11-15-2013, 01:24 PM
Seems fairly common now according to a number of reports in the news that the letters the private health insurance companies send out are largely "upsell" efforts. So getting notified of more expensive policies is not a surprise. These letters pointedly avoid mentioning to their clients that they are being upsold (for the company's profit improvement) and pointedly ignore advising them to check out the state exchanges for offerings from both them and other companies, many times at lower cost and possibly obtaining subsidies.
As far as keeping your old plan, that was once literally true as all plans issued before Obamacare's passage into law were grandfathered in, if the private companies chose to continue them. After the law went into effect companies could no longer issue substandard junk policies that did not meet minimum standards specified in the law.
As far as keeping your old plan, that was once literally true as all plans issued before Obamacare's passage into law were grandfathered in, if the private companies chose to continue them. After the law went into effect companies could no longer issue substandard junk policies that did not meet minimum standards specified in the law.