So what I'm getting from this is that the insurance companies were completely blindsided by the roll-out of the ACA and had absolutely no idea that it was coming and what it would take to be compliant. How sneaky of Obama to just pop this out of nowhere to catch everybody by surprise.
Pop what out of nowhere? Insurance companies are notifying people that their plans are no longer legal and cannot be renewed at the end of their coverage. They are not immediately dropped. Their only option is to go the Exchanges and pay more for coverage that they do not want and is completely unnecessary. Then the government comes back and tells them, yes it is more expensive but you are eligible for a subsidy so we will help you pay for it. Now people go from paying for their own health insurance that they A) want and B) can pay for on their own, to an Obamacare plan that provides more expensive unnecessary benefits, costs a lot more, has higher deductible and the icing on the cake!!!, makes them
dependent on the government to help them pay for their health insurance that they cannot afford on their own by force not choice.
"If you like you plan you can keep it. Period"
Bold is the real goal of Obamacare. The path to single payer.