Also about the new health care law, despite all the TV commercials about the "Open Enrollment Period" I just knew a moment ago that, except for some special reasons, if you don't obtain insurance during that period you cannot obtain one until the next "Open Enrollment Period", even if you just want that insurance for your own use and don't care about it being recognized by the government and don't mind paying the penalty fee. I am not going to argue about the validity of such law here. I just want to ask what kind of monkey run show would convey the meaning of "Open Enrollment Period" the way it was conveyed and without emphasizing the fact I mentioned above?  And why call it "Open Enrollment Period"? Why not calling it Permitted Enrollment Period or even better Permitted Health Insurance Acquiring Period? The difference of the use of the word "open" from the word "permitted" here is that the later restrict understanding to yes for enrollment during the period which suggests no for outside the period without confusing the meaning because of varying level of openness. Actually, since you not only will be unable to obtain insurance later but you also have to pay a penalty for not having insurance, it could have also better called Mandatory Enrollment Period.   

If this country is being run by those acting like monkeys, it could still be because of the corruption. Anyway, yesterday I tried to apply for health insurance through the government website. One of the questions I was asked because I am a naturalized citizen is to provide a number for a certificate of naturalization or something of that sort. I have been a citizen since 2000 or around that, and was never asked or know or seen any question for that number anytime anywhere. Although I never voted, I doubt very much that I would have needed it to do that. It was probably on a paper I received 15 years ago in the naturalization ceremony and nobody even told me that I may need it. It was not in use until the government suddenly decided to resurrect it from a paper that could be misplaced a long time ago.