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To: NaturalBornConservative

Obamacare allows the president to issue waivers to its provisions, which Obama has so far done 1500 times.
What president Romney could do, legally, on Day 1 of his presidency, is to give the whole country a waiver. Which would, in practice, be repeal.


8 posted on 02/05/2012 9:30:42 PM PST by CivilWarguy
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To: CivilWarguy
[What president Romney could do, legally, on Day 1 of his presidency, is to give the whole country a waiver. Which would, in practice, be repeal.]

Under the law, the President doesn't have the authority to grant waivers. One must apply for a waiver, and the waiver must then be reviewed and approved by HHS. A President cannot change a law by executive order.

13 posted on 02/05/2012 10:23:15 PM PST by NaturalBornConservative ("Something that everyone knows isn't worth knowing" ~ Bernard Baruch)
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To: CivilWarguy

Obamacare allows the president to issue waivers to its provisions, which Obama has so far done 1500 times.
What president Romney could do, legally, on Day 1 of his presidency, is to give the whole country a waiver. Which would, in practice, be repeal.


Except for the large group of new government employees already hired and now sitting on their collective asses pulling wages, using office space...

Except for the reams of paper, millions of desks, millions of computers.. Millions of square feet of office space...

This Monster is already out of the gate. An EO is not going to fix it. Even Newts plan may come to late to kill it.


18 posted on 02/05/2012 11:00:58 PM PST by cableguymn (Good thing I am a conservative. Otherwise I would have to support Mittens like Republicans do.)
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