David Freddoso: Five things we learned about Obamacare after it passed

Wash Examiner ^ | 4/7/10 | David Frederroso

[pissant]

"[W]e have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it, away from the fog of the controversy."

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., famously said that about President Obama's health care reform package. She was right. We are just finding out what was contained within that Obamacare law that Obama signed weeks ago.

Here are five things we've learned so far:

One: No sooner had Obamacare passed than the White House discovered that someone goofed. Despite all of Obama's promises and talking points, Obamacare as passed by Congress does not require insurers to cover children with expensive pre-existing medical conditions.

Immediately, the White House got an assurance from the insurers. After demonizing them for months as callous profiteers on others' misery (in fact, the entire industry is barely profitable), Obama now tells Americans that they can trust health insurance companies to do the right thing out of the goodness of their hearts.

Two: State governments discovered that they are no longer just required to guarantee payment for indigent patients' care under Medicaid. Obamacare changes Medicaid law so that now states must also guarantee treatment to the poor.

[pissant]

This is the very tip of the communist iceberg in the ObamaCare bill.

[Sax]

We have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it

This always makes me chuckle in a sick feeling sort of way. It's like the cereal boxes when you were a kid saying "Prize inside!"

Apparently, we just got cat crap in ours.

[pissant]

Cat crap would be a vast improvement

[Sax]

ain’t that the sad truth!

[UB355]

Bill requires 80% payout in claims from health insurance providers. Daughter in law works for one whose payout now @ 67%, Results she expect her company to fold up and go out of business.

[pissant]

That’s one of the intentions of ObamaCare. Collapse the system.

[BuffaloJack]

Mark my words.
George Washington himself is going to rise from the grave; go to the White House; and kick Obama out the front door leaving a boot mark on his butt that won’t go away in our lifetime.

[Theodore R.]

No, because of a fear of being called racist, the American people will have no choice but to sit quietly and take all that comes. The American people will do anything to show their “tolerance”.

[Theodore R.]

But they don’t make the American people, tens of millions of them, chuckle. These people are seriously waiting for the “checks in the mail”.

[Sax]

Unfortunately we share this country with scads of entitled asshats who wouldn’t know what a political opinion was without the television set in their living room telling them what theirs outta be.

[Lumper20]

80% payout? Insurance agents do not work without a commission and renewals.

[freespirited]

And it looks as though the "loud minority" will send Reid looking for a new insurance plan later this year.

We should be so lucky. Whether he's working or retired, we taxpayers are on the hook for this crook's health insurance till he meets his maker. And you can be sure he will hold on to his federal blue cross or whatever as his supplement to medicare until then.

[pissant]

Then hopefully he’ll follow Teddy and Fat Murtha home soon.

[wku man]

Hopefully he'll bring George Patton with him...there are lots of cowards in our nation today that need to be slapped like the smarmy little punks they are!

Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!

[gitmo]

Bill requires 80% payout in claims from health insurance providers. Daughter in law works for one whose payout now @ 67%, Results she expect her company to fold up and go out of business.

That's the plan.

[EverOnward]

“The loud minority made a lot of noise,” Reid said. “Everybody acknowledges, with rare exception, that what we did with our immediate deliverables was terrific.”

[pissant]

I can’t wait until that crooked little puke gets unseated.

[red irish]

Question- right now we do not have health care, are we now under obligation to get health care from the government? I mean when is this suppose to take place? Having IRS involved has to unconstitutional. Here in Ky and Ohio there are so many people unemployed many have degrees and can’t find a job. My husband has been applying everywhere for over a year now, we simply can’t afford to buy health care. Any savings we had are now gone and we do pretty good on meds. and the doc. gives discounts if we pay as we go. I am just not sure what is expected now and how that is going to have an effect on out tax return.

[pissant]

No benefits until 1013. Even though you will be paying taxes starting last week for it.

[pissant]

make that 2013