Yesterday Hot Air posted a story about a slight oversight in the new healthcare reform bill. Evidently there is something in the bill that forces Congress to leave the federal employees healthcare plan and be part of the insurance exchange programs that will begin in 2014. Unfortunately, the way the law is understood, Congress will be required to leave its current healthcare plan immediately to take part in the exchange programs (that don't begin until 2014). I realize that this is a silly little thing, but it is an example of what happens when a very large bill is passed without giving anyone the time to study its implications.
The article concludes:
"I'd call it comedy gold if not for the obvious point raised by the Times: "If they did not know exactly what they were doing to themselves, did lawmakers who wrote and passed the bill fully grasp the details of how it would influence the lives of other Americans?""
I think that's about right!
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