http://thedailyrecord.com/eyeonannapolis/2013/11/18/brown-those-are-not-insurance-cancellation-notices/Brown: Those are Not Insurance Cancellation Notices
By: Bryan P. Sears
Lt. Gov. Anthony G. Brown (Maximilian Franz/The Daily Record)
The more than 73,000 Marylanders who were told their insurance policies were being cancelled can rest a little easier, according to Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown.
In a moment reminiscent of Obi-Wan Kenobi using a Jedi mind trick on Imperial Stormtroopers on the prowl for a couple of droids, Brown told WBAL’s Lisa Robinson Sunday that what was once called a cancellation is, in fact, a renewal notice.“It’s not really a cancellation,” Brown said during the station’s Sunday Morning Q & A segment. “There are, we’ve been hearing a lot about 73,000 and that’s a number I just heard recently when the Maryland Insurance Administration announced that number but these are Marylanders who are getting notices, mostly from CareFirst, that you can renew your policy today and into 2014
but in 2014 you won’t be able to renew your current plan because it’s a substandard plan and doesn’t have the protections I was talking about.”