Thursday, November 14, 2013

The Entire Town Government Can't Keep their Plan!!!

 Contrary to President Obama’s promise that “if you like your health-care plan, you can keep it,” the city manager of Bel Aire, Kansas, revealed that city's 30+ employees have just received notice that because of the Affordable Care Act, their current insurance will no longer be available. The text of the email is below:
“Bel Aire is a small city of approximately 7,000 residents. We have about 30 full-time employees and a number of part-time staff that are all very attached and dedicated to our organization. We just received notice that the health-insurance coverage employees receive through Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS) is no longer available. Everyone liked that plan which had very good benefits. 
“Now, BCBS offers other plans that we can choose from based on the government’s standards.  All offer higher deductibles and the two closest to our old plan each cost more than what we were paying.  In addition, because we are under 50 employees, we no longer get a ‘group’ rate so everyone is being judged as a single. 
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