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03-11-2014, 08:28 PM
A**ther day, a**ther Obamacare implementation delay (aka ‘desperate attempt to salvage the **vember elections’)
**Written by Doug Powers
The “if you like your plan…” can is going to end up getting kicked to at least 2017 if **t beyond (http://thehill.com/blogs/healthwatch/health-reform-implementation/199784-new-obamacare-delay-to-help-midterm-dems):
The Obama administration is set to an**unce a**ther major delay in implementing the Affordable Care Act, easing election pressure on Democrats.
As early as this week, according to two sources, the White House will an**unce a new directive allowing insurers to continue offering health plans that do **t meet ObamaCare’s minimum coverage requirements.
Prolonging the “keep your plan” fix will avoid a**ther wave of health policy cancellations otherwise expected this fall.
Unavailable for comment: “It’s. The. Law.” (http://twitchy.com/2013/05/16/its-the-law-white-house-sneering-tweet-rubs-obamacare-in-faces-boehner-citizens-blast/)
Why is a**ther extension of the original extension necessary? Because the best and the brightest overlooked one thing (http://thehill.com/blogs/healthwatch/health-reform-implementation/199784-new-obamacare-delay-to-help-midterm-dems):
Obama subsequently called on states and the insurance industry to allow people to keep their existing plans for an additional year. While many states agreed, it left the administration with a dilemma.
A one-year moratorium pushed the deadline beyond the midterm election, but insurers must send out cancellation **tices 90 days in advance. That would mean **tices in the mail by Oct. 1, five weeks before voters go to the polls.
The Obama administration is **t new to “massaging” laws in order to save elections. In 2012 when they gave companies the go-ahead to ig**re the WARN Act (http://michellemalkin.com/2012/10/01/lockheed-obama-layoff/) so contractors wouldn’t send layoff **tices until after the election.
(h/t Ed Morrissey at Hot Air (http://hotair.com/archives/2014/03/04/wh-to-issue-a**ther-obamacare-rule-change-to-help-democratic-incumbents/))
**Written by Doug Powers
Twitter @ThePowersThatBe (http://www.twitter.com/thepowersthatbe)
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**Written by Doug Powers
The “if you like your plan…” can is going to end up getting kicked to at least 2017 if **t beyond (http://thehill.com/blogs/healthwatch/health-reform-implementation/199784-new-obamacare-delay-to-help-midterm-dems):
The Obama administration is set to an**unce a**ther major delay in implementing the Affordable Care Act, easing election pressure on Democrats.
As early as this week, according to two sources, the White House will an**unce a new directive allowing insurers to continue offering health plans that do **t meet ObamaCare’s minimum coverage requirements.
Prolonging the “keep your plan” fix will avoid a**ther wave of health policy cancellations otherwise expected this fall.
Unavailable for comment: “It’s. The. Law.” (http://twitchy.com/2013/05/16/its-the-law-white-house-sneering-tweet-rubs-obamacare-in-faces-boehner-citizens-blast/)
Why is a**ther extension of the original extension necessary? Because the best and the brightest overlooked one thing (http://thehill.com/blogs/healthwatch/health-reform-implementation/199784-new-obamacare-delay-to-help-midterm-dems):
Obama subsequently called on states and the insurance industry to allow people to keep their existing plans for an additional year. While many states agreed, it left the administration with a dilemma.
A one-year moratorium pushed the deadline beyond the midterm election, but insurers must send out cancellation **tices 90 days in advance. That would mean **tices in the mail by Oct. 1, five weeks before voters go to the polls.
The Obama administration is **t new to “massaging” laws in order to save elections. In 2012 when they gave companies the go-ahead to ig**re the WARN Act (http://michellemalkin.com/2012/10/01/lockheed-obama-layoff/) so contractors wouldn’t send layoff **tices until after the election.
(h/t Ed Morrissey at Hot Air (http://hotair.com/archives/2014/03/04/wh-to-issue-a**ther-obamacare-rule-change-to-help-democratic-incumbents/))
**Written by Doug Powers
Twitter @ThePowersThatBe (http://www.twitter.com/thepowersthatbe)
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/michellemalkin/posts?d=H0mrP-F8Qgo (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/michellemalkin/posts?a=gm2bUrNXVvc:Y4w7g-nnk7g:H0mrP-F8Qgo)