tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090403.post8401129489296400719..comments2023-09-07T04:24:11.648-06:00Comments on y-intercept blog: Limitation of New Enrollmenty-intercepthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03389285761013186443noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090403.post-65892401529173348822009-08-07T07:39:01.099-06:002009-08-07T07:39:01.099-06:00Yomomma's post is truly bizarre.
In paragraph...Yomomma's post is truly bizarre.<br /><br />In paragraph one, I am accused of quoting the bill out of context.<br /><br />In paragraph 2, this stalwart of academic integrity accuses me of claiming the bill outlaws grandfathered policies. He repeats this accusation in the last paragraph.<br /><br />But wait. My post does not say it makes current plans illegal. My post says that it fundamentally alters the nature of existing plans ... making them untenable.<br /><br />You cannot keep your existing insurance it it has been made financially untenable for the insurance company, because said company would be forced to cancel it.<br /><br />BTW, the post does not quote out of context. It shows that the title of a section is fundamentally opposed to the first paragraph in the section.y-intercepthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03389285761013186443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090403.post-40465075075853038972009-08-06T16:01:43.650-06:002009-08-06T16:01:43.650-06:00So the discussion on the right has broken down to ...So the discussion on the right has broken down to the point of fear-mongering based on out of context bill provisions? How sad.<br /><br />I keep seeing people claiming this outlaws private insurance. It doesn't. It sets limitations on grandfathered plans.<br /><br />The new healthcare bill sets new regulations on healthcare plans. Therefore, any new plan will be subject to these regulations. Existing programs can continue unchanged, but cannot add new members. However, newly regulated private plans can be purchased instead. If the pre-regulation plans could continue to add new members, then this bill would be pointless.<br /><br />So if you want to keep your old plan without protection from being denied for pre-existing conditions and without limitations on premium growth for some reason, you can. That's all this section says. It doesn't make private insuance illegal. The private insurers helped write the bill.Yomommanoreply@blogger.com