People asking how they sign up for free health insurance is just the start of problems as the reality of ObamaCare sets in.
Other problems cited in the McClatch story titled “Health care overhaul spawns mass confusion for public“:
- Insurers do not have to cover pre-existing conditions until 2014.
- Adults up to age 26, like college graduates, still have to figure out health insurance until September when they can get covered again on their parents’ plans
- Many small businesses will not qualify for insurance tax credits
- Other small businesses are already trying to figure out how to contain costs by balancing the numbers of part-time and full-time workers
So who’s to blame for this confusion? Reporter Margaret Talev blames reform opponents. At eHealthInsurance.com, “the call center had been inundated by uninsured consumers who were hoping that the overhaul would translate into instant, affordable coverage. That widespread misconception may have originated in part from distorted rhetoric about the legislation bubbling up from the hyper-partisan debate about it in Washington and some media outlets, such as when opponents denounced it as socialism.”
Got that? Opponents calling the program “socialism” led people to think they could get insurance for free and that the effects would happen immediately. Not the president’s claims that “a host of desperately needed reforms will take effect right away, this year;” not his calling insurance companies deceptive and dishonest hostage takers; not his and his supporters overblown promises; not their ridiculing of opponents’ concerns.
Nope. It’s the fault of those who questioned the logic of the bill in the first place who are to blame for raising people’s hopes about the bill.
