Lapdog media runs cover for Obamacare 'glitch' that may leave 500,000 kids uninsured

A 'glitch' you see. Afraid not. Like everything about it, this was by design...

USAToday: A “family glitch” in the 2010 health care law threatens to cost some families thousands of dollars in health insurance costs and leave up to 500,000 children without coverage, insurance and health care analysts say.

That's unless Congress fixes the problem, which seems unlikely given the House's latest move Friday to strip funding from the Affordable Care Act.

Congress defined “affordable” as 9.5% or less of an employee’s household income, mostly to make sure people did not leave their workplace plans for subsidized coverage through the exchanges. But the “error” was that it only applies to the employee — and not his or her family. So, if an employer offers a woman affordable insurance, but doesn’t provide it for her family, they cannot get subsidized help through the state health exchanges.

That can make a huge difference; the Kaiser Family Foundation said an average plan for an individual is about $5,600, but it goes up to $15,700 for families. Most employers help out with those costs, but not all.

“We saw this two-and-a-half years ago and thought, ‘Has anyone else noticed this?’” said Kosali Simon, a professor of public affairs at Indiana University who specializes in health economics. “Everyone said, ‘No, no. You must be wrong.’ But we weren’t, and that’s going to leave a lot of people out.”

Besides Twitchy pointing out the piece's flagrant blame Republicans aim, theRightScoop adds:

Obamacare was designed this way and Democrats and the president lied about the bill to the American people to pass it. On top of that Democrats who passed the bill refused to even read it and made excuses for why they weren’t going to read it. And now USA Today has the audacity to call this portion of a poorly designed law a ‘glitch’? Are you kidding me?

Just remember, whenever the Washington elite say it's for the children, know that something's about to be implemented towards the detriment of your children, not to their benefit.