""We have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it."
- March 9, 2010
Posted on 06/21/2011 11:05:56 AM PDT by GreaterSwiss
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama's health care law would let several million middle-class people get nearly free insurance meant for the poor, a twist government number crunchers say they discovered only after the complex bill was signed.
The change would affect early retirees: A married couple could have an annual income of about $64,000 and still get Medicaid, said officials who make long-range cost estimates for the Health and Human Services department.
Up to 3 million people could qualify for Medicaid in 2014 as a result of the anomaly. That's because, in a major change from today, most of their Social Security benefits would no longer be counted as income for determining eligibility.
Medicare chief actuary Richard Foster says the situation keeps him up at night.
"I don't generally comment on the pros or cons of policy, but that just doesn't make sense," Foster said during a question-and-answer session at a recent professional society meeting. It's almost like allowing middle-class people to qualify for food stamps, he suggested.
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Approval -4, disapproval +5 — in one day!
http://www.gallup.com/poll/113980/Gallup-Daily-Obama-Job-Approval.aspx
This is what you get when you sign off on crap you haven’t read.
Thanks again, Dems.
I’d qualify, except I’ll be on Medicare starting in 2013 LOL.
had to pass it to find out what was in it...
If ONLY this bill would have been scrutinized like Sarah Palin’s email...
Don’t count on that free health care gravy train as Medicaid is roughly half funded by state tax dollars. Many states are already going broke trying to keep their existing Medicare programs running and suddenly dumping more Medicaid eligible people into the mix will cause utter collapse of the system. That was probably Obama’s intent..kill off all existing health care insurance plans so people are forced into a national socialized medicine plan just like in Europe.
It is not a flaw, its a feature.
Glitch? It’s on purpose.
Nothing is ever “free”. Anyone who believes that, is a fool.
“If ONLY this bill would have been scrutinized like Sarah Palin’s email...”
Needs repeating!!!
The media, which is suppose to be keeping a check on gov’t, spent zero time analyzing this disaster that is Obamacare but can pour all their resources on disparaging Sarah Palin...currently a PRIVATE citizen.
Whee! It’s free! Remember, you get what you pay for.
you may have the blue pill or the blue pill.
...Cloward-Pivin...
I'd rather have the blue pill.
A major cluster ....
But what would you expect from a Congress who didn’t read the legislation.
BS. Nothing is free and I still say they didn’t read it because Obamacare was already ready and waiting. It’s really Hillary’s secret health care plan.
“had to pass it to find out what was in it..”
Kinda like a stool sample!
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