Lankford Outlines ObamaCare Realities
Lankford outlines upcoming health care changes
By James Coburn
04/08/2013
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid are adjusting requirements for the two programs as the Affordable Care Act becomes more ingrained in the nation’s health care system, Congressman James Lankford said at a recent gathering of the Edmond Area Chamber of Commerce.
“They are making a lot of decisions right now that are dealing with the smaller providers of health care,” Lankford said. “They’re pushing them out, and pushing them towards the hospitals.”
The Affordable Care Act is shifting the payment rate ratio of insurance for 20- to 30-year-olds from 6-1 to 3-1, Lankford said. More companies are shifting from providing insurance copays to increasing deductibles, he added.
Nonprofit health care navigators are being hired to go door-to-door, beginning this fall, to help people fill out 21-page eligibility forms for insurance exchange programs, Lankford said. The White House says these exchanges make insurance companies more competitive.