That's how Missouri's Democratic U.S. senator described state Senate Bill 464, which seeks to limit the Governor's ability to implement a key portion of the federal health care reform law.
"The irony to me is, while these guys are pounding the podium saying, 'get Washington out of our lives,' they're refusing to set up the very mechanism that get's Washington out of their lives... it's nuts!" McCaskill said during a media conference call earlier this week.
The GOP dominated Senate's actions are in response to a provision in the health care law - derisively referred to by critics as "ObamaCare" - that requires all states to create government run health care exchanges by 2014. These exchanges are designed to be a virtual one-stop shop where consumers can compare and purchase health care plans from private insurance companies. Supporters of the exchanges say it will increase competition among health insurance companies and drive down the overall cost.
Hat tip: Ozarks First
No comments:
Post a Comment