Applying for benefits under President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul could be as daunting as doing your taxes.
The government’s draft application is now on the Internet.
It runs 15 pages for a three-person family. The online version has 21 steps, some with added questions.
At least three major federal agencies, including the IRS, will scrutinize your application.
That’s just the first part of the process, which lets you know if you qualify for financial help.
You’d still have to pick a health plan.
Some fear that consumers will be overwhelmed and give up. Administration officials say the application form is being refined.
Still, the idea that picking a health insurance plan could be as simple as shopping on the Internet is starting to look like wishful thinking.
(AP)
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Medicare For All would have been much simpler. Cheaper too.
Who was expecting this to be easy? NOT ME!
There is a reason why this disaster MUST be repealed and this is only one of them,
Here is another: Can anyone with private (read: NOT GOVT!!) health insurance for the last 4 years honestly say their rates have gone down like Obama claimed they would? My premiums have gone up FIFTY PERCENT and the policy isnt even that good!
We were sold a book of lies and deceit by the socialist party and we MUST fight back!