I heard on NPR this morning that those health policies being cancelled only make up 5%

[JaneyVee]

Of the already insured population, and they also said that of those 5%, about half of them will actually wind up paying less for insurance if they re-enroll in Obamacare. They said that around 80% of the population is already covered by employer, Medicare, or Medicaid, and only about 5% have these sub par insurance policies that they purchase privately on their own out of pocket. Amazing how the rest of the media would have you believe this is a National disaster when the truth is Obamacare is on the verge of being a huge success. Sorry, Republicans: the ACA gets at least as much time to work as the Iraq War took.

[zipplewrath]

1. Even worse

I heard that too (including last night on all things considered). Even more so is that the turnover rate on these policies has historically been about 2% a year anyway. No one has calculated the numbers yet, but I still bet that when the dust settles, only 1% of people will see their rates go up because their plan got canceled. And of those, half will get better coverage by far and probably be happy about it.

[JaneyVee]

2. Our media is a joke. Funny how they trot out 3 people

Yet neglect the millions who will benefit.

[Swede Atlanta]

3. Yes, this is true.......

and why Faux News and the MSM outlets will seize on this forever.

They fail to place this in perspective....

- Many will get "better" insurance at a lower cost due to being in a pool and subsidies
- Many will get better insurance because we mandate certain minimums. Previously insurers could charge you $50 a month but if you got sick your out of pocket was $50K. That was nonsense. Just as with auto insurance you set some minimum coverage.

[lostincalifornia]

4. For the 5% it could be upsetting. What should have been done, and maybe it was, when those letters

were sent, the letters should have told those affected what their alternatives were

If you are dealing with a uninformed person who gets a letter saying their policy as been cancelled it could be quite unnerving unless they know their options

The good thing about these hearings and all the "media outcry" is that the message is actually getting out, and I do not mean the misrepresentations and lies that have been going on for months, but what the corrections to those lies and misrepresentations.

I am sure this is not what the republicans will expect, but it is happening, and this will hurt them.