Deadly Consequences [UPDATED]

Stories keep rolling in about the incompetence of Obamacare exchanges. 

Most point out the number of people who were "approved" for coverage but now the government wants to make sure they are really eligible ............. almost 7 months after the fact.

Linda Rolain's story is different.

Linda Rolain applied for Obamacare through the Nevada Health Link exchange but due to "mix ups" she never got the coverage she applied for and paid for.

Rolain was one of about 150 Nevadans suing Nevada Health Link contractor Xerox for enrollment mix-ups that left them without the health insurance they paid for.

Rolain is the first to die of complications from an illness said to have gone untreated for lack of coverage. But observers close to her case say she may not be the last.

Review Journal

For all the complaints about insurance carriers, I don't believe they were as incompetent as the federal government has proven to be.

Rolain’s husband, Robert, said the couple began trying to sign up in November, well ahead of the Dec. 15 deadline for January coverage. After wrestling with repeated sign-up problems, the Rolains bought a plan that took effect in March. But they said Xerox staffers miscommunicated the policy’s effective date, so they didn’t know until May that they had coverage.

Unconscionable.

“This poor lady was told in January that she needed immediate attention,” Casale said. “Her doctor said if she had begun treatment in March, he might been able to give her quality of care, and she might have lived longer. She had no chance because of the delay.

“Ms. Rolain should have had coverage in January. (The Rolains) did everything they could to facilitate the acquisition of a health plan,” Casale added. “She suffered and she died all because of the negligence of a vendor who should not even be in the industry.”

No argument here.

Not only does the vendor have no business being in the insurance business, but the same can be said for the government.

UPDATE [HGS]:



"Stories made up from whole cloth, lies"

Tell that to your (former) constituent Linda Rolain, Harry.