On the recordMarch 3, 2010
Absolutely. We would have even more information. And that would be more helpful. But the best we can tell, since the President did not propose a specific bill, once again very elusive in what is being proposed, page 167 does not appear to have been changed. And that says the commissioner shall specify--that is the Federal commissioner under this bill--the benefits to be made available under the Exchange-participating health benefits plans. Now, that means every plan that has had a term or condition change or has added an additional insured, those have been lost, and then within a couple of years everybody is under this. So the commissioner shall, one of about 3,000 or so 'shalls' in the bill, specify benefits to be made available. And then it goes on and says the entity offers only one basic plan for such service. So the commissioner is going to require that everybody provide exactly the same plan.
