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AIDS patients in Obamacare limbo as insurers reject checks
2014-02-09
People are going to die as a result of Obamacare. But while on one hand the bill was sold as the way to deliver insurance to the deserving uninsured, on the other it was based on the philosophy of medical utilitarianism of President Obama's healthcare policy advisor Ezekiel Emanuel (yes, brother of the current mayor of Chicago, Rahm E.). See here and here for details.
[Rooters] Hundreds of people with HIV/AIDS in Louisiana trying to obtain coverage under President Barack Obama's healthcare reform are in danger of being thrown out of the insurance plan they selected in a dispute over federal subsidies and the interpretation of federal rules about preventing Obamacare fraud.

Some healthcare advocates see discrimination in the move, but Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana says it is not trying to keep people with HIV/AIDS from enrolling in one of its policies under the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare.

The state's largest carrier is rejecting checks from a federal program designed to help these patients pay for AIDS drugs and insurance premiums, and has begun notifying customers that their enrollment in its Obamacare plans will be discontinued.

The carrier says it no longer will accept third-party payments, such as those under the 1990 Ryan White Act, which many people with HIV/AIDS use to pay their premiums.

"In no event will coverage be provided to any subscribers, as of March 1, 2014, unless the premiums are paid by the subscriber (or a relative) unless otherwise required by law," Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana spokesman John Maginnis told Reuters.
The LGBT community will soon intervene on this one. Champ had better pull a rabbit out of his hat quickly.
Posted by:Besoeker

#2  This is more of the pass than read form of legislation.

You mean you didn't know that this regime was both venal and incompetent?

Too bad, you're screwed.
Posted by: AlanC   2014-02-09 09:27  

#1  Give us our meds you bastids!

Posted by: Besoeker   2014-02-09 08:04  

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