Chuck Schumer Wants to Cram National Health Care Down Your Throat
The Democrats say they are going to expedite legislation, that will bring a public health care option to the US, by using a rare legislative procedure. Read about it by clicking here.
This is just sheer insanity. Can these guys please read the Constitution? I challenge them to find health care in there. It’s way beyond their powers, given to them by the Constitution, to try and create a national health care system. If you want to do it on a state level, that’s fine! At least then, if you don’t want to live with a government run system, you can move to another state. This plan does not allow for that option! OK, some will say that it does as the President emphatically stated that you will be able to retain your current insurance plan. Well, that’s not entirely true. The bill from 7/14/09 states on page 16 under the heading “SEC. 102. PROTECTING THE CHOICE TO KEEP CURRENT COVERAGE” (nice name — another kitty cat an puppy dog style name for a section of a bill that does the exact opposite of what it states!) it reads:
1 SEC. 102. PROTECTING THE CHOICE TO KEEP CURRENT
2 COVERAGE.
3 (a) GRANDFATHERED HEALTH INSURANCE COV
4 ERAGE DEFINED.—Subject to the succeeding provisions of
5 this section, for purposes of establishing acceptable cov
6 erage under this division, the term ‘‘grandfathered health
7 insurance coverage’’ means individual health insurance
8 coverage that is offered and in force and effect before the
9 first day of Y1 if the following conditions are met:
10 (1) LIMITATION ON NEW ENROLLMENT.—
11 (A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in
12 this paragraph, the individual health insurance
13 issuer offering such coverage does not enroll
14 any individual in such coverage if the first ef
15 fective date of coverage is on or after the first
16 day of Y1.
17 (B) DEPENDENT COVERAGE PER
18 MITTED.—Subparagraph (A) shall not affect
19 the subsequent enrollment of a dependent of an
20 individual who is covered as of such first day.
21 (2) LIMITATION ON CHANGES IN TERMS OR
22 CONDITIONS.—Subject to paragraph (3) and except
23 as required by law, the issuer does not change any
24 of its terms or conditions, including benefits and
25 cost-sharing, from those in effect as of the day be
26 fore the first day of Y1.
Yup, you can change jobs, your policy or have your policy holder change their terms. If any of those happen, it’ll become illegal for them to write you a new policy. That would force you on the public option. Oh, but don’t worry…eventually, the private insurance will go out of business because they will be forced to compete with a government option that doesn’t have to turn a profit (that’s an understatement). Also, it will force the private insurance companies out of business because employers will off-load their insurance to the public option as it will eliminate an enormous cost from their balance sheets. It’ll go directly to the bottom line — they’d be stupid not to do it!
Keep the pressure on your elected officials to stop this disaster!
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