Discharged Vet? ObamaCare Requires Public Option Only

HR 3200 Americas Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009 is the official name of ObamaCare. Sec 102 (a)(1)(A), “Protecting The Choice to Keep Current Insurance”: "(a) GRANDFATHERED HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE DEFINED.—Subject to the succeeding provisions of this section, for purposes of establishing acceptable coverage under this division, the term ‘‘grandfathered health insurance coverage’’ means individual health insurance coverage that is offered and in force and effect before the first day of Y1 if the following conditions are met:
(1) LIMITATION ON NEW ENROLLMENT.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in this paragraph, the individual health insurance issuer offering such coverage does not enroll any individual in such coverage if the first effective date of coverage is on or after the first day of Y1."

What this is saying is that if you are enrolled in a private insurance day one of year one, you can keep it; as long as you don't change it. If you do change it, or change jobs, a federal bureaucrat will check to see if it's exactly the same. If it's not then you will be required to enroll in ObamaCare.

For newly discharged vets, ObamaCare. That's it. Done deal. Rep. Steve Buyer (R-Ind.) has introduced amendments to address this, but don't put it past the Dems to quash them.