Washington Post:
One of the first parts of the new health care law ready for consumers - special health plans devoted to the insurance industry's rejects - is attracting only a fraction of the predicted customers, prompting the Obama administration and states to step up their strategies to motivate people to buy them. At the same time, since the plans opened for business in the late summer and early fall, the medical bills so far are, in at least a few states, much higher than anticipated, raising the question of whether $5 billion that Congress has devoted to the program could run out even if relatively few people join.
Federal health officials contend that the plans, known as high-risk pools, are experiencing expected growing pains. It will take time to spread the word that they exist and to adjust prices and benefits so the plans are as attractive as possible, they say.
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That seems to be the standard answer to the obvious problems with the health care monstrosity. It is a fact of life that Democrats never take responsibility for their screw ups so we should not expect them to admit they were wrong here either. Republicans will have to step in and clean up this mess and shut much of it down.
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