Today at the Washington Examiner, David Freddoso reported on five things that we learned about Obamacare after it had passed Congress.  As Nancy Pelosi famously said, “We have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it, away from the fog of the controversy.”

According to Mr. Freddoso, these are the five things:

• Despite what we were told, the bill does not cover children with pre-existing conditions–that will happen later.  Congress and the White House are moving to change that.
• States will find their budgets stretched to the limit by the requirements that states must provide medical care for the poor under Medicaid.
• Niney percent of Medicaid’s new expenses (created by insuring everyone) will be paid by the federal taxpayer–not the states.  This will increase the federal budget.
• If you are not insured and have not paid the penalty, the IRS will take it out of any tax refund you receive when you file your income tax.  (This might explain why the bill includes the hiring of 17,000 new IRS agents.)
• Ski resorts are now required to provide healthcare insurance for every employee who works 120 days.  The original bill had a 150-day requirement, but the House changed that requirement and increased the fine for noncompliance from $750 to $2,000 per employee.

To say that this bill is a nightmare is a total understatement.  “Repeal and replace” needs to be the rallying cry of anyone who wants to be elected to Congress.  If a candidate whimps out on repeal and replace, he needs to be replaced!