I read a post over at Real Honest Thinking that points out disinformation that the Obama administration has been putting out. Okay, not ‘disinformation’, more out and out lies.
The post is in the form of a letter to email to flag@whitehouse.gov in their effort to locate ‘fishy’ internet posts about Health Insurance Reform.
After look at the sight, I agree. Take a look for yourself.
- President Obama has stated that, “if you have insurance that you like then you will be able to keep that insurance. Nobody is trying to change what works.” See the video below, the quote is shown at 1:07 in this video from The White House.This is in direct contrast to H.R. 3200. According to Title I, Section 102 -
(a) Grandfathered Health Insurance Coverage Defined- Subject to the succeeding provisions of this section, for purposes of establishing acceptable coverage under this division, the term ‘grandfathered health insurance coverage’ means individual health insurance coverage that is offered and in force and effect before the first day of Y1 if the following conditions are met:
(1) LIMITATION ON NEW ENROLLMENT-
(A) IN GENERAL- Except as provided in this paragraph, the individual health insurance issuer offering such coverage does not enroll any individual in such coverage if the first effective date of coverage is on or after the first day of Y1.
(B) DEPENDENT COVERAGE PERMITTED- Subparagraph (A) shall not affect the subsequent enrollment of a dependent of an individual who is covered as of such first day.
Should you get fired or change employers, even an employer that has the SAME PLAN, you are ineligible to join that plan. You must take the public option.
- President Obama’s press conference on health care on July 22nd he stated that his plan “will keep government out of health care decisions.” He also states “that health insurance reform will not add to our deficit over the next decade.” The 1st part, keeping Government out of health care decisions, is false. H.R. 3200, Title IV, Subtitle A, Section 1401 calls for the creation of the Center for Comparative Effectiveness Research.
‘Sec. 1181. (a) Center for Comparative Effectiveness Research Established-‘(1) IN GENERAL- The Secretary shall establish within the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality a Center for Comparative Effectiveness Research (in this section referred to as the ‘Center’) to conduct, support, and synthesize research (including research conducted or supported under section 1013 of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003) with respect to the outcomes, effectiveness, and appropriateness of health care services and procedures in order to identify the manner in which diseases, disorders, and other health conditions can most effectively and appropriately be prevented, diagnosed, treated, and managed clinically.
‘(2) DUTIES- The Center shall–
‘(A) conduct, support, and synthesize research relevant to the comparative effectiveness of the full spectrum of health care items, services and systems, including pharmaceuticals, medical devices, medical and surgical procedures, and other medical interventions;
‘(B) conduct and support systematic reviews of clinical research, including original research conducted subsequent to the date of the enactment of this section;
‘(C) continuously develop rigorous scientific methodologies for conducting comparative effectiveness studies, and use such methodologies appropriately;
‘(D) submit to the Comparative Effectiveness Research Commission, the Secretary, and Congress appropriate relevant reports described in subsection (d)(2); and
‘(E) encourage, as appropriate, the development and use of clinical registries and the development of clinical effectiveness research data networks from electronic health records, post marketing drug and medical device surveillance efforts, and other forms of electronic health data.
As for not increasing the federal budget – False. According to the CBO (1) -
According to CBO’s and JCT’s assessment, enacting H.R. 3200 would result in a net increase in the federal budget deficit of $239 billion over the 2010-2019 period. That estimate reflects a projected 10-year cost of the bill’s insurance coverage provisions of $1,042 billion ($1.04 trillion), partly offset by net spending changes that CBO estimates would save $219 billion over the same period, and by revenue provisions that JCT estimates would increase federal revenues by about $583 billion over those 10 years.
- President Obama stated in a press conference on June 23rd that the government “will also ensure that the reform we pass brings down the crushing cost of health care. We simply can’t have a system where we throw good money after bad habits. We need to control the skyrocketing costs that are driving families, businesses, and our government into greater and greater debt..”H.R. 3200, as analyzed by the CBO(1) -
“The coverage proposals in this legislation would expand federal spending on health care to a significant degree and in our analysis so far we don’t see other provisions in this legislation reducing federal health spending by a corresponding degree.” – Congressional Budget Office director Douglas Elmendorf, Testimony Before Congress, July 16th, 2009.
So, in the end, is it better that Government spends more? No.
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