Commentary: Once again, Obamacare’s provisions put the lie to the claim that “if you like your plan, you can keep it.”
According to Senator Mike Lee,
“…“As we we were all shocked to learn recently, 98 percent of all individual health insurance policies in the United States right now are in violation of Obamacare’s standards,” Lee said on the Senate floor as he argued in favor of de-funding the health care law.”
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“… ”The data shows that there will be a near complete transformation of the individual and family health insurance market starting in 2014,” according to Health Pocket. “Less than 2% of the existing health plans in the individual market today provide all the Essential Health Benefits required under the Affordable Care Act (ACA)(original emphasis). ” ”
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“Lee suggested that people covered by those plans may have to pay the individual mandate penalty. “When Obamacare goes into full effect, the Americans who own those policies will have to either buy more expensive insurance, or pay the unconstitutional fine,” he said”
Sen. Mike Lee: Obamacare bans 98 percent of individual insurance plans
March 13, 2013
By Joe Gehrke, Washington Examiner
http://washingtonexaminer.com/article/2524198#.UUD4qIUCQKI.email