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Dark Clouds For Obama’s Health Care Plan

Posted by: Laer at 09:03 am

‘m having a little trouble getting an accurate read through all the smoke and mirrors, but as I understand it, Obama’s health care plan lets you stay in the plan you have if you want, or have a plan as good as a U.S. Senator enjoys. And let’s not worry our little minds about costs.

Gee, it sounds sort of like what they tried in Hawaii …

HONOLULU (Fox) — Hawaii is dropping the only state universal child health care program in the country just seven months after it launched.

Gov. Linda Lingle’s administration cited budget shortfalls and other available health care options for eliminating funding for the program. A state official said families were dropping private coverage so their children would be eligible for the subsidized plan.

“People who were already able to afford health care began to stop paying for it so they could get it for free,” said Dr. Kenny Fink, the administrator for Med-QUEST at the Department of Human Services. “I don’t believe that was the intent of the program.” …
Hawaii lawmakers approved the health plan in 2007 as a way to ensure every child can get basic medical help. The Keiki (child) Care program aimed to cover every child from birth to 18 years old who didn’t already have health insurance — mostly immigrants and members of lower-income families.

It costs the state about $50,000 per month, or $25.50 per child — an amount that was more than matched by HMSA.

State health officials argued that most of the children enrolled in the universal child care program previously had private health insurance, indicating that it was helping those who didn’t need it.

Hawaii, faced with an $800 million budget shortfall - the Fed deficit is around $500 billion and skyrocketing - decided to ax the program. Obama, blind to fiscal realities, plows on undeterred.

Hat-tip: Jim

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