Minnesota: At Least 140,000 Losing Health Plans

SCULLIN Here at home ░░░░░░░░ are starting to feel ░░░░░░░░ effects of ObamaCare PASSOLT ░░░░░░░░ who were perfectly happy ░░░░░░░░ their coverage are suddenly ░░░░░░░░ out their rates are ░░░░░░░░ up way up Fox ░░░░░░░░ s Tom Lyden joining ░░░░░░░░ now Tom upsetting news ░░░░░░░░ many people some sticker ░░░░░░░░ LYDEN Yeah absolutely And ░░░░░░░░ may not know why ░░░░░░░░ know here are some ░░░░░░░░ the reasons that your ░░░░░░░░ insurance may be discontinued ░░░░░░░░ it may not cover ░░░░░░░░ visits maternity care mental ░░░░░░░░ treatment even pediatric and ░░░░░░░░ care You know the ░░░░░░░░ insurance policy you may ░░░░░░░░ may be better no ░░░░░░░░ about it but also ░░░░░░░░ expensive And for many ░░░░░░░░ who may not even ░░░░░░░░ these services it seems ░░░░░░░░ a broken promise that ░░░░░░░░ right from the president ░░░░░░░░ down in the rolling ░░░░░░░░ of rural Rice County ░░░░░░░░ ll find Larry Walburn ░░░░░░░░ auto body shop You ░░░░░░░░ it he ll fix ░░░░░░░░ But he believes ObamaCare ░░░░░░░░ beyond repair WALBURN There ░░░░░░░░ be some good things ░░░░░░░░ it but everything I ░░░░░░░░ seen so far doesn ░░░░░░░░ do the common working ░░░░░░░░ self employed or farmers ░░░░░░░░ what not that pay ░░░░░░░░ own premiums it doesn ░░░░░░░░ do them any good ░░░░░░░░ A couple weeks ago ░░░░░░░░ got this letter from ░░░░░░░░ telling him his insurance ░░░░░░░░ being discontinued because it ░░░░░░░░ t meet the new ░░░░░░░░ standards under the Affordable ░░░░░░░░ Act Larry did some ░░░░░░░░ calculations He and his ░░░░░░░░ were paying 658 a ░░░░░░░░ Under a new plan ░░░░░░░░ will charge them more ░░░░░░░░ 1 000 a yearly ░░░░░░░░ of more than 4000 ░░░░░░░░ doesn t exactly live ░░░░░░░░ to the president s ░░░░░░░░ START CLIP OBAMA If ░░░░░░░░ like your health care ░░░░░░░░ you ll be able ░░░░░░░░ keep your health care ░░░░░░░░ period WALBURN That s ░░░░░░░░ lie that s a ░░░░░░░░ out lie The only ░░░░░░░░ you can keep it ░░░░░░░░ if you have to ░░░░░░░░ a whole bunch more ░░░░░░░░ premiums LYDEN Do you ░░░░░░░░ misled WALBURN Well totally ░░░░░░░░ Larry Walburn s hardly ░░░░░░░░ Estimates are some 2 ░░░░░░░░ people won t get ░░░░░░░░ keep their health insurance ░░░░░░░░ it doesn t meet ░░░░░░░░ minimum requirements It may ░░░░░░░░ more with all the ░░░░░░░░ problems no one knows ░░░░░░░░ sure But Larry and ░░░░░░░░ neighbors have another problem ░░░░░░░░ s where they live ░░░░░░░░ s just an hour ░░░░░░░░ the Mayo Clinic and ░░░░░░░░ in southern Minnesota pay ░░░░░░░░ because there is so ░░░░░░░░ competition ironic since the ░░░░░░░░ just approved 400 million ░░░░░░░░ subsidies for a Mayo ░░░░░░░░ to make it even ░░░░░░░░ dominant LYDEN You re ░░░░░░░░ be forced to go ░░░░░░░░ MNSure now aren t ░░░░░░░░ WALBURN Probably LYDEN What ░░░░░░░░ you think about that ░░░░░░░░ I don t like ░░░░░░░░ LYDEN And MNSure may ░░░░░░░░ be much better Under ░░░░░░░░ gold plan he and ░░░░░░░░ wife would pay about ░░░░░░░░ about what HealthPartners is ░░░░░░░░ But if he lived ░░░░░░░░ the Twin Cities metro ░░░░░░░░ five insurance companies to ░░░░░░░░ from it would be ░░░░░░░░ a month a yearly ░░░░░░░░ of 2600 For the ░░░░░░░░ the whole system seems ░░░░░░░░ up and a little ░░░░░░░░ WAYBURN The government is ░░░░░░░░ over and trying to ░░░░░░░░ you what to do ░░░░░░░░ are losing all of ░░░░░░░░ freedoms LYDEN One important ░░░░░░░░ Larry Walburn and his ░░░░░░░░ may be eligible for ░░░░░░░░ credits that could lower ░░░░░░░░ cost of their monthly ░░░░░░░░ depending of course on ░░░░░░░░ income MNsure had no ░░░░░░░░ for this story By ░░░░░░░░ way President Obama taking ░░░░░░░░ of heat for that ░░░░░░░░ you heard that you ░░░░░░░░ keep your insurance the ░░░░░░░░ Post awarding him Four ░░░░░░░░ on its truth meter ░░░░░░░░ back to you.”