Posted on 02/07/2011 9:50:47 AM PST by Libloather
More get waivers of health insurance
State panel cites economy as factor Flexibility called model for US plan
By Kay Lazar - Globe Staff / February 7, 2011
Massachusetts regulators granted more exemptions last year to residents who said they could not afford the health insurance required by the state, waiving the tax penalty for more than half of those who appealed, according to state data.
Of the 2,637 people who applied, 63 percent received an exemption with 107 cases pending, up from 44 percent the previous year.
State officials said they excused the majority of waiver applicants in large part because of the protracted sour economy, which made insurance unaffordable for more people. Under the 2006 state law that requires most residents to have coverage, regulators have significant latitude to authorize waivers by taking into account factors such as a home foreclosure.
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Among those granted a waiver was Ralph Ross, a 49-year-old Hyde Park resident who said he could not afford insurance for himself, his wife, and three children on his $67,000 salary as a Walpole teacher in 2008. The monthly premium of the plan the town offered was $310.
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Bahwahahaha Nothing could show the idiocy of this program better than that statement!
And Republicans want Romney for President. OMG!
the House Hearings on these waivers can’t get here soon enough
Ralph’s teacher union wasn’t waivered like most others?
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