Silly Spindoctors

I received a mailing from Qualchoice today. I found it patently ridiculous. I wonder if you do too.

"In mid-May Qualchoice announced that it will take steps to prevent a gap in coverage that could leave many young Arkansans uninsured as a result of provisions in the new health reform law."

Sounds like the new health reform law is mandating reduced coverage for young Arkansans and that Qualchoice, through the goodness of their generous hearts, are going to stop this terrible thing, right? But let's continue, shall we?

"We'll be extending health coverage to individuals who would historically no longer be eligible as dependents because of college graduation or age."

Sounds like Qualchoice is pretty great, right?

"Under the the new health reform law, the age for a child to stay on their parents' employer-offered or individual health plan is extended to age 26 for plan years beginning on or after September 23, 2010."

Wait, what? So the law actually requires coverage to be extended? So how precisely is Qualchoice helping here? Let's continue.

"Beginning June 1, 2010, Qualchoicewill work with its customers to eliminate the coverage gap young Arkansans may face before this health care reform provision takes place."

So basically, Qualchoice is NOT covering them right now, but the new law requires them to do so starting in September, so they are going to cover them a few months before the law requires them to do it and this is them covering a supposed gap created by the health reform? This is a blatant lie. The only gap in coverage is what they are already doing and the new health reform is whatis closing this gap, not Qualchoice. Who are they trying to kid?

"Qualchoice presidentand CEO, Mike Stock, said, 'It has always been our goal to provide Arkansans with access to affordable, quality health care. We want college graduates and other dependents to be able to concentrate on finding employment in this competitive environment and not worry that they'll lose their existing coverage."

Give me a break, Mike. If you were really serious, you would ALREADY be giving them the coverage. The new health reform you are disparaging is what is making you provide this coverage. You aren't doing it because you want to. You are trying to make us believe that the health reform is a bad thing and you are saving us from its bad reforms, but it is clear who the real villian here is, and it is not the health reform. It is the lying insurance industry. It's really hard to defend against your own words. Do you really think we are that dumb? Obviously, you do,which makes what you are doing even worse.