Posted on 10/23/2013 2:38:43 PM PDT by Beave Meister
The Obama administration may give Americans extra time to sign up for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act, postponing when penalties for failing to buy coverage will go into effect, MarketWatch has learned.
The health care law requires most people to have health insurance by Jan. 1, 2014, but allows for “short coverage gaps” of up to three months before imposing the penalty, which is $95 or 1% of an individual’s income (whichever is greater) next year. That means someone must be covered by March 31, an official with the Department of Health and Human Services confirmed, which is the final day that people will be able to purchase health insurance on the public exchanges, or marketplaces, created by the ACA.
But because the new health policies take effect on the first day of each month, in order to be covered by March 31, people would actually need to have insurance by March 1. And since it takes up to two weeks to process insurance applications, consumers would have to apply by Feb. 15, the Associated Press reported recently. (People must apply by Dec. 15 if they want coverage starting Jan. 1.)
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The only difference IMO is the Democrats play to win at all costs. Republicans are content just to hang around and watch the game.
Obama routinely interferes with or prevents the execution of Acts of Congress. Congress doesn’t do a thing about it.
It just sucks to be half-@$$ed on your way to world domination.
I agree that will be the right gesture, but Obama will just executive order it and nobody will make the slightest effort to stop him.
The executive does what it wants now, as it is racist to object.
Oh boy. The RATS are stealing the REPS talking points. Boy are they clever. Will anyone remember that the Republicans wanted this in the first place? No, because media will spin this as the DEMS idea.
Cruz offered a year delay. Obama “bent over backwards” and said NO.
OK. OWN IT. IT’S ALL YOURS OBAMA.
No changes to the law. No delays. No illegal “executive orders”.
And the insurance companies will scream because they say they need healthy young people to make this work.
and THATS the main story here...THE DAMAGE HAS BEEN DONE for the most part....the cancelled policies that are STILL illegal under the law of obama care.
...but this time it won’t work... becuase it is called OBAMA CARE!!
The media can never change that! (and yes, I know they’re already trying...)
Either way I like the idea of Ted Cruz coming out and saying he is relieved that the president has finally come to his senses. Even if that isn't true, it makes a good sound bite.
they will also scream because they have had a ton of their products ruled illegal under Obama Care....
Like anybody is planning to pay the fine/tax anyway. :-)
NONE OF THE ABOVE!
If they want to change the law, re-vote the abomination. If not, then it stands, let every one eat nobama’s sh** sandwich. Until Congress votes to “change the menu”, it’s on the menu. No substitutions! Bwahahahahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! You own it...DIMs/LIBs/Crown-Prince-nobama.
yeah, but that ship has sailed unfortunately.....
Exactly! 100%!
Drudge says that the Democrats are now asking for a one year delay. That’s a good thing because the whole battle will start up again right before the election.
That is one of the best toons out here. Every facial expression tells it like it is.
The Obamacare food should have been a sandwich, though. A sh!t sandwich. :-(
On second thought, rotting fish, sewage sludge(?) and medical waste is a pretty good representation.
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