysts say. 
That's unless Congress fixes the problem, which seems unlikely given the House's latest move Friday to strip funding from the Affordable Care Act.
Congress defined "affordable" as 9.5% or less of an employee's household income, mostly to make sure people did not leave their workplace plans for subsidized coverage through the exchanges. But the "error" was that it only applies to the employee — and not his or her family. So, if an employer offers a woman affordable insurance, but doesn't provide it for her family, they cannot get subsidized help through the state health exchanges.
That can make a huge difference; the Kaiser Family Foundation said an average plan for an individual is about $5,600, but it goes up to $15,700 for families. Most employers help out with those costs, but not all. 
"We saw this two-and-a-half years ago and thought, 'Has anyone else noticed this?'" said Kosali Simon, a professor of public affairs at Indiana University who specializes in health economics. "Everyone said, 'No, no. You must be wrong.' But we weren't, and that's going to leave a lot of people out."
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4 comments:

Ohio JOE said...

That is perfectly OK with Pablo and the RINO brigade!

Right Wingnut said...

That's right, OJ. Let them implement it, and watch it burn! Don't worry about all of the real pain inflicted on millions of Americans. Many of them innocent children.

Anonymous said...

This WILL fall from it's own weight.I say let it. And it will take the DNC down in it's vacuum, and NOT the GOP. Will those on the far right trying to make names for themselves 'get it'? Hope. Too busy letting Levine and Rush make all the decisions for them.
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Ohio JOE said...

What is your plan Left Anonymous? Oh that's right, you and Pablo do not have a plan other than to criticize Mr. Cruz and Conservatives.