Another Obamacare failure...

[JustAnotherNut]

A startup specifically designed to sell Obamacare is quitting Obamacare

Harken Health Insurance, a startup and part of UnitedHealthcare that offered low-cost health plans through the Affordable Care Act exchanges, is leaving the marketplace.


Harken had been launched in early 2016 to create tailored plans that would make money in the ACA, better known as Obamacare exchanges. UnitedHealthcare, the parent company, has also rolled back its offerings through the exchanges due to financial losses.

Harken offered pans in Chicago and Georgia, but will no longer in 2017. The insurer had previously announced in August that it would not expand into the South Florida exchanges as it had planned.

"Harken Health remains committed to our innovative model of insurance paired with access to relationship-based care and we look forward to continuing to offer plans to individuals and employers who purchase coverage outside of the exchange," said the company in a statement to Business Insider.

The firm said it will continue to offer plans in various states to individuals outside of the Obamacare exchanges.

The move by Harken is the second Obamacare-focused startup that has rolled back ACA plans. Oscar, the online health insurance start-up that works through the exchanges, announced in August that it would pull out of two exchanges — in Dallas and New Jersey.

Large firms such as Aetna, UnitedHealth, and Humana have also pulled large portions of their Obamacare offerings earlier in 2016.

All of the firms have said that the pool of customers they have covered through the exchanges have been older and sicker (and thus more expensive) than they expected.

 

[The Irish Ram]

Obama's goal is a single government plan with total government control. All of our health information will be on the Obamacare website. (about to be placed in the hands of the UN) and will be data mined. The government will decide what is best for you, when they get around to it.

 

[flacaltenn]

A startup specifically designed to sell Obamacare is quitting Obamacare

Harken Health Insurance, a startup and part of UnitedHealthcare that offered low-cost health plans through the Affordable Care Act exchanges, is leaving the marketplace.


Harken had been launched in early 2016 to create tailored plans that would make money in the ACA, better known as Obamacare exchanges. UnitedHealthcare, the parent company, has also rolled back its offerings through the exchanges due to financial losses.

Harken offered pans in Chicago and Georgia, but will no longer in 2017. The insurer had previously announced in August that it would not expand into the South Florida exchanges as it had planned.

"Harken Health remains committed to our innovative model of insurance paired with access to relationship-based care and we look forward to continuing to offer plans to individuals and employers who purchase coverage outside of the exchange," said the company in a statement to Business Insider.

The firm said it will continue to offer plans in various states to individuals outside of the Obamacare exchanges.

The move by Harken is the second Obamacare-focused startup that has rolled back ACA plans. Oscar, the online health insurance start-up that works through the exchanges, announced in August that it would pull out of two exchanges — in Dallas and New Jersey.

Large firms such as Aetna, UnitedHealth, and Humana have also pulled large portions of their Obamacare offerings earlier in 2016.

All of the firms have said that the pool of customers they have covered through the exchanges have been older and sicker (and thus more expensive) than they expected.

There is an IMMEDIATE disaster looming. The majority of HC Exchanges are crashing before the end of this year. Folks will be getting MILLIONS of cancellation notions just before election day.

In Tennessee, BlueCross underbid everyone else to gain an almost EXCLUSIVE market. With the promises of govt kickbacks and subsidies that never materialized. NOW --- they announced they are leaving ALL of the major Tennessee metro areas. And even tho I bought mine thru a broker and not thru ObamaCare exchange, I will be forced to scramble to cover within the 60 days left in Open Enrollment.

Nobody is addressing this. No plans for fixes on the horizon. Good job Obama/Dems.

 

[Shrimpbox]

I hope the trump campaign is aware of this and plans to pursue this in ads

 

[Arianrhod]

The Trump campaign is identical to the House Republicans' "plan": Dismantle the PPACA and replace it with...nothing.

One of these years.

Paul Ryan's first announcement as Speaker was a "plan" to replace the PPACA.

How many months ago was that?

 

[Shrimpbox]

Nothing would have been less bad than obamacare.

 

[Arianrhod]

Nothing would have been less bad than obamacare.

Prove it.

 

[Sun Devil 92]

Nothing would have been less bad than obamacare.

Oh, there could be worse, but what we have now is not as good as what we had before.

What we had before was not all that great in terms of cost and availability.

 

[Sun Devil 92]

A startup specifically designed to sell Obamacare is quitting Obamacare

Harken Health Insurance, a startup and part of UnitedHealthcare that offered low-cost health plans through the Affordable Care Act exchanges, is leaving the marketplace.


Harken had been launched in early 2016 to create tailored plans that would make money in the ACA, better known as Obamacare exchanges. UnitedHealthcare, the parent company, has also rolled back its offerings through the exchanges due to financial losses.

Harken offered pans in Chicago and Georgia, but will no longer in 2017. The insurer had previously announced in August that it would not expand into the South Florida exchanges as it had planned.

