Posted on 11/01/2014 8:51:35 PM PDT by John Semmens
As more and more people are bounced out of health insurance plans they liked, Health and Human Services Regional Director Joanne Grossie insisted on calling the cancellations “invitations to obtain better plans.”
“A lot of times people will lapse into being satisfied with an inferior product or service out of pure inertia,” Grossie maintained. “By outlawing substandard policies the Affordable Care Act forces people to upgrade to better plans.”
Grossie rejected the idea that a person might genuinely prefer a so-called substandard policy. “A single man might think he has no need to pay for coverage of gynecological services, maternity leave, or abortion, but our experts have determined that this is shortsighted and selfish,” Grossie said. “Every man is potentially capable of contributing to a woman’s need for such services and shouldn’t be allowed to shirk his responsibility to share in the cost of delivering them.”
“The claim that a gay man has no need to pay for this type of coverage is another false argument,” she contended. “Unless he is castrated he still has the capacity to cause a pregnancy. To guard against this possibility he must have coverage.”
Reports that premiums are soaring for the “better plans” was characterized as a “phony controversy” by Grossie. “To get more, you have to expect to pay more. You may have thought you were happy driving a Chevy, but when the government upgrades you to a Cadillac you shouldn’t gripe that it costs more.”
if you missed any of this week's other semi-news/semi-satire posts you can find them at...
http://azconservative.org/2014/11/01/ebola-czar-said-to-be-leading-by-example/
Nice!
Mr. Semmens...I know this is supposed to be satire. But it is so much like the phoney baloney b.s. that is peddled...are you sure?
As I read that, I had to keep reminding myself that, ‘this is satire...this is satire...this is satire...’
seriously, this is not satire.
Good show John!
I know this is satire,, but how did they ever get awy with saying their plan was ‘superior’ and people got dumped from inferior plans...?
Higher prices, and way higher deductibles, - where is it ‘superior’?
An inferior plan was any one you could afford.
Hopefully this next election is about dumping an inferior plan for a better one........
Since when are you supposed to get an upgrade you don’t want,can’t afford, or ask for? Maybe I don’t eat everything I should. Does that give the government a right to upgrade my grocery list?
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