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The health and life insurance titans did not rise to their present level of obscene profits by being honest and forthright. So, with decades of practice, expect them to continue this creative lying, finding loopholes in the laws and regulations that allow continued confusion, and to continue bribing (a.k.a "campaign contributions") corrupt members of both parties in order to continue to hold for ransom the health of private citizens. With the recent Supreme Court decision that removes from them accountability for their bribes such abuses can only continue to increase in frequency and magnitude. The problem, of course, is the extremely low, or non-existent ethical standards of MOST of the members of both the Congress and the Senate. They have entered a 24/7/365 campaign cycle which is more for their own personal gain than any civic improvements. They outlaw insider trading, rightly so, but exempt themselves from that law so they can personally benefit from what they learn as members of the various congressional committees during their closed sessions. They enter Congress moderately wealthy and leave millionaires. Having taken bribes, they attempt to bribe their constituents with "ear marks". One Senator from my state of Nebraska has "ear marked" $1.8 Billion dollars to various "projects" around the state. That's $1,000 for every man, woman and child in the state. If the citizens don't repudiate these bribes then they deserve the government they get.