Residents of states that refuse to set up health insurance exchanges under Obamacare are set to be hit with higher premiums under new rules announced by the Health and Human Services Department.
Insurance companies will be charged 3.5 percent of any premiums they sell through the federal exchanges, the department announced Friday.
And insurers are likely to pass that surcharge on to clients, leaading to higher premiums.
The only states to be affected are those that refuse to set up their own exchanges because of opposition to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. They are almost certain to be those under Republican control. In those states, HHS will set up the exchanges
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The Obama's are comming , pick up your arms and fight. Revolt , revolt , long live America.
ReplyDeleteI regret I only have one life to give to my country!
long live America.
ReplyDeleteI regret I only have one life to give to my country!
December 2, 2012 6:09 AM
sorry, America is dead. Only the idea of America remains. Do enough have this idea to resurrect America?