apparently the evil insurance companies dropping people from their rolls the second they got sick wasn't the grave threat to the republic that we were led to believe. the high risk pool in TN has been in operation for 5 years, and they have a whopping 4,000 members. oh, and they are going out of business this month, since ObamaCare will supplant that plan. when a shabby federal program puts a shabby state program out of business, you can rest assured that it was a dumb idea to begin with.
Governor Schwarzenegger has just signed legislation to create the obamacare socialist health exchanges. henry waxman and pete stark are orgasmic, or, perhaps, obamagasmic. that's another way you can tell for sure that something is a dumb idea.
Centerpiece of Health Overhaul Not Living Up to Expectations
WASHINGTON -- It's a centerpiece of President Obama's health care remake, a lifeline available right now to vulnerable people whose medical problems have made them uninsurable.
But the Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan started this summer isn't living up to expectations. Enrollment lags in many parts of the country. People who could benefit may not be able to afford the premiums. Some state officials who run their own "high-risk pools" have pointed out potential problems.
"The federal risk pool has definitely provided critical access, in some cases lifesaving access, to health insurance," said Amie Goldman, chair of a national association of state high-risk insurance pools. "That said, enrollment so far is lower than we would have expected."
California, which has money for about 20,000 people, has received fewer than 450 applications, according to a state official. The program in Texas had enrolled about 200 by early September, an official in that state said. Goldman, who runs the pool in Wisconsin, said they've received fewer than 300 applications so far, with room for about 8,000 people in the program.
That's not how it was supposed to work.
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