In the latest act of Obamacare’s comedy of errors, the state of California has decided it isn’t going along with U.S. President Barack Obama’s socialized medicine “fix.”
Apparently the president’s political problem – you know, the whole “if you like your health care, you can keep your health care” promise – isn’t California’s problem.
The board of “Covered California” – the state-run exchange – voted 5-0 this week to defy Obama’s request to give individuals losing their coverage due to Obamacare’s regulations another year on their existing plans.
“One could argue the biggest liberal state – (full of) movie stars and what not – just gave the finger to the president,” one D.C. source told FITS.
“This is an acknowledgment that you can’t put the toothpaste back in the tube,” the source continued, noting California’s decision was likely motivated by the state being “much more advanced in their exchange and (Obamacare) compliance than the rest of the nation.”
“They have been working on their exchange more aggressively than other states,” the source said.
Indeed … California easily led the nation in Obamacare enrollment (or what the government calls “enrollment“). Yet while an estimated 77,000 Californians have “selected a plan” through the state’s exchange, an estimated 1.1 million of them have received cancellation notices.
Do the math on that … it’s not good.
Oh well, at least California still knows how to party …
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“noting California’s decision was likely motivated by the state being ”much more advanced in their exchange and (Obamacare) compliance than the rest of the nation.””
Duh….that would be a safe bet, noting that it is the computer science and software capitol of the world.
As to the math: watch as they gain momentum and lead the nation in enrollment and participation.
I’m no ACA booster but I will note for the record that my company’s health insurance increase is in low single digits for the first time in at least the last 7 years. Our plan is comparable to the “Silver” plan of the ACA. Yearly increases have been in the mid to high teens prior to this year. Our new plan will begin on Dec. 1, 2013.
Further, I think I can lower the company cost by allowing the employees to sign up for Obamacare individually while I supplement their cost with an increase in hourly wages. Net, net, a win for both of us; our company and my employees.
I’m not sure we should say “Great! One year of minimal increases before the full law has gone into effect means there will be no long term cost implications from Obamacare!”
You can’t make this shit up, you basically admitted that state run exchanges are far more successful than the federal one. Compliance means a smoother experience? Holy shit, no way!
California rejected it because they don’t want j
Yep. We’re bound and determined to go back to Dec. 20, 1860.
I’m not really an Obamacare fan, but it is puzzling that conservatives and libertarians, a crowd of which I agree with most of their policies, who generally believe the states can do a better job than the federal government, decided to defer to the federal government on Obamacare.
States with their own healthcare exchanges are doing well. Look at Kentucky. What will happen is that you will have a Mason-Dixon divide in this country over healthcare, where the Southern tier of states, denying Medicaid to tens of thousands of the working poor, and those outside the South, where they take care of their sick and needy. Nikki Haley is not taking care of all of the people of this state.
By not expanding Medicaid, Nikki Haley is essentially dooming the working poor in this state to death panels. Rick Perry is doing the same thing in Texas. How can a governor be so cruel?
Don’t forget the good things about the ACA. There are no lifetime caps, young people can stay on their parent’s health care insurance for a while longer, and the pee-exisiting conditions rule no longer applies. There is way more good than bad in the ACA.