“If you like your doctor, you will be able to keep your doctor. Period. If you like your health care plan, you will be able to keep your health care plan. Period. No one will take it away. No matter what.”
- President Obama, June 15, 2009
Well, not really.
According to this story, 45,000 Hoosiers will be forced to drop their current, private coverage and will be dumped on Medicaid.
ObamaCare expands Medicaid eligibility to 133 percent of federal poverty line. Indiana created a private health insurance plan for the workers whose income was below 200 percent of federal poverty level. The innovative program combined an account with an insurance policy, and one satisfied customer is concerned Medicaid won’t be as “flexible” as her current plan.
For previous ObamaCare Flatlines, see http://www.gop.gov/obamacare
Additional Document:
Ways and Means GOP: Democrats Finally Admit Premiums to Rise Under Government Takeover of Health Care