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Old 12-22-2014, 06:03   #1
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Once in Obamacare...

...Always in Obamacare

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/...tmas-surprise/

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If you like your health care plan, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has a Christmas surprise for you! When will this new present arrive? December 25th.

In an ongoing effort to keep Obamacare numbers elevated, CMS has embarked on the next step of its government takeover of healthcare

It seems CMS is taking a page from Jonathan Gruber’s book; rather than allowing the “stupid” masses to make a decision on their own health plan, CMS has proposed a new rule that includes an overly reaching provision allowing CMS to re-enroll anyone who has not made the annual trek back to healthcare.gov in a cheaper plan of CMS’ choosing.

That’s right, the government will choose your plan, perhaps limit access to your doctor, and ultimately make the decision on what is “best” for you.

Not to worry, just like Lady Justice, who wears a blindfold when determining guilt or innocence, CMS will use a blindfold to pick your plan. The agency will select your plan without knowing your medical history. They will do so without knowing if you are currently undergoing treatment or working with a specific doctor. They will do so without knowing your financial status. Despite the fact that the millions of people who already enrolled chose the plan that they believed was best for them.

CMS has laid the perfect trap: Sign up at healthcare.gov one time in your life and we will never let you go. If you don’t continually re-enroll each and every year, CMS will keep you on the plan that it chooses because, after all, CMS knows what’s best and they always make the best decision. Oh, and if you don’t believe that, please go to the 600 million dollar website that will give you all kinds of testimonials handcrafted by MIT professors.

To be clear, a citizen will sign up once for a private plan with a healthcare provider, only to have that plan changed by the federal government. Moreover, CMS will change your plan after the open enrollment period ends, leaving you and your family stuck with a potentially unwanted plan for the year.

The only people that will be happier than the MIT economics professors and “government-knows-best” elitists will be the lawyers who will have the chance to litigate this bureaucratic fiasco. I actually just advised my son to change his studies to healthcare law.

The basic Constitutional question argued at the passing of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was; Can the government force American citizens to purchase a product? Now the question has become; can the government change an individual’s private healthcare provider-without consent-just because that individual is silent and doesn’t opt-in to a new policy? The sound of silence is deafening and frightening.

Speaking of silence, CMS quietly opened a comment period on the new rule that extends until next week—ending on Christmas day.

With all due respect to the Jonathan Grubers of the world, the American people are smarter than this-they know this isn’t right. I sent a letter to CMS demanding they immediately strip this provision from the pending rule and abandon any future attempts to single-handedly choose Americans’ healthcare plans.

If not, the Republican House and Senate stands ready to take the action necessary to ensure CMS doesn’t further erode consumer choice in healthcare - as if the ACA already didn’t go far enough in doing so.

Congressman Mark Meadows (R-NC) serves on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. In the 114th Congress, he will Chair the Subcommittee on Government Operations.
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Old 12-22-2014, 08:07   #2
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I have faith in Congressman Mark Meadows (R-NC), I have known him for 20 years or so and consider him a straight conservative with a wariness for big government, he is a genuine good guy. I guess will see how big government effects this. give them your best Mark!
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Old 12-22-2014, 10:29   #3
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...as long as there are no "death boards" or "visit rationing" we will all be ok.

The POTUS said eat your peas, so you might as well embrace it folks, "its whats for diner".

...at least until the Republicans repeal it
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Old 12-22-2014, 14:25   #4
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Old 12-23-2014, 09:17   #5
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People have the power to change the laws; the majority - i can't prove it, but solely based upon continued re-election of complete fuck-ups - do not WANT to change ANYTHING that gives them "free" shit. If the laws are changed, or threatened to change the changes are labelled as racist, sexist, or worse; those who make the most from status-quo; those in power - rally their base based on threats of 'taking away their "free" shit'.

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Old 12-23-2014, 11:54   #6
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People have the power to change the laws; the majority - i can't prove it, but solely based upon continued re-election of complete fuck-ups - do not WANT to change ANYTHING that gives them "free" shit. If the laws are changed, or threatened to change the changes are labelled as racist, sexist, or worse; those who make the most from status-quo; those in power - rally their base based on threats of 'taking away their "free" shit'.

It's all just another phase in the Tytler Cycle...
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Old 12-23-2014, 12:44   #8
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Some sources in DC are advising DoD to dump all Tricare retiree's into Obamacare as a huge cost savings to DoD.
Tricare would exist for all AC components.

http://www.militarytimes.com/story/m...care/20654019/
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