White House spokesman Jay Carney denied Friday that next year’s midterm elections are the reason behind the administration’s decision to postpone the 2014 opening date for 2015 enrollment in Obamacare — from October 15 to November 15.
And people are not exactly happy with the current state of Obamacare:
“All we ever heard about Obamacare is that it would lower our deductibles and premiums,” said Jennifer Slafter, 40 of Mabel, Minnesota. “That’s just not what’s happened.”
And what does the government have to say about that?
The Department of Health and Human Services hopes that the added time will encourage insurers to get coverage details right and make their plans more affordable, while consumers have more time to flush the devil out of the details.
Translation: we are going to PRESSURE the insurance companies to lower rates. And why not? If the insurance companies lose money the government will make it up to them. They can’t lose. Who loses? The same people who always lose. Taxpayers.