Why the 2013/2014 kick in date?

[KansasVoter]

Please keep this a informative post........

Why not start it earlier? Why the long delay?

Is there a good reason for it?

And can the insurance companies raise rates before those dates?

[Vidar]

1. So, the prols don't revolt before the 2o10 election and hopefully forget

the new cause of their misery by the time the provisions kick in.

[roguevalley]

14. agreed. Obama expects to be re-elected before the shit hits the fan

and I think there are people who like to kill people and so the dead between now and then is icing on the cake. Yeah, I am beyond despair.

[mcablue]

2. Credit cards raised their interest rates with less than 1 year of warning

So imagine what the insurers will do 4-5 years in advance.

[Atman]

3. I asked my wife that same question this morning.

Rhetorically, of course. But still, the question remains: why so long? At first I figured it just takes a long time to get the paperwork and the systems in order when you're starting up a whole new bureaucracy. But no, G.W.B. created a Homeland Security Department, the largest, most bloated clusterfuck of an organization ever created by government, in a very short period of time. So it can't really be that. And hell, they wrote the whole damned bill in a matter of months (weeks?). So why the hell will it take so long?

I think the answer is obvious -- it's not because it will take the government long to implement the changes, but they need to give the insurance companies time to cover their asses through rate increase, claim denials, more member purges (not having to pay out for two or three years will save a bundle!), etc, etc.

And so it goes.

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[Garam_Masala]

4. Because 2013 & 2014 comes after 2012 presidential election n/t

[northernlights]

5. '10 and '12 elections will be over

so if it's a disaster it looks to be, the current administration won't be around to pay the political price. kind of kicking the can down the road to the '14 and '16 elections. and in the meantime, the corporate financial industry hogfest will go on.

[andym]

6. I believe it is partly to make the CBO estimate look better

than if they implemented it sooner.

[customerserviceguy]

9. That is an excellent point

In the House bill, the taxes start right away. I'm not sure about the Senate bill (it keeps changing from day to day), but it wouldn't surprise me if the taxes didn't start fairly quickly, as well. That influx of money is what will make the thing look more revenue neutral in the earlier years of the program.

[SpartanDem]

11. Yes it is mostly a budgeting issue

[levander]

13. It's not partly, it's exactly to make the fiscal score for the bill look better

10 years of revenue, 6 years of service was the only way they could make it look like they were saving money on the deficit.

[customerserviceguy]

7. Remember when Medicare Part D kicked in?

You had all kinds of confused seniors trying to sort through multiple drug plans. I have no doubt that even if perfectly executed, we would have the same sort of confusion about who, what, when, and for how much, when it comes to coverage.

I figure Congress and the President are fine with people going through that after an election is safely in the rearview mirror.

[depakid]

8. Same reason why corporate giveaways go into effect promptly

Seriously.

[KansasVoter]

10. Amazing no pro-bill responses!

[girl gone mad]

12. Pretty obvious, isn't it?

So Obama and those in Congress who supported this travesty don't have to suffer the direct backlash once people start to figure out how screwed they are.