Emergency manager Kevyn Orr has proposed moving younger retired city workers who do not yet qualify for Medicare out of their city-sponsored health plans and into the new federal system, which takes full effect Jan. 1.
The city’s Medicare-eligible retirees — generally those age 65 and older — also would give up their current coverage plans and switch over to Medicare.
Detroit is only the second major city, following Chicago, to propose shifting the financial burden of its retiree health care obligations to the new exchanges.
Under the Affordable Care Act, anyone who lacks insurance can go shopping for coverage on state-run health care exchanges starting Oct. 1. http://www.freep.com/article/20130702/BUSINESS06/307020019/Obamacare-health-care-exchanges-Detroit-city-retirees
These younger retirees were promised a certain medical insurance in conjunction with their doctors. Now, they may have to give up their insurance and their doctors.
From Obama: So let me begin by saying this: I know that there are millions of Americans who are content with their health care coverage - they like their plan and they value their relationship with their doctor. And that means that no matter how we reform health care, we will keep this promise: If you like your doctor, you will be able to keep your doctor. Period. If you like your health care plan, you will be able to keep your health care plan. Period. No one will take it away. No matter what. My view is that health care reform should be guided by a simple principle: fix what's broken and build on what works. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/15/obama-ama-speech-full-tex_n_215699.html
What a liar Obama is.
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