Centerpiece of Health Overhaul Not Living Up to Expectations
4th October 2010
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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.
My, what a surprise. Aren’t you surprised? I’m sure surprised.
C’mon, when did the government’s ‘plan’ every come true? But it certainly provides additional scope for bureaucrats to lie about it:
“We don’t think this is getting off to a slow start,” said Jay Angoff, director of a new insurance oversight office at the Department of Health and Human Services. “We think this is getting off to a good and orderly start.”