Per her article dated July 9, 2012 and my email to her in response to that artic Per your comment in your article: "Now that the Supreme Court has issued a decision, the American people would be better served if Congress joined the president in working to build on that progress, not undo it. " That was not their decision or ruling. They ruled that mandating individuals to buy coverage was not constitutional but taxing them for no doing so was. Their ruling never stated that people would be better served by the law.. The only elements of the ACA that helped individuals was the elements that finally regulate Health Insurance Companies and not the increased tax provisions or Medicaid and Mediicare reforms. People are in for a rude awakening when the individual mandate goes into full effect and they find themselves ineligible for premium assistance and yet don't have the disposable monthly income to purchase and pay the premiums for the "not so minimal coverage" HHS has demanded. The minimal coverage includes many benefits that an individual or family simply currently does not need and will never need yet they must pay higher premiums to ensure coverage of these benefits. Like, single males having to pay for maternity and newborn care and couples where the female is beyound child bearing age having to pay for costly maternity and newborn care. Why is the HHS requiring this? Because they want those that don't need the benefit to help pay for those that do. We won't see our premiums go down because we nolonger pay for uninsured emergency room visits but we will see are premiums and taxes increase due to subsidizing insurance for the uninsured that meet requirements for premium assistance. As a person that has been involved in all aspects of health management for over 35+ years and married to a physician who has been in private practice for 32 years; I find you article to be misleading and to include many false statements. It is unfortunate that you have been giving so much uncontrolled power to change the health care system and institute rules and regulations that will be detrimental to patients and the physicians that serve them. Thank You, What a crock of you know what. The only thing that should remain of Obama Care is the Patient Protection Act that finally regulates Health Insurance Companies and takes away the protections that was long afforded them under the Sherman Act.
