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Questions reflecting confusion have flooded insurance companies, doctors' offices, human resources departments and business groups.
"They're saying, 'Where do we get the free Obama care, and how do I sign up for that?' " said Carrie McLean, a licensed agent for eHealthInsurance.com. The California-based company sells coverage from 185 health insurance carriers in 50 states.
McLean said the call center had been inundated by uninsured consumers -who were hoping that the overhaul would translate into instant 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.
"We tell them it's not free, that there are going to be things in place that help people who are low-income, but that ultimately most of that is not going to be taking place until 2014," McLean said.
Read more: Health care overhaul spawns mass confusion for public | McClatchy
The REALLY scary PART. These same people continue to show up in the polling booths across this country and continually play pin the tail on the donkey in that booth.
Health care overhaul spawns mass confusion for public | McClatchy
"They're saying, 'Where do we get the free Obama care, and how do I sign up for that?' " said Carrie McLean, a licensed agent for eHealthInsurance.com. The California-based company sells coverage from 185 health insurance carriers in 50 states.
McLean said the call center had been inundated by uninsured consumers -who were hoping that the overhaul would translate into instant 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.
"We tell them it's not free, that there are going to be things in place that help people who are low-income, but that ultimately most of that is not going to be taking place until 2014," McLean said.
Read more: Health care overhaul spawns mass confusion for public | McClatchy
The REALLY scary PART. These same people continue to show up in the polling booths across this country and continually play pin the tail on the donkey in that booth.
Health care overhaul spawns mass confusion for public | McClatchy
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