[jazusamo]

Sebelius pointed to a new analysis – done by her own department --

That settles it, she and Obama wouldn't lie.

[lexington minuteman 1775]

::::yawn:::::

[BenLurkin]

WARNING -- every American is at risk of being made a ward of the Fedral Government.

[isthisnickcool]

Requiring an insurer to cover a pre-existing condition is not insurance. This is like making home insurers insure a building while it is on fire or has already burned to the ground.

[LostInBayport]

Do they really...REALLY...expect anyone who is not a Dupnik or a Loughner to believe this?

Why don’t they just call aging a “pre-existing condition” and state that over 300,000,000 Americans could be denied coverage?

[Hoodat]

The truth simply is not in these people.

[GoCards]

Oh brother. yawn is right.

[5thGenTexan]

‘129 Million Americans With a Pre-Existing Condition Could Be Denied Coverage Without New Health Reform Law’

And my house could be hit by an asteroid.

[Red Steel]

The HHS analysis found that “anywhere from 50 to 129 million (19 to 50 percent) of Americans under age 65 have some type of pre-existing condition. “Examples of what may be considered a pre-existing condition” (emphasis added) include heart disease, cancer, asthma, high blood pressure, and arthritis, HHS said.

To include hangnails, jock itch, yeast and toe nail infections, and dandruff.

[jazusamo]

Please bump the Freepathon and donate or become a monthly donor!

[Blood of Tyrants]

In a few days she will revise that number and claim that it is actually 1.29 BILLION people who will be kicked off their insurance.

[WOBBLY BOB]

American Thinker: A Look at Preexisting Conditions

http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/03/a_look_at_preexisting_conditio.html

Often it’s not the patient’s fault that he has a preexisting condition (although one could argue this in cases of AIDS or lung cancer or cardiovascular disease secondary to smoking). At the same time, it’s not everyone else’s fault, either. Mandating same-cost coverage for preexisting conditions is not insurance. It is, in fact, public welfare, and it could be managed more effectively, efficiently, and affordably independent of the insurance industry that serves most of the population. For example, take any medium-sized corporation that provides health insurance benefits for its employees and their families. This is its “insurance pool.” The insurer evaluates the demographics and calculates the risk, and the corporation arrives at a premium for coverage. Corporations are very good at this. The insurers can usually calculate an appropriate premium to cover all the claims and still make a profit.

[Eagle of Liberty]

Sebelius pointed to a new analysis

A new analysis? New? You mean this was NOT in existence last year? Or in 2009? Give me a break. So, 30 or 40 or 50 million, or whatever number they wanted to use in Obamacare debates did not have health insurance, but NOW 129 million NEED Obamacare or else they will be denied health coverage?

LIARS!!!!!

The answer? Repeal Obamacare and expand current Government programs to cover those who CANNOT get insurance! If evidence can be shown that three insurance companies will not insure you, you qualify for the program.

[tobyhill]

Scare tactics won't work this time because people who had insurance through their companies or had bought it themselves are seeing massive rate increases due to Obamacare. These same people are thinking, “why do I have to pay more to make sure that person gets better than me?”.

[sodpoodle]

That number of 129 million looks suspiciously close to the number on food stamps.

Could they be the same people?

[ArmstedFragg]

Apparently her “own office” hasn’t bothered to take a look at federal law. The HIPAA act, on the books for over a decade, prohibits pre-existing condition exclusions for anyone who was previously cover by group insurance, and requires insurers to issue a policy to anyone who had group insurance and has maxed out COBRA. In spite of Obama’s efforts to destroy the economy, the vast majority of those “129 million” individuals with pre-existing conditions are covered by employer-provided group policies and can remain covered under current law even if they become unemployed prior to 65.

[Buckeye McFrog]

Insurance companies will just walk away from 50% of their potential business? I think not.

[jakota]

This may be the scariest woman I’ve ever seen. She might be able to run the ovens in old Poland.

[jersey117]

Let the scare tactics begin.... 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 until the republicans start backing off.

[Twinkie]

Pre-existing conditions insurance was always available, but the cost of it was prohibitive for most average people.

Pre-existing conditions insurance may be available under Obamacare, but it will NOT be free, and the cost of it will surely be prohibitve for most of us criminals who will have to be jailed and fined for not being able to comply with Obama’s edicts. Just call me Jailbird Twinkie.

[RoadTest]

Obie thought up a good number there. No, Obie doesn’t think, any more than Charlie McCarthy thought. Edgar Bergen did his thinking and the likes of Soros or several Soroses do Obie’s.