President Obama’s plan to prevent cancellations of insurance policies because of ObamaCare was blasted Wednesday by state insurance commissioners — who say it could make premiums skyrocket.
After Obama met with members of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, the group said his efforts to stop the cancellation notices that have been sent out since the start of ObamaCare could be disastrous.
In a statement, the group “stressed their concern that different rules for different policies would be detrimental to the overall insurance marketplace and could result in higher premiums for consumers, without addressing the underlying concern of gaps in coverage.”
Meanwhile, the botched rollout of ObamaCare is getting a thumbs-down in Kansas — home state of Health and Human Services boss Kathleen Sebelius.
Only 371 Kansans have signed up for medical coverage through HealthCare.gov, and there’s considerable doubt the Web site will be fixed by the White House’s Nov. 30 deadline.
Also Wednesday, the House Oversight Committee said an e-mail chain it obtained shows that days before the launch, an official told the White House he feared the media would publicize error messages that were likely to pop up on the site.