Posted on 08/26/2010 3:42:42 AM PDT by Scanian
While many of Obama Care's major pieces won't kick in until 2014, a few big changes are already under way -- and offering an early taste of what's in store for American health care. It ain't pretty.
Think: greater government control, less competition and fewer options for consumers.
As early as next month, for example, the administration is expected to unveil its definition of "unreasonable rate increases." This is its way of dictating premiums.
It's also drafting a slew of new regulations -- mandating everything from the kinds of benefits health insurers must offer to how they spend their revenues. Some of the new rules will force millions of seniors out of their current Medicare Part D drug plans, even though the program has been highly successful.
Start with the new regs and the government's attempts to set insurance rates. The result is entirely predictable: Some health plans will inevitably quit the market.
State "exchanges" -- through which consumers will be able to buy federally subsidized, privately run health insurance -- are scheduled to be up and running in 2014. But the Health and Human Services Department regulations will make it hard for insurers to do business in these new programs -- so many simply won't.
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Our primary care internist is only seeing Medicare patients 1 day a week, and come Jan will STOP seeing the altogether.
OK. I thought by your remark that you thought Soros and his demented helpers were splitting, as in splitting up. That would be news to me.
Obamacare already jacking up rates
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2575901/posts
Colleges: New health law may imperil student policies
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2574746/posts
No. He is still working on destroying the US.
That really is it. Obama is about Control.
pure evil
Can they pass a law to fix the severability clause error? Can they draft regulations to cover their mistake?
I do not think we should count on some technical error to kill this.
Part D penalizes anyone who has opted out by mandating a one-half of one percent increase in premium (which is going up) per every month from date of eligibility to date of policy for anyone who did not sign up when they first took Medicare. Since 2008, the cheapest policy has already increased over 33%, even for those who reluctantly signed up upon first eligibility. And this is for someone who is not taking any prescription drugs.
Yes and he should be made accountable.
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