Good one
Posted on 03/01/2014 9:50:09 AM PST by John Semmens
A new problem with Obamacare is that people who have signed up and later changed their minds are finding it impossible to stop the automatic deductions of premiums from their bank accounts. A Florida man has spent over 50 hours trying to stop $300 per month debits to his checking account for coverage he no longer needs. After six weeks of effort he has yet to succeed.
“I found a plan that costs only $116 a month for similar coverage,” Andrew Robinson said. “I want to cancel the more expensive and now redundant $300 plan, but haven’t been able to accomplish that.”
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius denied that this is yet another “glitch” in the Affordable Care Act’s implementation. “We cannot have people canceling coverage willy-nilly,” she asserted. “The decision on whether to discontinue a plan is one that we cannot carelessly leave up to unqualified individuals.”
As for redundancy, Sebelius argued that “it is better that a person be over-insured than uninsured. If we let people just drop plans that they decide they don’t want there is too much risk that they’ll end up without any coverage. Our Department has a process for evaluating which plans are a better fit for each person. We will determine when or if a particular plan may or may not be dropped for any given individual.”
Sebelius also contended that “the so-called redundancy issue is phony. From a collective standpoint all of the premiums collected will be put to use for someone’s benefit. Any one person who pays for more than he needs simply helps contribute toward our shared responsibility for the well-being of others.”
In related news, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev) characterized those who allege that they have been made worse off by the Affordable Care Act as “liars, pure and simple. This law was passed for the good of the country. It is inconceivable to me that the end result could be to make anyone worse off. Contentions that persons are being denied critical care because previous insurance that they liked was canceled by ACA rules can only be fabrications. We ought to be cracking down on these people for slandering the President and the Democratic Party.”
if you missed any of this week's other semi-news/semi-satire posts you can find them at...
http://azconservative.org/2014/03/01/senate-democrats-reject-limits-on-irs-intimidation-of-political-speech/
“We are programmed to receive.
You can check-out any time you like,
But you can never leave! “
Another good one John.
Good one
Wait. Right now they’re trying how to phrase it.
Kill the account.
Does anyone seriously think they're going to be able to opt out once they've benefited from the insurance?
That's one reason making it a mandate wasn't necessary. Very few people will resist when it means avoiding a current financial obligation.
“The decision on whether to discontinue a plan is one that we cannot carelessly leave up to unqualified individuals.”
should read:
“The decision on whether to allow Progressives to vote is one that we cannot carelessly leave up to unqualified individuals.”
What if you close the bank account and move your money to another account?
I bit!
The IRS is also a “feature” that will steal, your money if you do not pay.
I would have STARTED with closing the bank account and moving my money to another bank.
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