Posted on 02/17/2013 4:39:08 PM PST by sheikdetailfeather
As the final deadline for creating state health insurance exchanges passed Friday, New Jersey, Tennessee and Florida said they would not work with the federal government on establishing insurance markets required under ObamaCare.
Exchanges are online markets required under the federal health care law where consumers will be able to buy individual private policies and apply for government subsidies to help pay their premiums.
In his announcement Friday, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said his administration is committed to complying with ObamaCare, but "only in a manner that is the most effective and efficient for the residents of New Jersey, and the businesses that will carry the costs of this new program."
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As a Florida resident an not sure which way Scott was going to come down on this...so far so good!
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LEX
Unfortunately this won’t work long term. There are significant penalties built in Obamacare. This will only slow it down.
Gov. Chris "I-love-Obama" Christie is another GOPe sellout who is not representative of true conservatism.
It will be interesting to see how far zero will go to ram this down our throats.
It swill be more interesting to see how many things conservatives fail to do to actually stand up to zero and his thugocracy.
Gov. Chris "I-love-Obama" Christie is another GOPe sellout who is not representative of true conservatism.
It will be interesting to see how far zero will go to ram this down our throats.
It will be more interesting to see how many things conservatives fail to do to actually stand up to zero and his thugocracy.
States that opt out will have significantly fewer penalties and therefore a significant economic competitive edge.
At the least, I hope the results of this settles in for a while to help change some minds toward throwing the whole mess in the trash.
How many states does that make?
How many states does that make?
This will only slow it down.”
Maybe so, but some people in the earlier plans are already discovering that there are very limited funds readily available to pay their claims and doctors are asking them to pay up front. Received two calls from people last week asking how this could happen because they were assured that the federal government would cover all the fees. Not many to be sure but slowly but surely......
Residents of states which opt-out will be hit with penalties. Providers of states which opt-out will be hit with reduced re-imbursements.
This is about the only thing left to try but I don’t expect it to work long term.
The only sure thing with this is that we’re all screwed.
IIRC, employers in opt-out states will not be hit with penalties.
This is a biggie, competitively, to attracting business.
Then tell the blankety-blank Obama "consumers" in your state TO BUY THEIR OWN BLANKETY-BLANK INSURANCE!"
Story at link says 26 have turned down the feds, 23 have signed on, and Utah is still in negotiations.
Legislators would be be 'encouraged' by special interest groups to make sure that families are 'protected' by assuring they have sufficient coverage. This probably would include requiring that all policies cover prescription drugs, even if some folks don't want that, and which would cause the prices to skyrocket.
Can the 26 State Governors file a Majority CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT against the Oppressive Federal Obama’care’ Law?
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