My lib in law freaked out the other night when I asserted just what you posted.
She’s still of the opinion that it was INTENDED to “help people”, and supporting it makes her a good person.
Tell them that if this 2200 page law was intended to work, it was crafted by fools and idiots, simply for the fact the internal inconsistencies were not resolved.
Additionally, the same is true of the programmers, given their inability to write an application over a 4 year period, that:
1) Works on the front end, such that you’re able to complete your application,
and
2) Closes on the back end, such that the gov’t, the insurer, the Doctor, and the patient are able to confirm that you have PAID, and are indeed COVERED!!!