
How do you sue someone for following the law?
Via Politico:
Blue Cross of California has agreed to allow 115,000 customers to stay on their current policies until the end of Obamacare’s open enrollment period March 31, under threat of a lawsuit by the state insurance department.
But the move is unlikely to be a broader answer to the millions of cancellation notices being sent out nationwide, which have caused a political crisis for the White House on top of the rocky launch of the Obamacare website.
California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones said today a quirk in California law made it possible for him to require the extension from Blue Shield, but that it’s unlikely to apply to anyone else, even in his state.
“I don’t think, short of other legal violations, that [other] health insurers will give people more time,” he said at a press conference Tuesday.
As the Obama administration grapples with a deluge of negative stories about the real-world impact of its health care law, several proposals have emerged in Congress that could extend how long consumers could hold on to their existing policies. But whether that’s practical for insurers at this point remains unclear.
