Posted on 10/07/2010 7:37:45 PM PDT by Starman417
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.
(Excerpt) Read more at floppingaces.net...
The time for action is always now. The luxury of time is an illusion. If we are to avoid further destruction to this country and risk losing what this country stands for we must take a stand whenever we are confronted with tyranny.
Either way, God help us.
We will always have time to throw up our hands and say its too late, later...
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