First, read the brief:
BY AVERY JOHNSON
Insurers said they would comply with regulations the government issues requiring them to cover children with pre-existing conditions, after a dispute with lawmakers over interpretation of the new health-care legislation.
The Obama administration has made near-immediate coverage for sick children a priority in its health-care overhaul. But shortly after the bill's passage last week, insurers contended that the law didn't require them to accept sick children until 2014.
The insurance industry's lobby, America's Health Insurance Plans, said the law meant only that they needed to cover treatments for sick children who already were customers.
Continuing notes: two things come to mind. How many times has the very combative Hussein Obama stated something as fact only to find out later that he didn't have a clue. In fact, this scenario is such a frequent circumstance that Midknight Review believes it to be much more than "pattern activity," rising to the level of intentional activity. In virtually every case, Obama spews moments of misinformation when in the midst of a "debate" -- the Obama claim trumping all objections. On September 9, 2009, the famous "you lie" was uttered immediately after Obama claimed that illegals would not receive benefit from the current health care proposal. Turns out Obama was wrong. Illegals will benefit from health care via Medicaid - a program in which administrators are expressly forbidden to ask for or, in any way, verify citizenship.
The claim for pre-existing conditions with children was made over and over again - by the Slickmeister. The news brief above tells us that the provision was not in the bill, that it is being added in after the fact and insurance companies have 'agreed" to the inclusion (as if they had a choice !!).
Understand that this particular omission allowed the pundits of ForcedObamaCare (FOC) to claims the law would actually save money -- a pathetic 137 billion over the course of ten years. Do not be surprised to find out that this provision, not priced into the new reform law, will cost 400 billion dollars over the course of the first ten years. So, before the reform law is two weeks old, we already know it is over budget.
One final point is this - we go deeper into debt to the tune of $220 billion a month. You should write that down and use it as a benchmark when politicians start talking about costs or savings. For example, when Pelosi looked into the cameras three weeks ago, raised her eyebrows in fake "surprise," and said, "This bill will save $137 billion dollars over the course of ten years," using our "benchmark," we know that this "savings" is equal to the debt we incur over a period of two weeks - hence our characterization of "pathetic."
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