Government May Push Workers into the Exchanges

[Yagents]

Speaking of gov't, here's two hours of Sebellius today:
Webcasts

 

[MomofMax]

As someone who has worked in medical collections I can see the need for everyone to be covered. Just like with our cars, we pay the price for uninsured motorist which is why everyone who drives is required to have coverage. However, the price for the medically uninsured is significantly higher. This may be a "discomfort" for some in the beginning and may have some kinks that need to be worked out, but in the long run it is a necessity.

 

[HealthGuy]

Momofmax ur brilliant. medical collection background? Wow...welcome

 

[Sam]

No, Congress isn't trying to exempt itself from Obamacare

 

[RonRoberts]

As someone who has worked in medical collections I can see the need for everyone to be covered. Just like with our cars, we pay the price for uninsured motorist which is why everyone who drives is required to have coverage. However, the price for the medically uninsured is significantly higher. This may be a "discomfort" for some in the beginning and may have some kinks that need to be worked out, but in the long run it is a necessity.

I say let me cover myself and my family and you cover yours. It is wrong for my coverage to be a product of necessity in order to cover every one. I work sometimes 16 hours a day to afford my family the best health care while John Holmes next door lives off the system. I say in the long run it is not a necessity but socialism in its purest form...I just wonder what my supply of Vodka will eventually be?

 

[Ann H]

QUOTE=Sam;681053]No, Congress isn't trying to exempt itself from Obamacare[/QUOTE]

The end of the article says:

But no one is discussing "exempting" congressional staffers from Obamacare. They're discussing creating some method through which the federal government can keep making its current contribution to the health insurance of congressional staffers.

This isn't, in other words, an effort to flee Obamacare. It's an effort to fix a drafting error that prevents the federal government from paying into insurance exchanges on behalf of congressional staffers​

So now they know how businesses feel. Those businesses are trying to find a way to contribute to their employee's high cost of premiums, yet allow those employees to go to the exchange when applicable, or buy coverage on their own when applicable. How is that conundrum any different for Congress than it is for businesses?

 

[AllenChicago]

I never thought I'd see these words from WENDEL POTTER, but is now saying that President Obama lied to the American people when he said that we could our current health plan if we wanted to.

Story: OPINION: the peril of Obamacare's promise | The Center for Public Integrity

You can bet that President Obama will never admit that he was wrong. Has he ever admitted that he is/was wrong about anything?
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