EU to shrink further into recession

States are increasingly worried that they are going to bear the brunt of the costs for medical treatment for the so-called “uninsurable” until the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is fully implemented. The program that takes care of them now, the Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan, will cease to exist next year when insurance companies are legally mandated to cover these people but many worry that premiums and out of pocket costs are going to rise.