Cromnibus Cronyism: Spending Bill Loaded With Favors
Opponents on both sides of the aisle say the omnibus spending bill was filled with favors for special interests that Congress was not given time to properly debate.
Washington Examiner columnist Tim Carney noted a section of the bill “Modification of Treatment of Certain Health Organizations.” Carney wrote, ”This provision would provide protection from an Obamacare provision for exactly one entity: Blue Cross Blue Shield.”
Under Obamacare, insurers are required to pay out at least 85 percent of revenue in claims — a statistic known as the “medical loss ratio” — and although “most insurers can include as ‘medical losses’ various efforts to improve the quality of healthcare provided to their customers,” this did not originally apply to Blue Cross Blue Shield.
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