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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe income verification measure in this deal is, I am pleased to say, Trivial
It is also probably not what was on the table 48 hours ago, since the descriptions of it offered then do not match the non-thing that it is now.
All that is in "the deal" Congress will vote on is a provision that the Inspector General do a report, after the fact, to say whether the income verification method already in the ACA law is working as intended.
So what's in the final deal regarding Obamacare is... nothing. No stricter verification, not reinsurance tax relief, not medical device tax relief. Nothing.
(The current verification item is presumably not what was put on the table when Reid and McConnell were first negotiating a deal, last week-end, since that measure was described by sources from both parties as stricter income verification on the front-endsome unspecified procedure or level of review/scrutiny stricter or more exacting than provided for in the ACA. But the details were never published, so by having this non-item in there labeled as income verification fix it offers meager salve to republicans, since the senate deal was supposed to have something labeled income verification fix.)
I posted earlier that I hoped (for a variety or reasons) that stricter income verification would be dropped from the deal, and it appears that it was. So I wanted to update to say that I am pleased as punch.
Hooray for our side.
mysuzuki2
(3,521 posts)If documentation of income is to be required, someone will have to examine the documents. Those people will need offices, desks, chairs computers etc. This will add greatly to the costs of administering the program.
cthulu2016
(10,960 posts)So those concerns are already provided for
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uppityperson
(115,677 posts)William769
(55,147 posts)uppityperson
(115,677 posts)Missed the smilies I think.
William769
(55,147 posts)uppityperson
(115,677 posts)Sign up day tomorrow,will be checking in
William769
(55,147 posts)libdem4life
(13,877 posts)federal offense, I would imagine.
lamp_shade
(14,836 posts)a concession... there was no ransom; no negotiating... it's an improvement to ACA... both parties agreed to it. End of story.
Zorra
(27,670 posts)pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)--Dana Bash, CNN