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In reply to the discussion: I wish people wouldn't be so rude to those who lose out under the ACA. [View all]The Wielding Truth
(11,433 posts)Your insurance company must have decided to change your policy to make money by selling on the exchange. Once any change happens on your policy that one must close and you must open another. It is the Company and not ACA that is not letting you keep you current policy that you say you value so much.
https://www.healthcare.gov/how-does-the-health-care-law-protect-me/
How the health care law protects you
Creates the Health Insurance Marketplace, a new way for individuals, families, and small businesses to get health coverage
Requires insurance companies to cover people with pre-existing health conditions
Helps you understand the coverage youre getting
Holds insurance companies accountable for rate increases
Makes it illegal for health insurance companies to arbitrarily cancel your health insurance just because you get sick
Protects your choice of doctors
Covers young adults under 26
Provides free preventive care
Ends lifetime and yearly dollar limits on coverage of essential health benefits
Guarantees your right to appeal
Grandfathered plans DON'T have to:
Cover preventive care for free
Guarantee your right to appeal
Protect your choice of doctors and access to emergency care
Be held accountable through Rate Review for excessive premium increases
In addition to the above, grandfathered individual health insurance plans (the kind you buy yourself, not the kind you get from an employer) don't have to:
End yearly limits on coverage
Cover you if you have a pre-existing health condition
Note: Some grandfathered plans offer protections they're not required to. Check with your insurance company or benefits administrator to learn if your grandfathered plan offers the rights and protections listed above.