The following is Merkley's response to my query about the tax on self insured employers who provide insurance for employees, dependents and retirees and their dependents. I asked him if he had epected this tax to produce
revenue and if he did why did he expect it to produce revenue?
You see he dd not even take up the subject. BTW, Obama has since then exempted the Unions from this tax.
from Merckley;
One of the central goals of the Affordable Care Act was to expand access to high quality health insurance plans for those who did not like what they had or did not have any options at all, while allowing those who did like their insurance plan to keep it. By allowing consumers this choice, the law gave potentially affected consumers the power to decide whether they wanted to switch plans or keep the plan they had. Today, because insurance companies have changed their plans over the past few years to maximize profits, most of the plans that would have been grandfathered are no longer offered by insurance companies. At the same time, insurance companies signed people up for new or changed plans that didn't meet the basic consumer protections in the Affordable Care Act, and didn't warn people that their plan would eventually be discontinued. As a result, many consumers in Oregon and across the country don't have the choice to keep their insurance plan because it wasn't offered in 2010 when the Affordable Care Act became law.
I believe it's unfair to make consumers pay the price for their insurance company denying them the ability to choose the right plan for their family. To correct this situation, I recently cosponsored the Keeping the Affordable Care Act Promise Act (S. 1642), a bill that would allow consumers to keep any health insurance plan currently in place until the policy holder decides to cancel or change the policy. I was pleased that after this legislation was introduced, President Obama announced an executive action allowing all insurance plans currently in place to continue through 2014.
Thank you for sharing your thoughts with me and giving me a chance to share my perspective. I hope you will continue to send your observations and thoughts my way.
All my best,
Jeffrey A. Merkley
United States Senator
Quit digging Jeff, the hole is too friggin deep. Take a break! The new law he wants to undo the damage won't get my insurance back and the he won't get any revenue either.
Actually Merkleys comment reveal he doesn't even understand the concept of how insurance works, but he is not alone, Obama doesn't either.
