Comments on: Surprise: The People Who Wrote the ObamaCare Bill Have Exempted Themselves from Its Provisions

By: OldSailor

OldSailor — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 19:54:11 +0000

November 2, 2010 – Vote ‘em out! Stop the rubber-stamp Congress!

Tnen, urge your new Senators and Representative to repeal ObamaCare.

November 6, 2012 – Vote out the “Dear Leader” and other incompetents.

By: John Goodman

John Goodman — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 16:50:10 +0000

I don’t think John Lott is lying. But artk makes an interesting point. Most CEOs — indeed, most high income people, period — will not be in the exchange. They will get no subsidies there, but they will benefit from the tax law’s exclusion of employer paid premiums from taxable income.

For reasons I will write about in the future, I think there will be a huge quality problem in the exchange. So it will be something knowledgable people will want to avoid.

So it does not surprise me that the guys who wroted the bill don’t want to be forced to be in the exchange.

By: artk

artk — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 21:42:25 +0000

The entire premise of this posting is off base. “from the top corporate executives to the grocery store checkout clerk — will be forced to buy their insurance through heavily regulated state-run exchanges” is simply false. If you work for a large corporation that supplies you with health care insurance, then that remains in effect. The only difference is the company decides to change the policy, then it has to meet some minimum requirement, which I’ll bet most policies already meet – No exchanges! As for the checkout clerk, they are more likely to currently lack company supplied insurance, so for them the exchange may turn out to be a godsend. I don’t understand why the people who don’t like this bill have to lie about what it contains.

By: Ken

Ken — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 19:50:46 +0000

I was watching the Sunday talk shows this morning and guess what the MSM forgot to discuss. This very fact. Thank God we have this blog.

By: Larry C.

Larry C. — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 13:26:18 +0000

This is truly scandalous. Do they still allow tar and feathering? If not, they should.

By: Greg L

Greg L — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 13:18:40 +0000

Obama’s ability to get our idiot congress to follow his ridiculous socialist notions should remind us of another charismatic leader that led his country to world war and the murder of millions of innocent people. Lest we forget.

By: Tom H.

Tom H. — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 19:22:18 +0000

The exchange is for individuals. Not sure if some small businesses can send their employees to the exchange. But if they do, there are no subsidies for them.

By: Ian Random

Ian Random — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 18:10:57 +0000

Too bad it passed, I just figured out how to get people to pay their bills. If they don’t pay their bills, then let all aspects of confidentiality expire for that one visit.

By: Bart Ingles

Bart Ingles — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 17:21:22 +0000

I didn’t know that employer plans would be purchased through the exchanges. My impression is that the exchanges were intended to sell to individuals.

By: Rod

Rod — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 21:25:54 +0000

ya these smuck don’t have to pay all the tax and garbage thats in this deathbill..and they laugh at us because they will have more tax money they can waste and we’ll pay through the nose for everything..IMPEACH THEM ALL…