6 Pages of Obamacare Equals 429 Pages of Regulations

[Will]

Welp.



6 Pages of Obamacare Equals 429 Pages of Regulations

Giving proof to Main Street's worries that President Obama's healthcare reform will lead to thousands of new and costly regulations, the Department of Health and Human Services has taken one small section of the law and written enough new rules to [fill] every page of Obama's campaign book, The Audacity of Hope—plus another 45 pages. [Check out a roundup of political cartoons on healthcare.]

Section 3022 of the law, which is about the Medicare shared savings program, take up just six pages in the 907-page Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. But HHS has turned that into 429 pages of new regulations and that's too much, says Republican Wyoming Sen. John Barrasso, a practicing doctor.

"Regulations increase the cost of doing business," he says. He distributed a fact sheet on the book of regulations to fellow Republicans this week. [See photos of the Obamas behind the scenes.]

You can see for yourself what he's talking about. Here is the link to the actual law. Section 3022 is on pages 297-302.

The HHS regulations are here.

6 Pages of Obamacare Equals 429 Pages of Regulations - US News and World Report

[Peter Pan]

This is the tip of the costly program, already my small group and individual customers have seen anywhere from 25% to 35% on renewals and the new business and individual rates are up an average of 30%, why? The new Obamacare mandates that took effect Jan 1, 2011, they are in the bill in the initial post for those wanting to see what they are.

Oh a few of them

Unlimited drug benefits
Unlimited policy benefits
Unlimited preventive care benefits

Those are the major items that drove up the costs

[RetiredSFC 97]

It would have been so much cheaper to put those who can't get coverage on Medicaid.

But until they do something about the cost it's all moot anyway.

[vetteman9368]

ok libs, tell us how this is supposed to be good for our nation?

[LATB]

Originally Posted by vetteman9368

ok libs, tell us how this is supposed to be good for our nation?

they can't & won't.

most have headed for the hills since the invasion of conservatives to this page.

[ChasC5]