If canceled, not even 1% will pay more for Obamacare: Study

[Jesus Malverde]

Just a "tiny fraction" of Americans stand to lose their current health insurance plan and pay more for coverage under Obamacare, a new study said Thursday as concern over canceled policies remained a pressing issue for the White House.

The analysis found that only 0.6 percent of people under age 65 are at risk of losing their individual plan and having to pay higher premiums for coverage approved by the Affordable Care Act, according to Families USA, the consumer health advocacy group that issued the study.

Acknowledging that the study was an effort to counter a steady stream of bad publicity for the administration about canceled policies, Families USA Executive Director Ron Pollack added that 1.5 million people possibly losing insurance and paying more for new coverage is "not trivial."

But, he said, "it's important to keep a perspective ... that number is a tiny fraction of the 65 million nonelderly people with pre-existing conditions who will get coverage under the Affordable Care Act."

http://www.cnbc.com/id/101218418

[wiggs]

1. Important to have this in perspective. nt

[jamzrockz]

2. If its really such a low number

Then why change it? 0.6% wont break ACA's back. I think its more than 0.6% more likely the 5% the news media and the White house has been reporting. The more people in the pool, the lower the premium for everybody else and some people will have to suffer a rate hike.

[okaawhatever]

3. Let's hope this info appears in many main stream media outlets. People need to know the truth nt