Posted on 10/23/2013 5:19:28 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Amid mounting criticism, the White House said Wednesday that it plans to soften the deadline for when Americans are required to purchase health insurance. The date by when Americans would be penalized for not having signed up for health insurance could be “slid” back by as much as six weeks, administration officials told NBC News.
But it was not immediately clear Wednesday whether the adjustment to a cornerstone of the Affordable Care Act would need to be approved by Congress or could be done by the Department of Health and Human Services administratively.
As the law stands now, individuals are expected to begin the application process via HealthCare.gov by Feb. 15 to avoid a financial penalty when the deadline hits on March 31, since it generally takes about six weeks for the insurance to kick in.
But under the prospective change, individuals will only be expected to have started enrollment by March 31 to avoid incurring a penalty.
(Excerpt) Read more at usnews.nbcnews.com ...
Not mentioned anywhere is the fact that millions of people have health care plans expiring on Dec. 31 and will be uninsured for what looks to be a very long time.
RE: Not mentioned anywhere is the fact that millions of people have health care plans expiring on Dec. 31 and will be uninsured for what looks to be a very long time.
So, what happens to these folks if God forbid, after Dec. 31, they get seriously sick?
In a previous thread a few days ago, I saw a quote which suggested that the actual coding work only began in Spring, 2013... six or seven months ago. I can believe that it took them 2.5 years to go from Request for Quotes to the beginning of actual work; government contracting moves like molasses in winter.
Not that it really matters, though. Bad code is bad code, whether it was tweaked for three years or slapped together in a hurry last April.
I guess Obama just changes the number to 1-800-URF-UCKD
But they still need to lay the foundation out again. They’re not going to hire the same company to fix it, right? They’re not that stupid.
If they had read the damn bill BEFORE passing the damn bill - they'd KNOW if it can or cannot be done administratively ...
I love it,,fresh craziness and trauma to be unleashed just in time for midterms
Much of that was political. They did not want to flesh out the details of anything prior to the election out of fear that the awful details would leak to the public.
The press is complicit in all of this.
They never questioned the fantasies that emanated from Obama’s mouth, like, “If you like your current healthcare, you can keep it.”
Sorry, no delay.
Law of the Land.
Eat worms, Obama.
Obama and his filthy dems should be given no quarter over any of this.
What I’d like to see is when the bill gets to the house, the house load it up with other things - shutting the EPA, etc.
It would almost be like we wanted the 0bamacare to fail ... ie not throw it a lifeline.
he he he
See how kind your government is, slaves? Il douchebag will grant you an extra 42 days for you to surrender your liberty.
Now crawl on your knees and kiss his boots.
The Law is what the Party says it is. And the Supreme Leader is the Party.
-Lenin, Mao, Stalin, Hitler, Obama
And he's so good at bowing. Obama is a coward!
If they can't sign up for Obamacare by that day, they have NO INSURANCE since they just got dumped. God forbid they have to have an emergency appendectomy on Jan. 2nd ...
Huh - what happened to Law Of The Land?
Delaying the penalty until one day after the 2014 midterm election is the goal. Wouldn’t want to upset anyone before the election, right DemonRats? Too bad millions of Americans will never get their original health care policies back. Gone for good.
Obama does not have the authority to amend the law.
Obama does not have the authority to amend the law.
Obama does not have the authority to amend the law.
Obama does not have the authority to amend the law.
Obama does not have the authority to amend the law.
HELLO CONGRESS!
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