Obamacare Insurers In Louisiana Delay Hiv Policy Change

They are among a small handful of insurance companies in Louisiana that sell healthcare policies under President Barack Obama’s healthcare law. Without an injunction, low-income individuals with HIV who elect to stay in one of the plans offered by the three insurers will need to pay their own healthcare premiums after March 31. For more than two decades, poor people with HIV have used funds from the federal Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program to buy health insurance they could not otherwise afford. But earlier this month, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana began rejecting Ryan White payments sent on behalf of HIV patients who had enrolled in one of its Obamacare plans. Subsequently, the two smaller insurers followed suit. The insurers told healthcare advocates that guidance issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the lead Obamacare agency, prevented them from accepting third-party payments for the new health plans, even when the funds came from a government program. You will find the original content at this website http://news.yahoo.com/obamacare-insurers-louisiana-delay-hiv-policy-change-012458433–sector.html

Source: aids-write.org - February 27, 2014 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: aidswrite Tags: current news Source Type: blogs