Here’s what’s coming, thanks to ObamaCare and thanks to enrollees in Blue Cross Blue Shield plans being older and sicker. As predicted, not enough young, healthy people are not interested in ObamaCare. Here are comments from Barbara Morales Burke of BCBS.
She said preliminary data also showed the enrollees were using more cardiology, obstetrics and gynecology, and orthopedics services, and seeking prescription drugs for mood and attention deficit disorders, HIV and infectious hepatitis.
“Blue Cross (Affordable Care Act) customers are older, have more chronic conditions than we anticipated than when we set rates for 2014 last year,” she said. “So when we set rates this year for 2015 ACA plans, those rates will need to be higher to reflect anticipated healthcare needs and usage of new ACA customers.”
Thanks, Mr. President. Thanks, Sen. Hagan, who, in case you’ve forgotten, cast the deciding vote in favor of ObamaCare.
It is well past time to repeal and replace ObamaCare with a consumer-driven model that allows each person to choose a menu of items that works for them. JLF’s Katherine Restrepo provides us with ongoing updates on the government takeover of health insurance/health care delivery.