"Harken Health remains committed to our innovative model of insurance paired with access to relationship-based care and we look forward to continuing to offer plans to individuals and employers who purchase coverage outside of the exchange," said the company in a statement to Business Insider.

The firm said it will continue to offer plans in various states to individuals outside of the Obamacare exchanges.

The move by Harken is the second Obamacare-focused startup that has rolled back ACA plans. Oscar, the online health insurance start-up that works through the exchanges, announced in August that it would pull out of two exchanges — in Dallas and New Jersey.

Large firms such as Aetna, UnitedHealth, and Humana have also pulled large portions of their Obamacare offerings earlier in 2016.

All of the firms have said that the pool of customers they have covered through the exchanges have been older and sicker (and thus more expensive) than they expected.

There is an IMMEDIATE disaster looming. The majority of HC Exchanges are crashing before the end of this year. Folks will be getting MILLIONS of cancellation notions just before election day.

In Tennessee, BlueCross underbid everyone else to gain an almost EXCLUSIVE market. With the promises of govt kickbacks and subsidies that never materialized. NOW --- they announced they are leaving ALL of the major Tennessee metro areas. And even tho I bought mine thru a broker and not thru ObamaCare exchange, I will be forced to scramble to cover within the 60 days left in Open Enrollment.

Nobody is addressing this. No plans for fixes on the horizon. Good job Obama/Dems.

You'll notice it has not been an issue on the forefront.

We are all now quite clear that if we elect Trump that there should be no female staffers and female senators should never meet with him alone (unless, of course, they are needing some affection).

We are also quite clear that with Hillary we get a liar and meglomaniac who only cares about Hillary and is lying to make sure history shows her as the first woman president (elected in contrast to a pervert).

But, healthcare.....

 

[flacaltenn]

Welll Hillary wants a bail-out for the Insurance Companies. Which was the plan all along. Except that all the backroom promised kickbacks and subsidies are NOT materializing. Trying to force the Insurers to adopt Medicaid as their own. That was always a recipe for disaster. Insurers are not in the entitlement biz..

 

[Sun Devil 92]

Welll Hillary wants a bail-out for the Insurance Companies. Which was the plan all along. Except that all the backroom promised kickbacks and subsidies are NOT materializing. Trying to force the Insurers to adopt Medicaid as their own. That was always a recipe for disaster. Insurers are not in the entitlement biz..

I think they are, but they collect a commission.

And so, the more they give away the better.

The first part of your post is the most important.

The system didn't respond according to the model it was formulated on.

 

[flacaltenn]

Welll Hillary wants a bail-out for the Insurance Companies. Which was the plan all along. Except that all the backroom promised kickbacks and subsidies are NOT materializing. Trying to force the Insurers to adopt Medicaid as their own. That was always a recipe for disaster. Insurers are not in the entitlement biz..

I think they are, but they collect a commission.

And so, the more they give away the better.

The first part of your post is the most important.

The system didn't respond according to the model it was formulated on.

The model O-Care was founded on was that Congress wrote a blank check to the Agencies to fiddle with the implementation. As long as they wanted to and without much oversight. Then all the Dems declared victory and walked away. They are STILL fiddling with it by extending deadlines for implementations and on the "reimbursements" to insurers. Which is why is almost dead now.

We need an Exec who will VETO any bills that aren't DESIGNED by Congress. Because if you have to choose between the Smurfs in Congress and the Minions of Morons in the Agencies --- I'd have to go with the Smurfs.

 

[MarathonMike]

Even Obamacare's leading cheerleaders have dropped their pom poms and thrown up their hands. It's over. We told you it would fail and it is failing.

Now Obamacare advocates are dropping little hints at "Single Payer". That was the end goal of Obama and the Democrats all along. The ACA was a foot wedging the door open for Single Payer.

 

[The Irish Ram]

In an effort to pump up Hitlery, Obama called his signature plan a starter home. He doesn't know what a starter home is. It is what you can afford at the time. Obamacare doesn't fit in that category. He is lying to us again.

If it needed tweaked to make it more affordable, Obama would have done so. He had years to rework it. Instead he's telling us he left job for Hillary to perfect. What he left for 2017 is soaring premiums, and crushing deductibles. And Hitlery won't do a thing. She already has insurance.

 

[Sun Devil 92]

In an effort to pump up Hitlery, Obama called his signature plan a starter home. He doesn't know what a starter home is. It is what you can afford at the time. Obamacare doesn't fit in that category. He is lying to us again.

If it needed tweaked to make it more affordable, Obama would have done so. He had years to rework it. Instead he's telling us he left job for Hillary to perfect. What he left for 2017 is soaring premiums, and crushing deductibles. And Hitlery won't do a thing. She already has insurance.

You can paint a pile of crap white and it is still a pile of crap.