Promote Competition by Outlawing it -- Obama Style

Health care. Remember when President Obama said that he want a "government option" in the marketplace to "promote competition." Well, it seems that the way the administration's health care bill "promotes competition" is to prohibit competition from private individual insurers. Yes, that is what is buried in the 1018 page bill as reported by the Investor's Business Daily:

It turns out we were right: The provision would indeed outlaw individual private coverage. Under the Orwellian header of "Protecting The Choice To Keep Current Coverage," the "Limitation On New Enrollment" section of the bill clearly states:
"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 the year the legislation becomes law.

Read it all -- the article, not the bill, that is. Except Congresspersons. They should read the bill -- all of it -- for a change.

Why did Obama say one thing and his health care bill do something quite the opposite? Hmmmm?