I love it…..the ObamaCare tumble: (h/t Gateway Pundit)
As Obama administration officials put into place the first major wave of changes under the health care legislation, they have tried to defuse stiffening resistance — from companies like McDonald’s and some insurers — by granting dozens of waivers to maintain even minimal coverage far below the new law’s standards.
The waivers have been issued in the last several weeks as part of a broader strategic effort to stave off threats by some health insurers to abandon markets, drop out of the business altogether or refuse to sell certain policies.
Among those that administration officials hoped to mollify with waivers were some big insurers, some smaller employers and McDonald’s, which went so far as to warn that the regulations could force it to strip workers of existing coverage.
At a time when the midterm elections are looming and Republicans have been vocal in campaigning against the law, reaction to the rollout has been closely watched.
To date, the administration has given about 30 insurers, employers and union plans, responsible for covering about one million people, one-year waivers on the new rules that phase out annual limits on coverage for limited-benefit plans, also known as “mini-meds.” Applicants said their premiums would increase significantly, in some cases doubling or more.
These early exemptions offer the first signs of how the administration may tackle an even more difficult hurdle: the resistance from insurers and others against proposed regulations that will determine how much insurers spend on consumers’ health care versus administrative overhead, a major cornerstone of the law.
David Whelan asks the obvious question. If all it takes for these companies to get out from under the ObamaCare monstrosity is to ask…can individuals ask and receive the same kind of generosity from our Socialist leaders?
I kinda doubt it.
Why are these 30 companies getting waivers and not all the others? It seems Obama and pals have found out first hand that this law is just unworkable as is. Just a matter of time before the obvious arbitrariness will be pointed out by the other million companies not getting a waiver.
What a clusterf&%k this Administration has been.
Oh yes….equality for everyone.
The democrats can now pick and choose who to spiff.
How about big Democrap donors get waivers? Republicans don’t get any?
According to the US Constitution only Congress can make a law and only the Courts can interpret it.
Obama turns all that on its head.
He is both making laws…..exceptions to rules are, in effect, addendum to the law
AND he is interpreting law….deciding who will obey here or there or anywhere.
Anyway, this is NOT the only time Obama has done this.
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Yep, more power concentration going to the government. I guess this is just another example of us “crazy” right wingers distrusting our government…
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Election year politics….Dems are simply trying to minimize the damage come November…Good luck with that strategy….
Obama Can Now Pick & Choose Who Must Play By The Rules
Now there’s a shocker…..
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In “Atlas Shrugged” this is labeled the “politics of pull”. Those with friends and connections are exempted from regulations while others are crushed.
In the non-fiction world we call it Chicago Politics.
crony Obammunism.
First thought:
Corrupt banana republic…
Second thought:
the expression “arbitrary and capricious” also comes to mind…
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A story in Murdoch’s Post predictably amplified by FOX and Limbaugh. Can anyone cite a real source?
If the republicans happen to regain the upper hand, just wait ’til you see them trying to get down to brass tacks. They’ve apparently convinced a lot of very angry, increasingly short-fused citizens that they’ve got all the answers.
You just don’t get it, do you Greg?