Key Democrats Turn on Obamacare

[Valin]

Via Meadia:

2/15/13

 

Powerful Democrats who helped write and pass Obamacare subjected the new law’s chief administrator to withering criticism at a Senate hearing yesterday. Gary Cohen, the director of the Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight, testified before the Senate Finance Committee, and the Democrats on the committee—from its Chairman Max Baucus to Senators Ron Wyden, Bill Nelson, and Maria Cantwell—tore into him. Kaiser Health News has more:

 

Wyden pressed Cohen to help find ways to resolve a glitch in the law which may result in the denial of federal assistance to millions of Americans of modest means who could be priced out of family health coverage at work….

 

“We’ve got millions of people—working-class, middle-class people—who are going to be pushed into a regulatory health coverage no man’s land,” Wyden said. “They are unable to afford the family coverage through their employer and ineligible for the subsidy that could be used by dependents on the exchange.”

 

And that’s just one senator. Each had his or her own complaints about different parts of the law’s implementation, from its elimination of funding for insurance co-operatives to the failure to meet important deadlines. The criticisms came fast and furious:

 

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Gee it too bad someone didn't warn the Democrats that this was A. a bad idea & B. going to be a fluster cluck...Oh Wait.....

[nickydog]

Unfortunately they waited until the bill was passed before they found out what was in it.

[Valin]

Unfortunately they waited until the bill was passed before they found out what was in it.

 

One does wonder just what little goodies are buried deep inside this thing? A section here a subsection there....just think of all the things that can be hidden away in 2,700 pages....then we look at the X's 10 pages of regulations. Of course only a complete cynic would ever think anything like this would ever happen, after all we're talking about (cue the trumpet fanfare) Public Servants.

[Valin]

Meanwhile back at the ranch.....

 

Obama admin winds down plan for 'uninsurables'

2/15/13

 

WASHINGTON (AP) — Citing financial concerns, the Obama administration Friday began quietly winding down one of the earliest programs created by the president's health care overhaul, a plan that helps people with medical problems who can't get private insurance.

 

In an afternoon teleconference with state counterparts, administration officials said the Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan will stop taking new applications. People already in the plan will not lose coverage.

 

Designed as a stopgap solution until the law's full consumer protections are in effect next year, PCIP is currently serving more than 100,000 people, a lifeline for patients with serious medical problems such as cancer and heart failure. But Congress allocated a limited amount of money, and the administration's technical experts want to make sure it doesn't run out.

 

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[quantim]

Exactly, what is a "key" democrat?

 

Even the MSM knows they have real big problems real soon.

 

And they are already assigning blame, anyone but themselves.

[nickydog]

Unfortunately they waited until the bill was passed before they found out what was in it.

 

One does wonder just what little goodies are buried deep inside this thing? A section here a subsection there....just think of all the things that can be hidden away in 2,700 pages....then we look at the X's 10 pages of regulations. Of course only a complete cynic would ever think anything like this would ever happen, after all we're talking about (cue the trumpet fanfare) Public Servants.

 

Public Servants who want the dignity of their jobs recognized with higher pay, don't forget.