A**ther day, a**ther Obamacare implementation delay (aka ‘desperate attempt to salvag
 

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:

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.”

Why is a**ther extension of the original extension necessary? Because the best and the brightest overlooked one thing:

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 so contractors wouldn’t send layoff **tices until after the election.

(h/t Ed Morrissey at Hot Air)

**Written by Doug Powers

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