Well it's official, a Teapug admitted that they are doing everything possible to submarine the ACA,,,
Bell explicitly acknowledged that “without active marketing, you probably get declining enrollment.” That is, for Bell, a feature, not a bug: "We're trying to create a barrier to enrollment." Less enrollment means lower costs, he said. "In general, as a conservative," he said, "if I have the opportunity to reduce government spending in a program from what’s projected … I’m probably going to take that deal."
The other thing to bear in mind: the get here for Bell is not just taking the foot off the accelerator on private option enrollment; he's also continuing to block spending on outreach — and completely eliminating the guides program come July — for the Obamacare Marketplace (the non-private-option pool, above 138 percent of FPL). Technically, almost all of the outreach funding that his amendment would kill was only supposed to be directed at non-private-option consumers above 138 percent of FPL; thus, Bell's amendment would be landing a blow against the enrollment process in Obamacare wholly aside from the private option.
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Several Democrats were visibly angry and frustrated, and were aggressively critical of the amendments during the committee hearing. (One asked, "You're saying we should keep our citizens ignorant?" Another asked, "what is next — should we stop the federal government from signing people up for Medicare?"). At least some said they would not vote for the private option with these amendments attached,,,
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