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Individual health insurance costs varies widely by state and income level. Worthless plans sold at ridiculous low rates are being replaced with real health insurance at substantial increases in cost.Since there are only 15 million people covered by individual insurance in the country, 15 million is the maximum number of possible cancellations in the individual healthcare market. Therefore a figure of 93 million must include an estimate of the group insurance policies that will be cancelled. This is extremely misleading since almost all group insurance policies are changed yearly and reissued.As I noted last week, in 2010, the Obama administration estimated that 93 million Americans would be unable to keep their prior health coverage under the narrow grandfathering provisions issued by the administration in June 2010. My colleague Chris Conover estimates that the number is 129 million. And we are here only talking about disruptions to private health plans, and not counting the laws $716 billion in cuts to Medicare.
Its for these reasons that Delta Air Lines has said that it will spend $100 million more on health insurance in 2014 than it did in 2013, and why labor unions have complained that Obamacare will drive the costs of collectively bargained, union administered plans, and other plans that cover unionized workers to unsupportable levels.
Fact-Checking The President's Kind-Of Sort-Of 'Apology' For Obamacare-Driven Insurance Cancellations - Forbes
Instead of cancelling policies and offering replacements, the insurance companies could have sent a letter out saying your plan is being upgraded to the ACA requirements and your premium next year will be xxx, then there would be no cancellations just changes in benefits and premiums. However, this would not be in the best interest of their customers since many would qualify for substantial subsidies by going through the exchange. Although cancelling policies creates political fallout for the administration, it's much better than just upgrading the plans and adjusting premiums.
Health Insurance Coverage of the Total Population | The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
With xxx being about 50% higher than what it was before.