Some Reid staffers exempt from Obamacare exchanges

The Republicans are the hypocrites... don't cha know...

Washington (CNN) -- Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, one of Obamacare's architects and staunchest supporters, is also the only top congressional leader to exempt some of his staff from having to buy insurance through the law's new exchanges.

Reid is the exception among the other top congressional leaders. GOP House Speaker John Boehner, House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi and Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell have all directed their staffs to join the exchange, their aides said.

In September, Reid told reporters, "Let's stop these really juvenile political games -- the one dealing with health care for senators and House members and our staff. We are going to be part of exchanges, that's what the law says and we'll be part of that."

Former Reid staffer Jim Manley defended his old boss, arguing that "the only people hypocritical here are Republicans, who made this an issue in the first place."

http://www.cnn.com/2013/12/04/politics/ ... index.html

The cognitive dissonance is thick here folks.

Walter L Newton wrote: The Republicans are the hypocrites... don't cha know...

Washington (CNN) -- Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, one of Obamacare's architects and staunchest supporters, is also the only top congressional leader to exempt some of his staff from having to buy insurance through the law's new exchanges.

Reid is the exception among the other top congressional leaders. GOP House Speaker John Boehner, House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi and Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell have all directed their staffs to join the exchange, their aides said.

In September, Reid told reporters, "Let's stop these really juvenile political games -- the one dealing with health care for senators and House members and our staff. We are going to be part of exchanges, that's what the law says and we'll be part of that."

Former Reid staffer Jim Manley defended his old boss, arguing that "the only people hypocritical here are Republicans, who made this an issue in the first place."

http://www.cnn.com/2013/12/04/politics/ ... index.html

The cognitive dissonance is thick here folks.

Speaking of cognitive dissonance:

http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2 ... ntrude.php

"OBAMA PROMOTES OBAMACARE, REALITY FAILS TO INTRUDE
Barack Obama delivered a speech this afternoon that was intended to stir up enthusiasm for Obamacare; you can read it here. The speech evidently was driven by concern about the problems that have made Healthcare.gov a laughingstock, and Obama talked about the web site at some length."...

Blazer Bob wrote:

Walter L Newton wrote: The Republicans are the hypocrites... don't cha know...

Washington (CNN) -- Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, one of Obamacare's architects and staunchest supporters, is also the only top congressional leader to exempt some of his staff from having to buy insurance through the law's new exchanges.

Reid is the exception among the other top congressional leaders. GOP House Speaker John Boehner, House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi and Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell have all directed their staffs to join the exchange, their aides said.

In September, Reid told reporters, "Let's stop these really juvenile political games -- the one dealing with health care for senators and House members and our staff. We are going to be part of exchanges, that's what the law says and we'll be part of that."

Former Reid staffer Jim Manley defended his old boss, arguing that "the only people hypocritical here are Republicans, who made this an issue in the first place."

http://www.cnn.com/2013/12/04/politics/ ... index.html

The cognitive dissonance is thick here folks.

Speaking of cognitive dissonance:

http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2 ... ntrude.php

"OBAMA PROMOTES OBAMACARE, REALITY FAILS TO INTRUDE
Barack Obama delivered a speech this afternoon that was intended to stir up enthusiasm for Obamacare; you can read it here. The speech evidently was driven by concern about the problems that have made Healthcare.gov a laughingstock, and Obama talked about the web site at some length."...

"Trust me, you'll love this turd if you just eat a little every day... you'll aquire a taste for it before you know it!"

That's the best you got for today's outrage-of-the-day?

Oh, right... The healthcare.gov website is working, so it's going to be a dry couple of days while the mother-ship; or, the paid/unpaid bloggers from Dartmouth's "powerlineblog" tell you what to be outraged about next...

How about thousands of Americans stranded without health insurance and unable to access healthcare because Obama failed? #obamacareshambles

LadyJazzer wrote: That's the best you got for today's outrage-of-the-day?

Oh, right... The healthcare.gov website is working, so it's going to be a dry couple of days while the mother-ship; or, the paid/unpaid bloggers from Dartmouth's "powerlineblog" tell you what to be outraged about next...

No silly... the website is still a fustercluck. Anyone actually getting to the "end" of the sign up have not been able to actually make a payment, nor are their subsidies (if any) are being calculated correctly.

The back end (all the accounting functionality) of the system is not even done yet, you know, the part where people make payments and the insurance companies get paid and all that.

So... our CEO Obama has a great new idea...

Short-term fix eyed for another problem with U.S. healthcare website

Dec 3 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's administration has found a short-term fix to pay insurance companies for plans selected on HealthCare.gov, the not-yet-complete government website used to shop for insurance required under Obama's healthcare program.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has not yet finished building the part of the website that would transfer billions of dollars in subsidies for plan premiums and cost-sharing payments to insurance companies.

...

The administration is planning a "workaround" for payments, said Daniel Durham, vice president for policy and regulatory affairs at America's Health Insurance Plans.

Health plans will estimate how much they are owed, and submit that estimate to the government. Once the system is built, the government and insurers can reconcile the payments made with the plan data to "true up" payments, he said.

http://in.reuters.com/article/2013/12/0 ... 0S20131204

And you thought things were all unicorn happy and utopia was right around the corner. Think again LJ.

And the 834 files that are being transmitted to the insurers are still screwed up. I've worked with 834 files (yes... I programmed for years in the health care business, I know what I am talking about) and they take a lot of knowledge from specialist who know about this file structure to create them correctly.

Apparently CEO Obama doesn't have the right people working for him.

and now "the dicktator" can't decide who to fire??!!

LadyJazzer wrote: The healthcare.gov website is working

I suppose it depends on what your definition of "working" is. For the delusional ultra partisan sheep, it's working great... for everyone else, it's still a joke.

Here's a question for those who have wasted time on this site; does it tell you how many doctors/clinics/hospitals are available in your area for each plan? Or do you have to wait until you pay before you get this information?

FredHayek wrote: How about thousands of Americans stranded without health insurance and unable to access healthcare because Obama failed? #obamacareshambles

How about those Broncos... The "thousands of Americans stranded without health insurance and unable to access healthcare" is the usual bullsh*t TeaPublican wet-dream.

...Unless, of course, you have a verifiable source?

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Of course Hairyreid and his staff are exempt from Barrycare. Why would the members of the Proletariat subject themselves to laws that are designed to keep the peasants under their control?