Rep. Andy Harris Weighs in on Obamacare, Federal Budget

U.S. Representative Dr. Andy Harris (R-Maryland) thinks that things will get worse, not better, as Obamacare goes into full effect on New Year's Day.

Dr. Harris joined WGMD's "Bill Reddish Show" by phone on Saturday to talk about the rollout of Obamacare, as well as the bipartisan deal to create a federal budget through a conference committee. Rep. Harris says the Affordable Care Act wasn't very well thought out, and will create a lot of problems for doctors in hospitals in the first three months of next year, as well as result in millions more people losing their employer-sponsored health insurance over the course of the year. He felt that it was "hypocritical" for the Department of Health and Human Services on December 20 (the Friday before Christmas) to declare in a bulletin that people who had their health insurance policies canceled because they didn't meet the requirments of the healthcare law could sign up for a hardship exemption to apply for catastrophic coverage. Harris says that catastrophic coverage policies in Maryland have deductibles of up to $6,350. He added that it was President Obama who essentially declared those policies that are being canceled "junk policies."
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