SmarterThanHick
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- Sep 14, 2009
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You are wrong
Let's explore the five freedoms that Americans would lose under Obamacare:
1. Freedom to choose what's in your plan
The bills in both houses require that Americans purchase insurance through "qualified" plans offered by health-care "exchanges" that would be set up in each state. The rub is that the plans can't really compete based on what they offer. The reason: The federal government will impose a minimum list of benefits that each plan is required to offer.
Today, many states require these "standard benefits packages" -- and they're a major cause for the rise in health-care costs. Every group, from chiropractors to alcohol-abuse counselors, do lobbying to get included. Connecticut, for example, requires reimbursement for hair transplants, hearing aids, and in vitro fertilization.
The Senate bill would require coverage for prescription drugs, mental-health benefits, and substance-abuse services. It also requires policies to insure "children" until the age of 26. That's just the starting list. The bills would allow the Department of Health and Human Services to add to the list of required benefits, based on recommendations from a committee of experts. Americans, therefore, wouldn't even know what's in their plans and what they're required to pay for, directly or indirectly, until after the bills become law.
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You'll lose 5 key freedoms under Obama's health care plan - Jul. 24, 2009
Good job copying and pasting there. What you seemed to have missed is THE DATE of that article, which does not actually review the policy that was passed.
None of those five points are actually in the current policy. None of them.
Are you starting to catch on to the fact that you have no clue what the policy is actually about? I mean, you just had to resort to googling for support to your claim, taking outdated information from a completely different policy. It's about time you conceded you are clueless.