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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsQuestion about ACA:
Soon states will be setting up exchanges if they haven't already, or the feds will do it for them, right? What happens next year when the requirement kicks in, and the exchange in your state, as is the case in NH, no longer accepts applications, but premiums outside the exchange are unaffordable?
cantbeserious
(13,039 posts)eom
rgbecker
(4,832 posts)I don't think the exchanges are even established yet...Maybe they are "not yet" receiving applications rather than "No longer" receiving applications.
Brigid
(17,621 posts)That was a temporary program set up to fund low-income care until 2014. The PCIP program in IN is closed too, so that remaining funds can be used to care for those with serious illnesses. Here in IN, apparently the federal government is going to take responsibility for setting up a high-risk pool in 2014. It's a little confusing, to say the least.
reteachinwi
(579 posts)It should let you know if you can purchase health insurance through the exchange. I haven't heard that there is a quota or limit to the exchanges.
http://healthreform.kff.org/the-basics/~/media/Files/KHS/Flowcharts/coverage_flowchart_3.pdf
Brigid
(17,621 posts)I will use that.
jazzimov
(1,456 posts)is fully implemented such a scenario will be illegal.
the exchanges must be open for all.
Yo_Mama
(8,303 posts)You are talking about the temporary high-risk pools set up as an interim measure until the primary implementation of the law.
But a lot of people won't be eligible for SUBSIDIES on the exchanges.
Two different things.