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Policy notifications and current status, by state

Policy notifications and current status, by state

The Associated Press

Thu, December 26, 2013 at 4:09 PM EST

Millions of Americans who buy their own health insurance were informed this fall that their policies would no longer be offered starting in 2014 because they do not meet the higher standards of the federal Affordable Care Act. The actual number of people receiving the notices is unclear, in part because officials in nearly 20 states say they do not have the information or are not tracking it.

Some states tracked the policy notifications through their insurance departments or health care exchanges. In other states, the largest private insurers released the number of discontinuation notices they issued.

President Barack Obama then said insurance companies could allow the older policies to continue, but left that decision to the states and individual insurers. The response has been mixed.

This chart shows that at least 4.7 million Americans received the cancellation notices. It also provides details about what decision has been made in each state since Obama's announcement (some states had previously decided to allow insurers to continue older policies for a limited time).

It reflects reporting by AP staffers in every state and the District of Columbia and does not include policy cancelations in the small-business insurance market.

State	Number of policies scheduled to be canceled	Current status of those policies
Alabama	90,000	Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama, by the far the largest insurer in the state, decided not to extend the canceled policies.
Alaska	5,400	The state gave insurers the option of renewing policies. Premera Blue Cross Blue Shield, the state's largest insurer, and Moda Health, said they would do so.
Arizona	State not tracking	The state did not allow insurers to extend expiring policies.
Arkansans	State not tracking	The state gave insurers the option to extend older policies, and most are doing so.
California	1.1 million	The state did not allow canceled policies to continue.
Colorado	326,590	Most insurers in the state are continuing existing policies for one year.
Connecticut	66,437	Some insurers decided to continue their existing plans for a year while others did not. The state also is offering some consumers the option to buy catastrophic coverage.
Delaware	12,000	The state allowed insurers to continue existing policies.
District of Columbia	21,300	The district's insurance department did not allow insurers to extend expiring policies.
Florida	333,000	The state allowed insurers to continue existing policies, and Florida Blue and Blue Cross	Blue Shield said they would do so.
Georgia	400,000	The state allowed insurers to continue existing policies.
Hawaii	State not tracking	The state allowed insurers to continue existing policies. The state's largest insurers, Kaiser Permanente and Hawaii Medical Service Association, agreed to do so. Yet both have asked the state for permission to raise premiums on those plans 8 to 10 percent.
Idaho	105,000	The state allowed insurers to continue existing policies. The state's two largest insurers, Blue Cross of Idaho and Regence Blue Shield, said those older policies will continue for one year.
Illinois	185,340	The state allowed insurers to continue existing policies through 2014. The largest insurer, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois, is doing so.
Indiana	108,000	The state did not allow insurers to continue canceled policies, but the insurance commissioner and insurers earlier in the year allowed an early renewal option that keeps some older policies in place through 2014.
Iowa	1,000	The state allowed insurers to continue their existing policies through 2014. The state's largest insurer, Wellmark Blue Cross & Blue Shield, said it would do so.
Kansas	State not tracking	The state has allowed the largest insurer, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas to extend 10,000 older policies through 2014.
Kentucky	130,000	The state gave insurers the option of continuing their old policies. Some did and some did not.
Louisiana	92,790	The state allowed insurers to continue their existing policies if they choose.
Maine	Existing plans automatically switched	The state is allowing insurers to continue their existing plans through 2014.
Maryland	73,200	The state allowed insurers to continue their existing polices. CareFirst Blue Cross Blue Shield, the state's largest insurer, opted to do so.
Massachusetts	State not tracking	The state did not allow canceled policies to continue, but also expects that most, if not all, policies sold in the state already meet the higher standards of the federal health care law because Massachusetts passed health insurance reforms in 2006.
Michigan	225,000	The state allowed insurers to continue canceled policies. But the state's largest insurer, Blue Cross Blue Shield, is letting all but one of its old individual plans to lapse. That plan has about 47,000 policyholders.
Minnesota	140,000	The state did not allow canceled policies to continue.
Mississippi	500	The state had already allowed insurers to continue older policies through 2014.
Missouri	State not tracking	The state allowed insurers to continue canceled policies.
Montana	State not tracking	The state insurance commissioner recommended against renewing the canceled policies, and the state's largest insurers said they will not be continued.
Nebraska	State not tracking	The state allowed insurers to continue the existing policies for another year. So far, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nebraska and United Security Insurance of Omaha have said they will do so.
Nevada	24,600	The state did not allow canceled policies to continue.
New Hampshire	22,000	The state allowed insurers to continue their older policies, and insurance companies have said they will raise premiums on them by an average of 7 percent.
New Jersey	150,000	The state gave insurers the option of continuing their old policies. The largest, Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield, indicated it would not continue its basic plan.
New Mexico	26,000	The state decided to allow the continuation of older policies through 2014 even before the Obama administration encouraged it. One insurer that provides coverage to nearly 3,000 people opted against an extension.
New York	100,000	The state did not allow canceled policies to continue.
North Carolina	183,800	The state allowed insurers to continue their old policies, but only Blue Cross chose to do so.
North Dakota	46,550	The state allowed insurers to continue their old policies, but the largest insurer, Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota, opted against doing so.
Ohio	State not tracking	The state gave insurers the option of continuing their old policies; six have said they will do so.
Oklahoma	State not tracking	The state has allowed insurers to continue existing policies through 2014 and most are doing so.
Oregon	135,000	The state allowed insurers to extend canceled policies, and all nine are doing do so. But two of those are extending them only through March 31.
Pennsylvania	250,000	The state allowed old policies to continue. The state's four nonprofit Blue Cross Blue Shield insurers said they would extend those policies for up to six months but also were likely to increase the premiums.
Rhode Island	Existing plans automatically switched	The state did not allow insurers to continue canceled policies.
South Carolina	State not tracking	The state gave insurers the option of continuing their old policies for a year. Some did and some did not.
South Dakota	State not tracking	Insurers were allowed to extend canceled policies. The state's three main health insurers said they would give customers the option of keeping their current plan.
Tennessee	60,000	Insurers were allowed to extend canceled policies.
Texas	State not tracking	The state chose not to get involved, leaving the decision about whether to extend canceled policies to individual insurers.
Utah	State not tracking	The state allowed insurers to continue existing policies.
Vermont	Not available	The state had already allowed insurers to extend older policies through March 31, 2014, but will not allow them to continue beyond that.
Virginia	State not tracking	The state did not allow insurers to continue their older policies.
Washington	290,000	The state did not allow insurers to continue their older policies.
West Virginia	State not tracking	The state did not allow insurers to continue their older policies.
Wisconsin	State not tracking	The state allowed insurers to continue existing policies.
Wyoming	3,200	Insurance companies were given the option to renew, and the state insurance commissioner says most of the older plans will be extended for 2014.