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Some winners, some losers: Obama's health law finally gets real for America

Now is when Americans start figuring out that President Barack Obama's health care law goes beyond political talk Ref. Source 1

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Woman With Stage Four Gallbladder Cancer Loses Insurance Thanks to Obamacare

A woman with stage four gallbladder cancer is one of the millions of Americans who are losing their health insurance thanks to the rules and regulations that are a part of Obamacare. Edie Littlefield Sundby details her plight in a new article the Wall Street Journal published:

Everyone now is clamoring about Affordable Care Act winners and losers. I am one of the losers. Ref. Source 1

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In an interview with NBC News, President Obama apologized that some Americans are losing their current health insurance plans as a result of the Affordable Care Act, despite his promise that no one would have to give up a health plan they liked. Ref. USAToday

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Obamacare marriage penalty puts pressure on couples buying insurance

If they weren't married, it would be easier to afford health insurance based on federal subsidies. Ref. CNN

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Poll: Americans Strongly Favor Repealing Obamacare, 55% Say Scrap It

A new national poll conducted by Rasmussen Reports finds Americans strongly support repealing the Obamcare health care law by a 13-point margin. The law has come under heavy criticism from pro-life advocates for abortion funding, sending taxpayer funds to the Planned Parenthood abortion business, and rationing healthcare.

The new survey finds just 35% of likely voters now believe the trouble-plagued health care law is good for America. Fifty-five percent (55%) consider it bad for the country. Only two percent (2%) think it will have no impact. Ref. Source 3

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USA Healthcare Website

The enrollment process for health care coverage through HealthCare.gov has been completed by 26,794 people, Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius says.

In addition, 79,391 have enrolled for coverage through separate state-based exchanges. Ref. CNN

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President Barack Obama said the Obamacare rollout has been "Rough so far" And he has been deeply concerned about it.

Under a fix offered by Obama on Thursday to address a controversial provision of the Affordable Care Act, the President said Americans who received cancellation notices may be able to keep their individual insurance plans for one more year.

The deal is meant to cover millions of people who have had their insurance policies canceled because the policies do not meet Obamacare requirements. The uproar has ensnared the White House for weeks, shining a spotlight on Obama's earlier promise that people who liked their insurance plans could keep them.

But the fix, as reported earlier by CNN's Dana Bash, puts the onus of the renewals on insurers. The administration is not requiring insurers or state insurance commissioners to extend the existing plans, but instead is allowing insurers to offer an additional year of coverage.

Also, insurers must notify policyholders of the difference in benefits between their policies and the Obamacare plans available on the insurance exchanges. And the companies must inform people that additional policies are available on the exchanges and that subsidies may be available to those who qualify.

This fix will not solve "Every problem for every person," Obama said. Ref. CNN

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By a vote of 261-157, the House approved legislation that allows insurers to continue offering health care plans to new and existing customers through 2014, even if the plans do not meet new federal requirements under the Affordable Care Act. Thirty-nine Democrats voted with Republicans in favor of the bill. President Obama opposes it, preferring the administrative fix he announced Thursday to allow cancelled plans to continue for existing customers. Ref. USAToday