How can that be constitutional?
And under the American principle of equality under the law, every state should get such a waiver. Better make certain your attorney general files those papers.
Can’t the admin. admit that Obamacare was a giagantic mistake? We will go through a lot of ‘hell’ for nothing.
Because some pigs are more equal than others. In this case, important swing states.
The states that don’t matter get to keep Obamacare.
“...While he said there was also a fourth state that was granted a waiver, he could not recall off the top of his head which state.”
The wonders never cease with these people...
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There needs to be a lawsuit about the waivers.
This could be a way to end the overbearing governmental imposition of Obama-Kare in a way that will allow Obama to “not lose face”.
Just grant waivers to every state and every individual in the country.
That way congress will not have to fight to overthrow the program, Obama will still have his legacy legislative accomplishment and the other 310 million of us will regain our freedom of choice.
That’s a Win-Win as the wonks like to say.
doesn’t this bolster the law-suit ?
Uh? So my emergency only coverage which is prohibited by 0bamacare, has a waiver? Uh?
Well, I’m in Ohio. I may have to reconsider closing my business in 2013.
For the love of Pete.
This “news” was so suppressed by the media that it took a CONGRESSIONAL hearing to get it out of the most transparent administration in history. What else is HHS hiding?
It’s becoming more and more apparent that Obamacare is an offensive weapon Obama will use to intimidate his opponents. It may be the law’s undoing.
This fact, possibly unconfirmed, was on FR a couple of weeks ago.
“No State shall ... deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws”
- 14th Amendment
Does this mean I can have a waiver too? Or do I have to pay some sort of fealty to 0bamunism?
How generous that the beneficent imperial federal government would grant a waiver from regulatory requirements of an unconstitutional law.
The ever expanding list of waivers is found here:
http://www.hhs.gov/ociio/regulations/approved_applications_for_waiver.html
Currently there are 729 approved applicant waivers covering a total of 2,189,636 enrollees and four states (Mass, NJ, Tenn, Ohio).
Obamacare, the Great American Snipehunt.