"If you like your plan, you can keep your plan."
Maybe not if you live in Virginia.
Virginia lawmakers estimate 250,000 Virginians’ healthcare plans will be cancelled because they do not comply with Obamacare’s standards--and new options may cost a whole lot more.
Doug Gray, executive director of the Virginia Association of Health Plans, told the state legislature there was "no question" that the new plans would come with higher copays and premiums.
"We’re not allowed to offer those plans anymore, so what we’re saying to them, is you need to move to one that’s compliant with the law because that’s what we can offer," Gray said.
New plans also do not guarantee that customers can keep their current doctors.
State Democrats have said that the higher copays and premiums are only short-term and should "even out" over time as the pool of customers grows larger. But Republicans say the rising cost of healthcare is too risky in this economy.