On the one hand:
MIAMI (AP) — Florida’s Republican leaders have fought the Affordable Care Act at every turn, banning navigators from county health departments, offering no state dollars to boost outreach efforts to 3.5 million uninsured and leading the fight to repeal the law. Yet the state has emerged as a tale of what went right with President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul.
More than 440,000 Florida residents had been enrolled through the federal marketplace through the end of February.
On the other:
“What the hell is this, a joke?” Boehner said at his weekly press conference.
He was responding to the administration’s announcement on Tuesday evening that people who had begun the process of signing up for insurance through the federal exchanges would have until mid-April to do so, instead of March 31.
The Speaker called the move “another deadline made meaningless,” adding it to a litany of unilateral changes that the administration has made to the law.
“This is part of a long-term pattern of this administration manipulating the law for its own convenience,” Boehner said. “It’s not hard to understand why the American people question this administration’s commitment to the rule of law.”
And, of course:
In response to Boehner, [Health and Human Services spokeswoman Joanne] Peters compared the situation to Election Day, when voters who are in line when the polls close are still allowed to cast their ballot.
“The law is the law. Consumers need to know the deadline is March 31,” she said. “But just like on Election Day, if you are in line when we close, you get to enroll. We’re experiencing near-record volume and the site, and we’re not going to turn people away who tried and couldn’t complete their enrollment. This is about helping people who want to get health insurance.”
Peters noted that a similar extension was offered under the Bush administration in 2006 for the implementation of the Medicare prescription drug benefit.
Checkmate.
Of course it has to be different for that BlackBlack Furriner DemocRAT in the White House!! Rules were made to apply to him, and not to Republicans!
That said, it’s getting closer to my ideal: the press takes down the statement, and the public largely ignores what is said by these loons. Spout on, Boner, keep on embarrassing my hometown…
The argument isn’t too stupid to rebut so much as too insincere. It’s obvious to anyone with even the tiniest bit of openmindedness or openheartedness that Obama is doing his best to bring access to health care to the people and the Republicans would like nothing more than to make it stop and turn back the clock (as far as possible). They latch on to any reason and every reason to cast criticism. It’s all hypocritical. The only appropriate response is, “If you have a better plan, let’s see it.” I don’t know why democrats don’t give that one a whirl.
The big reason they’re upset is that with an extension we’ll probably get to 7 million in the exchanges. Certainly at least very close. “Obamacare Reaches Enrollment Goal” is a headline they’re dreading.
[Boehner knocks over chessboard, accuses Booman of cheating.]
Complex legislation (and sometimes not so complex) always requires some re-working when the real world applications start being applied in the real world. A long time ago, we used to understand that, and legislatures would get together to amend legislation to fix ambiguous language, undo unintended consequences, or generally clear up confusion incidentally or intentionally introduced.
But times are different now. Instead of working with constitutional laws on the books, our Congress prefers to wrangle over minutiae, and threatens to undo legislation duly passed by its predecessors. The uncertainty in this system has been deemed an Undeniable Good, and citizens are best served by the prospect that a legal action they take today may be arbitrarily undone tomorrow through judicial fiat or legislative neglect.
Note that the foregoing uncertainty does not apply to our wealthiest citizens (individual and corporate), who need constant reassurance that variable tax rates, adjusted and tweaked for a century, must now be cast in amber and preserved forever, lest too much uncertainty cause the poor dears to become discombobulated. The prospect of paying another three cents in taxes on “earnings” over a million dollars in a year is just too much capriciousness to bear!
Some day, there will be a modern equivalent to Auschwitz, and inscribed in an arch over the gate to that terrible place, for all the damned to see as they enter, will be the inscription: It’s OK if you’re a Republican.
All I can say is that Barack Obama is a lousy tyrant. We were promised death panels, and this is the best he can do? A two-week extension of the deadline to sign up? What a letdown.
We can call it a “death delay” to make it more exciting. And it kind of is, since people who sign up may indeed delay their own deaths.
Just got me some good ObamaCare. Silver Plan, no deductible, 4 bucks for a prescription, $97/mo.
Yeah, I’m poor.
good to hear you’ll be taken care of if the GOP sends your blood pressure up too high 🙂
Yay for the good deal on ObamaCare, sorry about the “poor” part!
Did I miss the second announcement we thought would be coming shortly after the first one about your new gig?
Ambetter?
Welcome to the 47%.
Just for comparison, here’s an itemized Medicare B cost. Amounts are monthly.
Medicare B 104.90
AARP Plan F supplement 172.25 (varies with insured’s age)
Medicare D no deductible plan 43.60, but copays and doughnut hole charges ran an average of 114.00 per month over the last year.
Total monthly cost for one person – 434.75. Its a big chunk out of the social security every month, but hey, it could be a lot worse with no insurance or some of the crappy employer plans that are becoming more common all the time.
Look like you got a pretty good deal, BooMan.
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