Paul Ryan: Say, what’s this new ObamaCare delay and “honor system” going to cost us? « Hot Air.
House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) is requesting a new cost estimate for ObamaCare in light of a decision to delay the law’s employer mandate.
Ryan’s staff asked the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to reevaluate the law’s budget impact after the White House said Tuesday that larger employers will not be required to offer health insurance until 2015.
Common sense from Hot Air reporter Erika Johnson…
Indeed. I have the gravest doubts that an open system that hands out “discounts,” and that simultaneously declines to verify whether or not whether or not applicants are actually qualified for said “discounts,” is going to be at all neutral in terms of costs. An updated estimate on that development is in order, please.
So do I.
I speak with potential clients looking for health coverage every day. They have a very hard time seeing the value at prices charged today, much less in 2014. Perhaps their crystal ball is clearer than mine. Having your 14 year old develop an autoimmune disease “out of the blue” and close to $300,000 in hospital bills will teach one to be skeptical of the crystal ball’s ability to predict the future. Subsidies will aid some but in most cases not nearly as much as they expect. The temptation to “dial a discount” is going to be very high.
Ever go to a bar or restaurant that offers “free food” when introducing a new service, etc? If you have, you know the food ain’t free. In most cases I’d prefer to pay, BUT there are many who prefer “free”. They will be “dialing a discount”.
