ObamaCare Revealed: The “Good”, the “Bad” and the “Ugly”

ACA Title 1, Sec. 1554. Access to therapies: “Good” – although somewhat inoperable platitudes. This section contains the following platitudes about the Secretary of HHS not publishing any regulations implementing the Law that….

(1) creates any unreasonable barriers to the ability of individuals to obtain appropriate medical care;
(2) impedes timely access to health care services;
(3) interferes with communications regarding a full range of treatment options between the patient and the provider;
(4) restricts the ability of health care providers to provide full disclosure of all relevant information to patients making health care decisions;
(5) violates the principles of informed consent and the ethical standards of health care professionals; or
(6) limits the availability of health care.

Nice intention but how is anyone going to adjudicate these platitudes? What thresholds are assumed and how will regulators know when they have exceeded the threshold?

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