ObamaCare Cancels Californians’ Health Plans, Charges Twice as Much for Replacement

As many as 700,000 Californians are being kicked off their current health insurance plans thanks to ObamaCare, and are being asked to pay as much as 200% more for new health care plans.

From Bloomberg:

San Francisco writer Lisa Buchanan said she and her husband got notices that they’ll have to pay almost twice as much for health insurance because their current coverage doesn’t comply with Obamacare.

In Mill Valley, California, retiree Diane Shore got a letter saying her plan is being eliminated and she’ll be moved to a new one with higher premiums.

“Here we are now being told that individual contributors will have a major change in their care and have to pay a higher premium,” Shore said in an interview. “The government either was totally misleading, or someone was not clear on exactly how this plan would affect individuals who are currently insured.”

Shore and Buchanan are among as many as 700,000 Californians being notified by insurance carriers that their plans don’t conform to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, President Barack Obama’s signature health-care overhaul. The letters are a surprise to many in California, home to 12 percent of the U.S. population and the biggest state to embrace the law with its own insurance exchange.