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PUBLICATION~SfNG DIVISION 

BRAN~GULATIONS As of: August 20, 2010 

Received: August 09, 2010 PUBLIC Status: Posted

Posted: August 20, 2010 

Tracking No. 80b2cbc7 SUBMISSION Comments Due: August 16, 2010 

Submission Type: Web 

Docket: IRS-2010-0010 

Group Health Plans and Health Insurance Coverage Rules Relating to Status as a Grandfathel"ed 

Health Plan Under the Patient Protection and Afforable Care Act 

Comment On: IRS-2010-0010-0001 

Group Health Plans and Health Insurance Coverage: Interim Final Rules for Relating to Statu:; as 

a Grandfathered Health Plan under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act 

Document: IRS-2010-0010-0228 

Comment on FR Doc # 2010-14488 

Submitter Information 

Name: Douglas KOver 

Address: 

Arnold, MO, 

General Comment 

As I am sure you have heard from many others, "We are scared of quick fix changes to our 


medical system". While our current medical costs are going out of control, at least we have 


access to the system, unlike our friends in Canada and the UK, among other socialized care 


providers. 


Socialism has been demonstrated to be a failure, see the Russian example. My fear is using the 

business owners, entrapeneurs and workers to fund this 'Great Experiment' for those who won't 

work and those who should not even be in this country will place us in the same predicament that 

has befallen the Great Bear Russia. 

Please read the attached specific opjection file in agreement with the ACA. 

Yours, a concerned American. 


Douglas K. Over 


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Attachments 

IRS-2010-0010-0228.1: Comment on FR Doc # 2010-14488 

https:llfdms.erulemaking.netlfdms-web-agency1componentisubmitterInfoCoverPage ?Call=... 8/20/2010 
August 9, 2010 

Office ofConsumer Information and Insurance Oversight 

Department ofHealth and Human Services 

Attention: OCIIO-9991-IFC 

P.O. Box 8016 

Baltimore, MD 21244-1850 

Re: Interim Final Rule for Group Health Plans and Health Insurance Coverage Relating to 

Status as a Grandfathered Health Plan Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act 

As a consumer I wish to take this opportunity to formally comment on 

the interim final rule regarding health plans and "grandfather" status (Document ID IRS-2010­

0010-0001). 

I believe the consumer protections included as part ofthe new health care law are vitally 

important and should be extended to as many people as possible. Accordingly, every effort 

should be made to increase the number of individuals covered by the Patient Protection and 

Affordable Care Act (PPACA) via the above regulations. The triggers or conditions that would 

extend these protections to consumers under currently existing "grandfathered" plans should not 

be weakened or reduced in any way. I specifically support the position and detailed comments 

offered by the American Chiropractic Association with respect to the implementation of these 

regulations. 

Douglas K. Over