^300K at risk of losing ObamaCare in FL

[Luddly Neddite]

More than 300,000 at risk of losing Obamacare policies

FORT MYERS, Fla. — Nearly 94,000 Floridians must prove their citizenship and immigration status by the first week of September or lose the health insurance they bought through the Affordable Care Act.

The Federal Health Insurance Marketplace began sending out notices this week in English and Spanish to policyholders with what it called inconsistencies in their citizenship records. These people, who have been previously unreachable via mail, e-mail or phone, have until Sept. 5 to submit the needed paperwork. If they don't they will lose coverage Sept. 30.

Florida has the largest number of the nation's 310,000 questionable policies obtained on the federal insurance exchange — 93,800 as of Sunday, according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Texas has 52,700 such cases, and Georgia has 20,900.

By contrast, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wyoming have 300 cases.

Federal officials said they already have closed out 450,000 other citizen and immigration cases, and another 210,000 are under review.

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This doesn't mean these applicants are in the United States illegally. But it can mean that a Social Security or Permanent Resident number the applicant used was incompletely entered into the system or does not match government records, federal officials said.

Sylvia Delgado, a social worker and insurance application counselor in Cape Coral, Fla., said she believes most of these questionable cases are the result of data-entry glitches.

"We don't think there is going to be a problem where all of these numbers (of questionable applications) coming up are going to be ineligible," she said.

Nearly 1 million Floridians signed up for health plans under the Affordable Care Act, more than twice the number that government officials had predicted.

That potentially a 10th of them are problem applications came as a surprise to Roger Ward, chief operating officer at Family Health Centers of Southwest Florida. Family Health Centers, which offers primary medical and dental services, took a leading role in the sign-up effort here.

"That's a big number when you think about it for Florida," Ward said.

 

[Mad Scientist]

It's in the Law that you need to be a US Citizen. You didn't know that? Oh the SSN info is all f*cked up? Oh the Tax I.D. Numbers are goobered up too? I'm SURE that's all just an "Accident" or a "Glitch"! Government NEVER screws up!

Maybe King Obama can wave his Royal Pen and make it all better! You'd like that wouldn't you? The President to act as a Dictator to "help the people" right?

Ustabe, Illegals (or anyone for that matter) could show up at an Emergency room and not get turned away. It also Ustabe that up to 1/3 of Medical care was given away for free to the poor.

Under ObamaCare (ACA): No more!

Too bad you guys didn't read the f*ckin' Bill before you jumped on that Political Bandwagon! The c*ckersuckers that wrote that Bill (The Insurance Industry) sure did!

Hmm, I see a vision! I see... the same situation in all 50 states! I see... much wailing and gnashing of teeth! I see.. LiberTards blaming Bush!

 

[Shanty]

So, conservative dopes are upset that the law does as they want, and non-citizens have to prove their legal status to get coverage?

LOL.

 

[Luddly Neddite]

It's in the Law that you need to be a US Citizen. You didn't know that?

BINGO!

Of course I know that. Its the RWs who swear that its free health care for illegals.

Ustabe, Illegals (or anyone for that matter) could show up at an Emergency room and not get turned away. It also Ustabe that up to 1/3 of Medical care was given away for free to the poor.

Under ObamaCare (ACA): No more!

So, you're saying that Ronnie Ray-Guns Socialist EMTALA is not longer the law of the land?

I didn't know that.

The c*ckersuckers that wrote that Bill (The Insurance Industry)

Yeah, they wrote it because they wanted to lose so much money.