While the federal government was trumpeting the benefits of Obamacare to boost enrollment earlier this year, about 1,800 families in New Jersey were receiving letters telling them their children would be losing their health coverage last week.
The Affordable Care Act — the federal law that mandates everyone have insurance — effectively killed FamilyCare Advantage, a low-cost option for kids in New Jersey created six years ago for parents who earned too much to qualify for Medicaid and other subsidized programs but too little to buy on a policy on their own. The state program was the first of its kind in the nation.
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey was the only insurance carrier that agreed to offer the FamilyCare Advantage plan, which covered most medical, dental and vision needs for the relative bargain of $144 a month per child.
But it didn’t offer mental health treatment and several other services Obamacare requires, and that was the fatal flaw, said Sen. Joseph Vitale (D-Middlesex), who sponsored the law creating the program.
Vitale said he tried for several months to broker a deal between Horizon and the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, but neither side could agree on how to make it affordable and legal. The program ended last week.
H/T Jim Geraghty
The article says it was a problem between ‘Horizon and the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.’ Not Obamacare. Nice try.
There have been millions of people who HAD Health Insurance….who were HAPPY with their HEALTH INSURANCE – their doctors, premiums, care etc…AND BECAUSE OF ACA (obamacare)…They no longer HAVE HEALTH INSURANCE…Period. This goes far beyond STUPIDITY!
One of the ‘deciding’ factors, the glue that would make a vote ‘stick’ for this – Bill now Law, according to our President, our Liberals and /Democratic / Liberal Politicians in favor of this – bill, now Law…was that EVERYONE would have ACCESS to HEALTH INSURANCE and actually get Health Insurance? – now that is precisely ALL these millions of people have is “ACCESS”, if they are lucky – but, NO HEALTH INSURANCE.
@This one:
You really can’t read can you?
Clueless again you are.