White House Admits They Will Shrink Private HC Market
In their zeal to reposition themselves on the illegal immigrant HC issue, the White House provided the clarification below. But they didn’t just provide clarification on the illegal immigrant HC issue. They revealed what many of us knew all along. That their Government Run Health Insurance Exchange with their Government Run Public Option was meant to shrink and eventually eliminate the Private Health Care Insurance Market. The White House’s 2nd bullet point says it all.
The bullet points sent sent directly by the White House:
- Undocumented immigrants would not be able to buy private insurance on the exchange. Those who are lawfully present in this country would be able to participate.
- Undocumented immigrants would be able to buy insurance in the non-exchange private market, just as they do today. That market will shrink as the exchange takes hold, but it will still exist and will be subject to reforms such as the bans on pre-existing conditions and caps.
- Verification will be required when purchasing health insurance on the exchange. One option is the SAVE program (Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements) which states currently use to make sure that undocumented immigrants don’t participate in safety-net programs for which they are ineligible.
- There would be no change in the law that requires emergency rooms to treat people who need emergency care, including undocumented immigrants. There is already a federal grant program that compensates states for emergency room costs associated with treatment of undocumented immigrants, a provision sponsored by a Republican lawmaker
OOPS!! Looks like the White House is all about competition huh?
You can read the original from the State run Media Agency – MSNBC here – WH on health care, illegal immigrants
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