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Small Businesses Won't Have Plan Choices Under Obamacare
NewsMax ^ | 04/02/2013 | Cyrus Afzali

Posted on 04/02/2013 7:04:52 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

Citing the challenges in establishing a new health insurance marketplace, the Obama administration is delaying a key provision of the Affordable Care Act designed to provide employees of small businesses affordable health coverage.

The New York Times reported Monday that in most states employers will not be able to provide workers with a choice of health plans as the law intended. Instead, they will be limited to a single plan.

One of the health law’s provisions, known as “employee choice,” called for each state to operate a Small Business Health Options Program, known as a SHOP exchange.

The exchange, which was to start operating in January, is designed to allow small businesses and their employees to compare health plans and enroll employees for coverage. However, in 33 states where the federal government will be running the exchanges, the choice option will be delayed until 2015, meaning employees of small firms will only have the choice of one plan. Other states operating their own exchanges will also have the option to only offer a single plan as well.

A number of insurers, including Aetna, had asked the Obama administration to delay the “employee choice” option, citing their experience in Massachusetts, which put through health reforms that were the model for the Affordable Care Act.

Insurers say they asked for the delay because the administration did not provide final rules for the small business exchange until last month. However, a few states including California and Connecticut will begin offering the employee choice option next month.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 0care; 0carenightmare; healthcare; obamacare; smallbusiness

1 posted on 04/02/2013 7:04:52 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind
"citing their experience in Massachusetts, which put through health reforms that were the model for the Affordable Care Act."

Remind me who we have to thank for that again?

2 posted on 04/02/2013 7:08:43 AM PDT by Colonel_Flagg (Blather. Reince. Repeat.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Well heck, if California says it’s okay what could possibly go wrong?


3 posted on 04/02/2013 7:08:49 AM PDT by BipolarBob (Happy Hunger Games! May the odds be ever in your favor.)
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To: Colonel_Flagg

To paraphrase China’s opinion today on Apple:

B. Hussein Obama, aka Barry Soetoro, is arrogant, does not care about Americans, and needs more supervision.


4 posted on 04/02/2013 7:11:04 AM PDT by Graewoulf (Traitor John Roberts' Commune-Style Obama'care' violates U.S. Constitution AND Anti-Trust Law.)
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To: SeekAndFind
Since Justice Roberts declared this atrocity called Obamacare a "tax", there need be no choices. After all, choice and tax by definition are by no means related.

Any and all complaints are moot, because the public elected representatives to vote on the bill on their behalf. Granted, they passed it in order to find out what was in it, but that's what pitchforks, tar, feathers, and guns are for.

5 posted on 04/02/2013 7:14:42 AM PDT by blackdog (There is no such thing as healing, only a balance between destructive and constructive forces.)
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To: BipolarBob
If you retain a lawyer and the lawyer signs documents on your behalf before the court, and publicly admits having no idea what the details were before the court, can't that lawyer be prosecuted for misconduct?

Isn't that the relationship between our legislators and "The Afffordable Care Act", of 2010?

6 posted on 04/02/2013 7:19:09 AM PDT by blackdog (There is no such thing as healing, only a balance between destructive and constructive forces.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Barack "Joe Isuzu" Obama


7 posted on 04/02/2013 7:20:07 AM PDT by Iron Munro (Welcome to Obama-Land - EVERYTHING NOT FORBIDDEN IS COMPULSORY)
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To: Graewoulf

I think that EVERY American should spend 5 minutes in Bangladesh. They would then KISS the ground we LUCKY Americans walk on.


8 posted on 04/02/2013 7:21:00 AM PDT by cloudmountain
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To: cloudmountain
I think that EVERY American should spend 5 minutes in Bangladesh.

Or Haiti...or even Cuba (and I don't mean the nice Potemkin Village resorts the celebs go to).

9 posted on 04/02/2013 7:22:45 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: dfwgator
Yep, Bangladesh, Haiti, Cuba, ANY African country, MOST middle east countries, Russia, most of Asia, MOST of South America ....the list does go on, doesn't it? Have I left anything out?

WHAT is left?

Duh.

Oh yeah, I forgot the country of L.A. freeways. :o)

10 posted on 04/02/2013 7:27:54 AM PDT by cloudmountain
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To: SeekAndFind
Yet another lie revealed. What happened to "If you like your health care plan, you can keep your health care plan." /i>Barack Obama said on Tuesday, August 11th, 2009 in a town hall meeting.
11 posted on 04/02/2013 7:31:31 AM PDT by Cheerio (Barry Hussein Soetoro-0bama=The Complete Destruction of American Capitalism)
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To: blackdog

You are 100% correct.


12 posted on 04/02/2013 7:34:44 AM PDT by BipolarBob (Happy Hunger Games! May the odds be ever in your favor.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Does this mean they will delay the Obamacare penalties (er taxes according to John Roberts)?


13 posted on 04/02/2013 7:45:37 AM PDT by OrioleFan (Republicans believe every day is July 4th, Democrats believe every day is April 15th.)
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To: SeekAndFind

So, it’s Aetna’s fault?


14 posted on 04/02/2013 8:07:02 AM PDT by Cyber Liberty (I am a dissident. Will you join me? My name is John....)
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To: SeekAndFind

Rather than bore you with all the details, I’ll just say that nobama care will collapse under it’s own weight.

Buy popcorn.


15 posted on 04/02/2013 8:46:12 AM PDT by upchuck (Free Republic: faster than a speeding bullet!)
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To: upchuck

“Rather than bore you with all the details, I’ll just say that nobama care will collapse under it’s own weight.”

I agree. And the libs will eb the first ones to comlaine and whine.


16 posted on 04/02/2013 9:24:09 AM PDT by Signalman
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