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 laws 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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Remind me who we have to thank for that again?
Well heck, if California says it’s okay what could possibly go wrong?
To paraphrase Chinas opinion today on Apple:
B. Hussein Obama, aka Barry Soetoro, is arrogant, does not care about Americans, and needs more supervision.
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.
Isn't that the relationship between our legislators and "The Afffordable Care Act", of 2010?
Barack "Joe Isuzu" Obama
I think that EVERY American should spend 5 minutes in Bangladesh. They would then KISS the ground we LUCKY Americans walk on.
Or Haiti...or even Cuba (and I don't mean the nice Potemkin Village resorts the celebs go to).
WHAT is left?
Duh.
Oh yeah, I forgot the country of L.A. freeways. :o)
You are 100% correct.
Does this mean they will delay the Obamacare penalties (er taxes according to John Roberts)?
So, it’s Aetna’s fault?
Rather than bore you with all the details, I’ll just say that nobama care will collapse under it’s own weight.
Buy popcorn.
“Rather than bore you with all the details, Ill just say that nobama care will collapse under its own weight.”
I agree. And the libs will eb the first ones to comlaine and whine.
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