The budget deal made last Friday before the potential Government shutdown will affect two sections of the health care bill. One of which will be completely taken out while the other will suffer funding cuts.
Fox News reports from the Wall Street Journal,
The agreement would eliminate a provision of the health-care law enabling low-income workers to opt out of employer-offered health insurance and shop for more affordable coverage on insurance exchanges to be created in 2014, according to congressional aides and business groups.
The second initiative will be cut a significant amount;
The budget bill will also cut $2.2 billion in funding from a program that would encourage the development of health-care cooperatives-not-for-profit entities that would compete with private, for-profit health-insurance companies.
The second initiative promoting funding for non-profit entities sounds extremely negative, because non-profits relate to a health care system where money is not the most important thing, such as with insurance agencies. However, the massive budget cuts slashing the Obamacare bill are required and unavoidable. We are way over our deficit and need to take hits in some facets of the government.
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