Americans not smart enough to choose a health plan

2013

The following is an excerpt from a Politico article; note the sentence I have placed in bold.

It’s the first test of support on Capitol Hill since the health law’s disastrous rollout. | Reuters
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By SEUNG MIN KIM and JENNIFER HABERKORN | 11/15/13 9:37 AM EST Updated: 11/15/13 1:48 PM EST

Thirty-nine House Democrats on Friday broke ranks to support a Republican bill that would allow health insurers to continue selling plans canceled under Obamacare through 2014, the first test of support since the law’s disastrous rollout.

The House voted, 261-157, to pass the bill by Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mich.). It’s a major show of disloyalty to the White House, but House Democrats had expected the defections to be far higher before the Obama administration said Thursday that it would pursue an administrative fix to the cancellation problem.

Obama’s White House vowed to veto the bill, saying it “threatens the health security of hard working, middle class families.” The bill is headed nowhere in the Democratic-led Senate, where a number of Senate Democrats have also proposed their own changes to the health care law.

So, tell me how does allowing individuals to buy coverage currently available in competition with exchange and other plans threaten the health security of hard working, middle class families? I hope you find this rhetoric as insulting as I do.