Limbaugh falsely claimed House bill "prohibits the sale" of ...

by MG

Rush Limbaugh falsely claimed that "page 94" of the recently released House health care bill "prohibits the sale of private individual health insurance policies beginning in 2013." In fact, the provision at issue states that private individual policies can be sold, but only through the Health Insurance Exchange and subject to its regulations.

Bill provides for grandfathering in of existing plans purchased outside of Exchange under certain conditions. According to page 91 of the bill, "individual health insurance coverage that is offered and in force and effect before" before the bill takes effect can be grandfathered in and sold outside of the Health Insurance Exchange if it meets certain conditions.

(a) GRANDFATHERED HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE DEFINED.-Subject to the succeeding provisions of this section, for purposes of establishing acceptable coverage under this division, the term ''grandfathered health insurance coverage'' means individual health insurance coverage that is offered and in force and effect before the first day of Y1 if the following conditions are met:

(A) IN GENERAL.-Except as provided in this paragraph, the individual health insurance issuer offering such coverage does not enroll any individual in such coverage if the first effective date of coverage is on or after the first day of Y1.

(B) DEPENDENT COVERAGE PERMITTED.-Subparagraph (A) shall not affect the subsequent enrollment of a dependent of an individual who is covered as of such first day.

I have on occasion heard Limbaugh say some really stupid things where I've gotten the impression that he wasn't just making things up like he usually does, but that he was too uneducated and stupid to understand what he was trying to talk about.

I once heard him mistakenly speak about the Iraq Hydrocarbon Law as though it was an environmental...

Read more...