NEWSMAX: Rep. Michael Burgess slammed Obamacare as “bad news from top to bottom,” but he called for adding $4 billion to the program to take care of the 65,000 people with pre-existing conditions that are currently being denied coverage they were promised.
In an interview with Newsmax TV, the Texas Republican said the extra money was needed after the pre-existing coverage program, a center piece of Obamacare, blew through its $5 billion budget in January and closed its doors to new members.
A bill Burgess is pushing though the House Energy and Commerce Committee this week, proposes to re-open the program and fund it by reallocating money currently in the Obamacare Prevention and Public Health Fund… (more)
EDITOR: Of course Obamacare is “bad news” in many ways. It was hobbled together to satisfy the very special interests that need to be reformed or eliminated!
Its purpose was to assure access to medical care for tens of millions who otherwise had no insurance coverage. The sensible alternative, Medicare for Everyone, which is similar to the health care system of other advanced nations, will have to wait.
Meanwhile the nation squandered about 18% of its Gross National Product on health care costs, when the best in the world, France, only spends 11% and other nations with far better health care results spend an even lower percentage.
