Richmond -AETNA customers in Virginia and other states from next year can no longer purchase individual or family health insurance plans through Affordable Care Act Marketplace.
ACA is a 15 -year -old federal law in which people who do not have insurance provided by employers allow their purchase through the ACA market. Congress also created a related tax deduction that helps to further offset some costs. above 261,000 people According to the Virginia Medical Auxiliary Service Bureau, Virginia has AETNA Healthcare.
AETNA is under the CVS Umbrella and participated in the ACA market. The recipient received an email for the upcoming change and the company this summer. Website It also explains that.
Health Insurer’s website said, “It is clear that we can’t provide the same value as we have provided in the last few years, considering the future planning options.
The request for the online statement and the CVS Health has not been clearly disclosed whether the company has “clear” the need to withdraw, but the federal health policy environment that converts can be part of the equation.
Congress has not yet renewed its ACA tax deduction, and people lower premium payments and help additional beautiful bills that have recently passed. Not so Expand the credit.
In relation, OBBB includes coming up. Change of hospital funds and medicaid (Another provision of the ACA that helps to guarantee pregnant women, children, disabled people and low -income people).
Republican -led Megabille was in the field. the opposite Donald Trump passed and signed on July 4 from the Democratic Party and some Republican federal lawmakers. Congress’s Republican domination also threatens the renewal of the ACA tax deduction, which helps people buy insurance in the main marketplace in the main marketplace, which Democrats have won.
AETNA spokesman did not respond directly when the Congress was suspended or asked if the failure to renew the ACA tax deduction was related to the decision. She repeated the same statement on the website that CVS is trying to help members make the best use of the benefits in 2025.
The email delivered to Mercury by readers with AETNA Insurance explains how customers need to purchase a new insurance company when the registration period is opened in the fall in the fall.
AETNA Letter said, “We will get more information and useful guidelines with a public registration approach.
AETNA’s recent communication with customers reports that AETNA will withdraw from the ACA market according to the NPR. I came back in May. Since then, as the council has discussed OBBB, lawmakers and hospital experts from all over the country Expressed concern About all income parentheses that the scope of medical insurance is reduced.
Jennifer McClellan, a D-Richmond, said, “As the interest rate without insurance rises, the medical costs will also increase for everyone.
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