Cristy Li

ObamaCare For Suckers That Believe The President
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(Heritage Foundation) President Obama has told ObamaCare critics that the law is settled and here to stay but today, the Obama is saying that to fix the Democrat health care law, he must violate the very spirit of the law and put a band-aid on it until after the 2014 elections–that in addition to the one year delay of the employer mandate, generous subsidies for Members of Congress and numerous other “fixes” and delays.

President Obama announcing his latest so called “fix” today to the problem of millions of canceled insurance policies that his health care created, would not change the law at all but by ‘executive fiat’ would now allow people to keep the insurance plans which the Obama Administration has been claiming are ‘substandard’ through 2014 (if not already canceled to comply with ObamaCare mandates) to give Democrats political cover ahead of next years election.

America’s Health Insurance Plans President/CEO Karen Ignagni said in a statement released today after President Obama’s news conference:

Making sure consumers have secure, affordable coverage is ‘health plans’ top priority, The only only reasons consumers are getting notices about their current coverage changing is because the (Affordable Care Act) ACA requires all policies to cover a broad range of benefits that go beyond what many people choose to purchase today.

Changing the rules after health plans have already met the requirements of the law could destabilize the market and result in higher premiums for consumers. Premiums have already been set for next year based on an assumption of when consumers will be transitioning to the new marketplace. If due to these changes fewer younger and healthier people choose to purchase coverage in the exchange, premiums will increase in the marketplace and there will be fewer choices for consumers. Additional steps must be taken to stabilize the marketplace and mitigate the adverse impact on consumers.

President Obama’s so called latest “fix” to ObamaCare underscores the real problems of a “confusing” health care law as Sen Tom Caper (D-DE) called it that was rammed through Congress without a single Republican vote in the dead of night which nobody had a chance to read.