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.
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.