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Add 22,000 New Englanders to the list of Americans who will lose their current health care coverage as a result of ObamaCare.
The Boston Globe reports that Harvard Pilgrim Health Care has announced plans to discontinue its Medicare Advantage policies due to new requirements and lower reimbursement rates imposed by the new health care law.
The news is consistent with what Obnacare’s critics were saying during the health care debate, and further undermines a key promise from supporters of the legislation — that those who like their current coveraage could keep it.
Customers in Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Maine who wish to remain with Harvard Pilgrim will now have the option of enrolling in a more expensive Medicare supplemental plan.
All along, I’ve criticized Republicans for focusing too much to the Medicare cuts in ObamaCare, but at the same time, it’s simply untrue for supporters of the law to argue that senior citizens won’t lose current coverage.
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Martin| 9.28.10 @ 7:20PM
Interesting that Harvard Pilgrim survived Romneycare but has fallen victim to Obamacare. In the end, the government will always get you.
Chuckie| 9.29.10 @ 1:11AM
Romney is Obama-lite.
Bruce Berger| 9.28.10 @ 8:01PM
I'm sure Sebelius will threaten to throw the Harvard Pilgrim management in jail. That seems to be the Obama administration equivalent of Canute ordering the seas to recede.
Patriot| 9.28.10 @ 8:03PM
Old folks are expendable to Marxists.
J| 9.29.10 @ 12:48AM
Too little, too late. You wanted it. You have to deal with your own guilt.
ACynic| 9.29.10 @ 9:09AM
You can bet the politicians and bureaucrats in Washington DC already have medical insurance plans - paid for by the taxpayer - that are exempt from all the restrictions imposed on medical care and medications for the average citizen; at a very very attractive price. Also, with their govt. connections the politicians and bureaucrats will never worry about denial of any treatment or medication.
Only the average Joe and Jane will get totally screwed.
This country is in dire need of a new American Revolution in which the elitist fat cat politicians and bureacrats are removed; one way or another.
Earl Dalrymple| 9.29.10 @ 3:14PM
A press release from Medicare last week touted that Medicare premiums would be flat in 2010.HmmmmConsidering Medicare and taxpayers are paying roughly $90 Billion a year for the shameful Drug program, flat premiums without providers is par for the course.