Obama admin to end health care waivers

ap.com ^ | 6-17-11 | By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration says it will end a controversial health care waiver program in September.

Officials announced Friday that all applications for new waivers and renewals of existing ones have to be in by Sept. 22.

That would remove a potential political distraction in the 2012 elections.

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Well, obamma has paid all his union supporters back, and now that the AARP has just received it, there is nobody politically worth giving the exemption to anymore, so now obamma can take the high road and end it.

[hsalaw]

The Obama administration says it will end a controversial health care waiver program in September.

Officials announced Friday that all applications for new waivers and renewals of existing ones have to be in by Sept. 22.

Wait a minute here: Obozo is "ending" the waiver program, but applications for waivers have to be in by September? How is that "ending" anything?

[traditional1]

He’s ending further Waivers; but what about the payback-Waivers already granted? Are they going to be voided?

[nerdwithagun]

That’s what I was thinking, everybody who he was planning to give them to has recieved them

[tet68]

Geez, talk about screwing over the voter.
Oh I forgot to tell you, there’s a cut off date...?

[jersey117]

His peeps all got theirs already.

[calex59]

That would remove a potential political distraction in the 2012 elections.

Sorry, dimwits, but unless you void all the waivers you have already granted this will NOT remove this as a conservative talking point, unless the conservative candidates are just plain stupid.

[Kansas58]

Some say we must win the Senate and the White House to repeal Obamacare.

Why?

Just have our Nominee Promise:

“A Waiver in every pot”

Would be nice to get a filibuster proof Senate, too, but the waiver option is there for a smart Republican.

[LowTaxesEqualsProsperity]

The corrupt slime needs to be removed.

[2harddrive]

“The Obama administration says it will end a controversial health care waiver program in September.”

Translation: Obama has now given out Waivers to all his friends!

[italianquaker]

Congressional Republicans had charged favoritism, claiming that waivers were being funneled to unions. But an outside review by the Government Accountability Office found that the administration was using objective standards to make its decisions.

Funny

[C210N]

19bama to 2012 electorate: "So sorry for going to the far left for 2 1/2 years, so I'll tack to the right till the next election. .... then resume full far left after that"

[freekitty]

Misleading title

[antiRepublicrat]

Wait a minute here: Obozo is "ending" the waiver program, but applications for waivers have to be in by September? How is that "ending" anything?

Obama found out some of his supporters, such as the smaller unions, haven't gotten in their applications yet. There will be an extension if one misses the new deadline.

[rokkitapps]

Please see my tagline.

[kcvl]

But an outside review by the Government Accountability Office found that the administration was using objective standards to make its decisions.

Do we get to see a copy of those too?! /s

[Hugin]

Somehow I suspect the waivers won’t actually expire until the end of 2012. Wouldn’t do to have millions of people lose their healthcare insurance right before the election.

[Covenantor]

Not so fast my Rowdy friend.

Look again. By shutting down the existing waivers and making those beneficiaries re-apply, OhOh gets a second chance to shake them down fo’ mo’ money for the campaign before the next session of the Supremes. And de unions gots to pledge their thugs yet again.

Think of it as The Just’us Brothers on a bigger scale.

[EBH]

Grandfathered in waivers...

Distraction to elections of 2012?

Hell....lets raise the roof on them!

[Gator113]

Nothing is going to end until OBAMACARE IS DEAD.