CLASS Act: Abandoned yet defended

Submitted February 1, 2012 - 10:47

The Obama administration has abandoned health reform’s long-term care insurance program, saying it can’t figure out how to make the program solvent and isn’t going to try.

And yet, it says it’s not interested in repealing the program for good. So when the House votes on Wednesday to wipe the CLASS Act off the books, the White House — and most Democrats — will be against it.

So why wouldn’t the Obama administration want to just get rid of it?

It’s not as though the Community Living Assistance Services and Supports Actis generating good press for President Barack Obama’s health care law. In fact, Republicans are sure they can make it a symbol of the out-of-control spending they think the rest of the law would cause.

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